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CVE-2022-50231

7.1 · HIGH

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: arm64/poly1305 - fix a read out-of-bound A kasan error was reported during fuzzing: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in…

Published Jun 18, 2025CWE-125EPSS 0.24%

Overview

CVE-2022-50231 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on June 18, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

crypto: arm64/poly1305 - fix a read out-of-bound

A kasan error was reported during fuzzing:

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in neon_poly1305_blocks.constprop.0+0x1b4/0x250 [poly1305_neon]

Read of size 4 at addr ffff0010e293f010 by task syz-executor.5/1646715

CPU: 4 PID: 1646715 Comm: syz-executor.5 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.10.0.aarch64 #1

Hardware name: Huawei TaiShan 2280 /BC11SPCD, BIOS 1.59 01/31/2019

Call trace:

dump_backtrace+0x0/0x394

show_stack+0x34/0x4c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:196

__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline]

dump_stack+0x158/0x1e4 lib/dump_stack.c:118

print_address_description.constprop.0+0x68/0x204 mm/kasan/report.c:387

__kasan_report+0xe0/0x140 mm/kasan/report.c:547

kasan_report+0x44/0xe0 mm/kasan/report.c:564

check_memory_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:187 [inline]

__asan_load4+0x94/0xd0 mm/kasan/generic.c:252

neon_poly1305_blocks.constprop.0+0x1b4/0x250 [poly1305_neon]

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/3c77292d52b341831cb09c24ca4112a1e4f9e91fRefgit.kernel.org/stable/c/3d4c28475ee352c440b83484b72b1320ff76364aRefgit.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae19d422c7da84b5f13bc08b98bd737a08d3a53Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/8d25a08599df7ca3093eb7ca731c7cd41cbfbb51Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/d069dcffef849b8fd10030fd73007a79612803e6

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50231?

CVE-2022-50231 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on June 18, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2022-50231?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2022-50231?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2022-50231?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2022-50231 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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