CVE-2022-50047 net: dsa: mv88e6060: prevent crash on an unused port
A null pointer dereference in the Marvell DSA driver causes a kernel crash when configuring unused ports, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-50047?
CVE-2022-50047 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: dsa: mv88e6060: prevent crash on an unused port
If the port isn't a CPU port nor a user port, 'cpu_dp' is a null pointer and a crash happened on dereferencing it in mv88e6060_setup_port():
[ 9.575872] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000014 ... [ 9.942216] mv88e6060_setup from dsa_register_switch+0x814/0xe84 [ 9.948616] dsa_register_switch from mdio_probe+0x2c/0x54 [ 9.954433] mdio_probe from really_probe.part.0+0x98/0x2a0 [ 9.960375] really_probe.part.0 from driver_probe_device+0x30/0x10c [ 9.967029] driver_probe_device from __device_attach_driver+0xb8/0x13c [ 9.973946] __device_attach_driver from bus_for_each_drv+0x90/0xe0 [ 9.980509] bus_for_each_drv from __device_attach+0x110/0x184 [ 9.986632] __device_attach from bus_probe_device+0x8c/0x94 [ 9.992577] bus_probe_device from deferred_probe_work_func+0x78/0xa8 [ 9.999311] deferred_probe_work_func from process_one_work+0x290/0x73c [ 10.006292] process_one_work from worker_thread+0x30/0x4b8 [ 10.012155] worker_thread from kthread+0xd4/0x10c [ 10.017238] kthread from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x3c
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50047?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-50047?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2022-50047 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50047 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50047, GHSA-6259-v4q8-ghq3, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50047.