# CVE-2022-50862: bpf: prevent decl_tag from being referenced in func_proto

> A local attacker can trigger a kernel warning and potential crash by loading a crafted BPF program with invalid type references.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **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:** 30 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50862, GHSA-f4wf-p3gv-292p, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-50862, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50862

## What is CVE-2022-50862?

CVE-2022-50862 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 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:

bpf: prevent decl_tag from being referenced in func_proto

Syzkaller was able to hit the following issue:

------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3609 at kernel/bpf/btf.c:1946
btf_type_id_size+0x2d5/0x9d0 kernel/bpf/btf.c:1946
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 3609 Comm: syz-executor361 Not tainted
6.0.0-syzkaller-02734-g0326074ff465 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS
Google 09/22/2022
RIP: 0010:btf_type_id_size+0x2d5/0x9d0 kernel/bpf/btf.c:1946
Code: ef e8 7f 8e e4 ff 41 83 ff 0b 77 28 f6 44 24 10 18 75 3f e8 6d 91
e4 ff 44 89 fe bf 0e 00 00 00 e8 20 8e e4 ff e8 5b 91 e4 ff <0f> 0b 45
31 f6 e9 98 02 00 00 41 83 ff 12 74 18 e8 46 91 e4 ff 44
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003cefb40 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffff8880259c0000 RSI: ffffffff81968415 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: ffff88801270ca00 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 000000000000000e
R10: 0000000000000011 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000011 R14: ffff888026ee6424 R15: 0000000000000011
FS:  000055555641b300(0000) GS:ffff8880b9a00000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000f2e258 CR3: 000000007110e000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 btf_func_proto_check kernel/bpf/btf.c:4447 [inline]
 btf_check_all_types kernel/bpf/btf.c:4723 [inline]
 btf_parse_type_sec kernel/bpf/btf.c:4752 [inline]
 btf_parse kernel/bpf/btf.c:5026 [inline]
 btf_new_fd+0x1926/0x1e70 kernel/bpf/btf.c:6892
 bpf_btf_load kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4324 [inline]
 __sys_bpf+0xb7d/0x4cf0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5010
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5069 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5067 [inline]
 __x64_sys_bpf+0x75/0xb0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5067
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
RIP: 0033:0x7f0fbae41c69
Code: 28 c3 e8 2a 14 00 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89
f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01
f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 c0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffc8aeb6228 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f0fbae41c69
RDX: 0000000000000020 RSI: 0000000020000140 RDI: 0000000000000012
RBP: 00007f0fbae05e10 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 00000000ffffffff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f0fbae05ea0
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>

Looks like it tries to create a func_proto which return type is
decl_tag. For the details, see Martin's spot on analysis in [0].

0: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAKH8qBuQDLva_hHxxBuZzyAcYNO4ejhovz6TQeVSk8HY-2SO6g@mail.gmail.com/T/#mea6524b3fcd6298347432226e81b1e6155efc62c

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50862?


## How do I fix CVE-2022-50862?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50862 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50862 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50862 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50862 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 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-2022-50862 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. 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-2022-50862/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50862/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50862
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50862
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50862

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.