CVE-2022-50040: net: dsa: sja1105: fix buffer overflow in sja1105_setup_devlink_regions()
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-50040 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4Timeline
- 18-06-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: sja1105: fix buffer overflow in sja1105_setup_devlink_regions() If an error occurs in dsa_devlink_region_create(), then 'priv->regions' array will be accessed by negative index '-1'. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.28%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
21%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.01 pp
From 0.27% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu94 products
- linux< 5.15.0-53.59
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 5.15.0-1023.27
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ bf425b82059e0b0752c0026353c1902112200837, < 7983e1e44cb322eba6af84160b6d18df80603fb8 | ≥ bf425b82059e0b0752c0026353c1902112200837, < e84c6321f3578c38cb3c24258db91a92672b17a8 | ≥ bf425b82059e0b0752c0026353c1902112200837, < 79f86b862416126a2e826cb74224180d6625a32f | ≥ bf425b82059e0b0752c0026353c1902112200837, < fd8e899cdb5ecaf8e8ee73854a99e10807eef1de | 5.10
- linux_kernel≥ 5.10, < 5.10.138 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.63 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.19.4 | 6.0:rc1
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.0.2-1
3 vendors · 97 products