5.5

CVE-2022-49066: veth: Ensure eth header is in skb's linear part

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49066DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49066
Published 26-02-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49066 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 5
RHSA-2022:7683RHSA-2022:8267SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1

Timeline

  1. 26-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: veth: Ensure eth header is in skb's linear part After feeding a decapsulated packet to a veth device with act_mirred, skb_headlen() may be 0. But veth_xmit() calls __dev_forward_skb(), which expects at least ETH_HLEN byte of linear data (as __dev_forward_skb2() calls eth_type_trans(), which pulls ETH_HLEN bytes unconditionally). Use pskb_may_pull() to ensure veth_xmit() respects this constraint. kernel BUG at include/linux/skbuff.h:2328! RIP: 0010:eth_type_trans+0xcf/0x140 Call Trace: <IRQ> __dev_forward_skb2+0xe3/0x160 veth_xmit+0x6e/0x250 [veth] dev_hard_start_xmit+0xc7/0x200 __dev_queue_xmit+0x47f/0x520 ? skb_ensure_writable+0x85/0xa0 ? skb_mpls_pop+0x98/0x1c0 tcf_mirred_act+0x442/0x47e [act_mirred] tcf_action_exec+0x86/0x140 fl_classify+0x1d8/0x1e0 [cls_flower] ? dma_pte_clear_level+0x129/0x1a0 ? dma_pte_clear_level+0x129/0x1a0 ? prb_fill_curr_block+0x2f/0xc0 ? skb_copy_bits+0x11a/0x220 __tcf_classify+0x58/0x110 tcf_classify_ingress+0x6b/0x140 __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0x47d/0xfd0 ? __iommu_dma_unmap_swiotlb+0x44/0x90 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x3d/0xa0 netif_receive_skb+0x116/0x170 be_process_rx+0x22f/0x330 [be2net] be_poll+0x13c/0x370 [be2net] __napi_poll+0x2a/0x170 net_rx_action+0x22f/0x2f0 __do_softirq+0xca/0x2a8 __irq_exit_rcu+0xc1/0xe0 common_interrupt+0x83/0xa0

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu106 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-189.200 | < 5.4.0-122.138 | < 5.15.0-37.39
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-1137.148 | < 5.4.0-1081.88 | < 5.15.0-1011.14
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ e314dbdc1c0dc6a548ecf0afce28ecfd538ff568, < 3de2a02b60a4ef0ab76263216f08c7d095fc7c42 | ≥ e314dbdc1c0dc6a548ecf0afce28ecfd538ff568, < d417a859221f127e8edf09c14b76ab50f825e171 | ≥ e314dbdc1c0dc6a548ecf0afce28ecfd538ff568, < 1ef0088e43af1de4e3b365218c4d3179d9a37eec | ≥ e314dbdc1c0dc6a548ecf0afce28ecfd538ff568, < 2fd90b86dff413fbf8128780c04ea9c6849c16e2 | ≥ e314dbdc1c0dc6a548ecf0afce28ecfd538ff568, < d67c900f1947d64ba8a64f693504bcaab8d9000c | ≥ e314dbdc1c0dc6a548ecf0afce28ecfd538ff568, < 93940fc4cb81840dc0fa202de48cccb949a0261d | ≥ e314dbdc1c0dc6a548ecf0afce28ecfd538ff568, < 46bc359fec0c6d87b70d7a008bcd9a5e30dd6f27 | ≥ e314dbdc1c0dc6a548ecf0afce28ecfd538ff568, < 726e2c5929de841fdcef4e2bf995680688ae1b87 | 2.6.24
  • linux_kernel≥ 2.6.24, < 4.9.311 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.276 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.239 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.190 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.112 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.35 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.17.4 | 5.18:rc1 | 5.18:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.17.6-1

3 vendors · 109 products

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