What is CVE-2022-50001?

CVE-2022-50001 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2022-50001?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-50001

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_tproxy: restrict to prerouting hook TPROXY is only allowed from prerouting, but nft_tproxy doesn't check this. This fixes a crash (null dereference) when using tproxy from e.g. output.

EPSS: 0.002 (5.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 4ed8eb6570a49931c705512060acd50058d61616, 4.19, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.0

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50001?: CVE-2022-50001 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-50001?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.