CVE-2022-50706 | net/ieee802154: don't warn zero-sized raw_sendmsg()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/ieee802154: don't warn zero-sized raw_sendmsg() syzbot is hitting skb_assert_len() warning at __dev_queue_xmit() [1], for PF_IEEE802154 socket's zero-sized raw_sendmsg() request is hitting __dev_queue_xmit() with skb->len == 0. Since PF_IEEE802154 socket's zero-sized raw_sendmsg() request was able to return 0, don't call __dev_queue_xmit() if packet length is 0. ---------- #include <sys/socket.h> #include <netinet/in.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { struct sockaddr_in addr = { .sin_family = AF_INET, .sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK) }; struct iovec iov = { }; struct msghdr hdr = { .msg_name = &addr, .msg_namelen = sizeof(addr), .msg_iov = &iov, .msg_iovlen = 1 }; sendmsg(socket(PF_IEEE802154, SOCK_RAW, 0), &hdr, 0); return 0; } ---------- Note that this might be a sign that commit fd1894224407c484 ("bpf: Don't redirect packets with invalid pkt_len") should be reverted, for skb->len == 0 was acceptable for at least PF_IEEE802154 socket.

Published: 2025-12-24 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-50706 is rated Low Risk (6/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-50706

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# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-24 0.02%

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OS Trackers for CVE-2022-50706

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debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-50706 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50706
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50706
suse medium CVE-2022-50706 severity moderate: SUSE including 43 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, cluster-md-kmp-default-4.12.14-122.290.1, …), 339 product×package rows across 65 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-HPC-BYOS, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-BYOS, … (65 product lines)): Known Not Affected 296, Fixed 43. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50706/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-50706 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 173, released 127, not-affected 94, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50706

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-50706

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References for CVE-2022-50706

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