{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50004","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  xfrm: policy: fix metadata dst-\u003edev xmit null pointer dereference  When we try to transmit an skb with metadata_dst attached (i.e. dst-\u003edev == NULL) through xfrm interface we can hit a null pointer dereference[1] in xfrmi_xmit2() -\u003e xfrm_lookup_with_ifid() due to the check for a loopback skb device when there's no policy which dereferences dst-\u003edev unconditionally. Not having dst-\u003edev can be interepreted as it not being a loopback device, so just add a check for a null dst_orig-\u003edev.  With this fix xfrm interface's Tx error counters go up as usual.  [1] net-next calltrace captured via netconsole:   BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000c0   #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode   #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page   PGD 0 P4D 0   Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP   CPU: 1 PID: 7231 Comm: ping Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.19.0+ #24   Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.0-1.fc36 04/01/2014   RIP: 0010:xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0x5eb/0xa60   Code: 8d 74 24 38 e8 26 a4 37 00 48 89 c1 e9 12 fc ff ff 49 63 ed 41 83 fd be 0f 85 be 01 00 00 41 be ff ff ff ff 45 31 ed 48 8b 03 \u003cf6\u003e 80 c0 00 00 00 08 75 0f 41 80 bc 24 19 0d 00 00 01 0f 84 1e 02   RSP: 0018:ffffb0db82c679f0 EFLAGS: 00010246   RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffd0db7fcad430 RCX: ffffb0db82c67a10   RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffb0db82c67a80   RBP: ffffb0db82c67a80 R08: ffffb0db82c67a14 R09: 0000000000000000   R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff8fa449667dc8 R12: ffffffff966db880   R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00000000ffffffff R15: 0000000000000000   FS:  00007ff35c83f000(0000) GS:ffff8fa478480000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000   CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033   CR2: 00000000000000c0 CR3: 000000001ebb7000 CR4: 0000000000350ee0   Call Trace:    \u003cTASK\u003e    xfrmi_xmit+0xde/0x460    ? tcf_bpf_act+0x13d/0x2a0    dev_hard_start_xmit+0x72/0x1e0    __dev_queue_xmit+0x251/0xd30    ip_finish_output2+0x140/0x550    ip_push_pending_frames+0x56/0x80    raw_sendmsg+0x663/0x10a0    ? try_charge_memcg+0x3fd/0x7a0    ? __mod_memcg_lruvec_state+0x93/0x110    ? sock_sendmsg+0x30/0x40    sock_sendmsg+0x30/0x40    __sys_sendto+0xeb/0x130    ? handle_mm_fault+0xae/0x280    ? do_user_addr_fault+0x1e7/0x680    ? kvm_read_and_reset_apf_flags+0x3b/0x50    __x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30    do_syscall_64+0x34/0x80    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0   RIP: 0033:0x7ff35cac1366   Code: eb 0b 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b8 0f 1f 00 41 89 ca 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 11 b8 2c 00 00 00 0f 05 \u003c48\u003e 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 72 c3 90 55 48 83 ec 30 44 89 4c 24 2c 4c 89   RSP: 002b:00007fff738e4028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c   RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fff738e57b0 RCX: 00007ff35cac1366   RDX: 0000000000000040 RSI: 0000557164e4b450 RDI: 0000000000000003   RBP: 0000557164e4b450 R08: 00007fff738e7a2c R09: 0000000000000010   R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000040   R13: 00007fff738e5770 R14: 00007fff738e4030 R15: 0000001d00000001    \u003c/TASK\u003e   Modules linked in: netconsole veth br_netfilter bridge bonding virtio_net [last unloaded: netconsole]   CR2: 00000000000000c0","modified":"2026-09-01T20:04:57.081305316Z","published":"2025-06-18T11:15:28.287Z","upstream":["CVE-2022-50004"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50004"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.0.2-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50004.json"}},{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.0.2-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50004.json"}},{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.0.2-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50004.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}