How severe is CVE-2022-50365?

This vulnerability has a CVSS score of (Unknown severity).

How difficult is it to exploit CVE-2022-50365?

Exploit difficulty: HARD. Estimated time to exploit: > 4 hours. Required skills: Advanced security expertise.

CVE-2022-50365 - YourPassGen

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

skbuff: Account for tail adjustment during pull operations

Extending the tail can have some unexpected side effects if a program uses
a helper like BPF_FUNC_skb_pull_data to read partial content beyond the
head skb headlen when all the skbs in the gso frag_list are linear with no
head_frag –

kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:4219!
pc : skb_segment+0xcf4/0xd2c
lr : skb_segment+0x63c/0xd2c
Call trace:
skb_segment+0xcf4/0xd2c
__udp_gso_segment+0xa4/0x544
udp4_ufo_fragment+0x184/0x1c0
inet_gso_segment+0x16c/0x3a4
skb_mac_gso_segment+0xd4/0x1b0
__skb_gso_segment+0xcc/0x12c
udp_rcv_segment+0x54/0x16c
udp_queue_rcv_skb+0x78/0x144
udp_unicast_rcv_skb+0x8c/0xa4
__udp4_lib_rcv+0x490/0x68c
udp_rcv+0x20/0x30
ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x1b0/0x33c
ip_local_deliver+0xd8/0x1f0
ip_rcv+0x98/0x1a4
deliver_ptype_list_skb+0x98/0x1ec
__netif_receive_skb_core+0x978/0xc60

Fix this by marking these skbs as GSO_DODGY so segmentation can handle
the tail updates accordingly.

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How to fix CVE-2022-50365

CVE-2022-50365 is a unknown severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.

Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: skbuff: Account for tail adjustment during pull operations Extending the tail can have some unexpected side effects if a program uses a helper like BPF_FUNC_skb_pull_data to read partial content beyond the head skb headlen when all the skbs in the gso frag_list are linear with […]

Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public

How to Fix:

1 Identify affected systems

- Check if you're running the affected product

2 Immediate actions

- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access

3 Verification

- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)

4 Long-term prevention

- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations

Full CVE details

Exploit Difficulty Assessment

HARD

⏱️ Time to Exploit: > 4 hours

🛠️ Skills Required: Advanced security expertise

💰 Public Exploits: Rare or not public

Vulnerability Timeline

Sep 17, 2025

Vulnerability Published

CVE details first published to NVD database

Nov 12, 2025

Imported to Database

Added to this CVE tracking system

Detection Rules & IOCs

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No vendor/product data available.

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