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GHSA-5W66-49W5-7F8J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-09 03:31 – Updated: 2025-12-09 03:31

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

ethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genl_info in dump

The similar fix as commit 46cdedf2a0fa ("ethtool: pse-pd: fix null-deref on genl_info in dump") is also needed for ethtool eeprom.

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CVE-2022-50651 (GCVE-0-2022-50651)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-09 00:00 – Updated: 2025-12-09 00:00

Title

ethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genl_info in dump

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genl_info in dump The similar fix as commit 46cdedf2a0fa ("ethtool: pse-pd: fix null-deref on genl_info in dump") is also needed for ethtool eeprom.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/138a13d8f5c812660…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e3be98592a12511d…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9effca9d7d7cf63…

Impacted products

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Version

Linux

Affected: c781ff12a2f37a9795e13bf328e5053d3e69f9e0 , < 138a13d8f5c81266032af680f63069387f2748da (git)
Affected: c781ff12a2f37a9795e13bf328e5053d3e69f9e0 , < 1e3be98592a12511d4e78a9a67aaff3e6ca4980c (git)
Affected: c781ff12a2f37a9795e13bf328e5053d3e69f9e0 , < 9d9effca9d7d7cf6341182a7c5cabcbd6fa28063 (git)

Linux

Affected: 5.13
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.13 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.77 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.0.7 , ≤ 6.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-5W66-49W5-7F8J

CVE-2022-50651 (GCVE-0-2022-50651)

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