# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 18 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50047, GHSA-6259-v4q8-ghq3, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50047

## 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 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50047?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50047 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50047 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50047/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50047/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50047
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50047
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50047

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50047/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.