CVE-2022-50731

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50731
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50731.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-50731
Downstream
Published
2025-12-24T12:22:51.122Z
Modified
2025-12-29T10:34:35.270639Z
Summary
crypto: akcipher - default implementation for setting a private key
Details

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

crypto: akcipher - default implementation for setting a private key

Changes from v1: * removed the default implementation from setpubkey: it is assumed that an implementation must always have this callback defined as there are no use case for an algorithm, which doesn't need a public key

Many akcipher implementations (like ECDSA) support only signature verifications, so they don't have all callbacks defined.

Commit 78a0324f4a53 ("crypto: akcipher - default implementations for request callbacks") introduced default callbacks for sign/verify operations, which just return an error code.

However, these are not enough, because before calling sign the caller would likely call setprivkey first on the instantiated transform (as the in-kernel testmgr does). This function does not have a default stub, so the kernel crashes, when trying to set a private key on an akcipher, which doesn't support signature generation.

I've noticed this, when trying to add a KAT vector for ECDSA signature to the testmgr.

With this patch the testmgr returns an error in dmesg (as it should) instead of crashing the kernel NULL ptr dereference.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50731.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
78a0324f4a5328088fea9426cfe1d1851276c475
Fixed
95c4e20adc3ea00d1594a2a05d9b187ed12ffa8e
Fixed
a1354bdd191d533211b7cb723aa76a66f516f197
Fixed
779a9930f3e152c82699feb389a0e6d6644e747e
Fixed
85bc736a18b872f54912e8bb70682d11770aece0
Fixed
f9058178597059d6307efe96a7916600f8ede08c
Fixed
bc155c6c188c2f0c5749993b1405673d25a80389

Affected versions

v5.*

v5.1
v5.1-rc2
v5.1-rc3
v5.1-rc4
v5.1-rc5
v5.1-rc6
v5.1-rc7
v5.10
v5.10-rc1
v5.10-rc2
v5.10-rc3
v5.10-rc4
v5.10-rc5
v5.10-rc6
v5.10-rc7
v5.10.1
v5.10.10
v5.10.100
v5.10.101
v5.10.102
v5.10.103
v5.10.104
v5.10.105
v5.10.106
v5.10.107
v5.10.108
v5.10.109
v5.10.11
v5.10.110
v5.10.111
v5.10.112
v5.10.113
v5.10.114
v5.10.115
v5.10.116
v5.10.117
v5.10.118
v5.10.119
v5.10.12
v5.10.120
v5.10.121
v5.10.122
v5.10.123
v5.10.124
v5.10.125
v5.10.126
v5.10.127
v5.10.128
v5.10.129
v5.10.13
v5.10.130
v5.10.131
v5.10.132
v5.10.133
v5.10.134
v5.10.135
v5.10.136
v5.10.137
v5.10.138
v5.10.139
v5.10.14
v5.10.140
v5.10.141
v5.10.142
v5.10.143
v5.10.144
v5.10.145
v5.10.146
v5.10.147
v5.10.148
v5.10.149
v5.10.15
v5.10.16
v5.10.17
v5.10.18
v5.10.19
v5.10.2
v5.10.20
v5.10.21
v5.10.22
v5.10.23
v5.10.24
v5.10.25
v5.10.26
v5.10.27
v5.10.28
v5.10.29
v5.10.3
v5.10.30
v5.10.31
v5.10.32
v5.10.33
v5.10.34
v5.10.35
v5.10.36
v5.10.37
v5.10.38
v5.10.39
v5.10.4
v5.10.40
v5.10.41
v5.10.42
v5.10.43
v5.10.44
v5.10.45
v5.10.46
v5.10.47
v5.10.48
v5.10.49
v5.10.5
v5.10.50
v5.10.51
v5.10.52
v5.10.53
v5.10.54
v5.10.55
v5.10.56
v5.10.57
v5.10.58
v5.10.59
v5.10.6
v5.10.60
v5.10.61
v5.10.62
v5.10.63
v5.10.64
v5.10.65
v5.10.66
v5.10.67
v5.10.68
v5.10.69
v5.10.7
v5.10.70
v5.10.71
v5.10.72
v5.10.73
v5.10.74
v5.10.75
v5.10.76
v5.10.77
v5.10.78
v5.10.79
v5.10.8
v5.10.80
v5.10.81
v5.10.82
v5.10.83
v5.10.84
v5.10.85
v5.10.86
v5.10.87
v5.10.88
v5.10.89
v5.10.9
v5.10.90
v5.10.91
v5.10.92
v5.10.93
v5.10.94
v5.10.95
v5.10.96
v5.10.97
v5.10.98
v5.10.99
v5.11
v5.11-rc1
v5.11-rc2
v5.11-rc3
v5.11-rc4
v5.11-rc5
v5.11-rc6
v5.11-rc7
v5.12
v5.12-rc1
v5.12-rc1-dontuse
v5.12-rc2
v5.12-rc3
v5.12-rc4
v5.12-rc5
v5.12-rc6
v5.12-rc7
v5.12-rc8
v5.13
v5.13-rc1
v5.13-rc2
v5.13-rc3
v5.13-rc4
v5.13-rc5
v5.13-rc6
v5.13-rc7
v5.14
v5.14-rc1
v5.14-rc2
v5.14-rc3
v5.14-rc4
v5.14-rc5
v5.14-rc6
v5.14-rc7
v5.15
v5.15-rc1
v5.15-rc2
v5.15-rc3
v5.15-rc4
v5.15-rc5
v5.15-rc6
v5.15-rc7
v5.15.1
v5.15.10
v5.15.11
v5.15.12
v5.15.13
v5.15.14
v5.15.15
v5.15.16
v5.15.17
v5.15.18
v5.15.19
v5.15.2
v5.15.20
v5.15.21
v5.15.22
v5.15.23
v5.15.24
v5.15.25
v5.15.26
v5.15.27
v5.15.28
v5.15.29
v5.15.3
v5.15.30
v5.15.31
v5.15.32
v5.15.33
v5.15.34
v5.15.35
v5.15.36
v5.15.37
v5.15.38
v5.15.39
v5.15.4
v5.15.40
v5.15.41
v5.15.42
v5.15.43
v5.15.44
v5.15.45
v5.15.46
v5.15.47
v5.15.48
v5.15.49
v5.15.5
v5.15.50
v5.15.51
v5.15.52
v5.15.53
v5.15.54
v5.15.55
v5.15.56
v5.15.57
v5.15.58
v5.15.59
v5.15.6
v5.15.60
v5.15.61
v5.15.62
v5.15.63
v5.15.64
v5.15.65
v5.15.66
v5.15.67
v5.15.68
v5.15.69
v5.15.7
v5.15.70
v5.15.71
v5.15.72
v5.15.73
v5.15.74
v5.15.8
v5.15.9
v5.16
v5.16-rc1
v5.16-rc2
v5.16-rc3
v5.16-rc4
v5.16-rc5
v5.16-rc6
v5.16-rc7
v5.16-rc8
v5.17
v5.17-rc1
v5.17-rc2
v5.17-rc3
v5.17-rc4
v5.17-rc5
v5.17-rc6
v5.17-rc7
v5.17-rc8
v5.18
v5.18-rc1
v5.18-rc2
v5.18-rc3
v5.18-rc4
v5.18-rc5
v5.18-rc6
v5.18-rc7
v5.19
v5.19-rc1
v5.19-rc2
v5.19-rc3
v5.19-rc4
v5.19-rc5
v5.19-rc6
v5.19-rc7
v5.19-rc8
v5.19.1
v5.19.10
v5.19.11
v5.19.12
v5.19.13
v5.19.14
v5.19.15
v5.19.16
v5.19.2
v5.19.3
v5.19.4
v5.19.5
v5.19.6
v5.19.7
v5.19.8
v5.19.9
v5.2
v5.2-rc1
v5.2-rc2
v5.2-rc3
v5.2-rc4
v5.2-rc5
v5.2-rc6
v5.2-rc7
v5.3
v5.3-rc1
v5.3-rc2
v5.3-rc3
v5.3-rc4
v5.3-rc5
v5.3-rc6
v5.3-rc7
v5.3-rc8
v5.4
v5.4-rc1
v5.4-rc2
v5.4-rc3
v5.4-rc4
v5.4-rc5
v5.4-rc6
v5.4-rc7
v5.4-rc8
v5.4.1
v5.4.10
v5.4.100
v5.4.101
v5.4.102
v5.4.103
v5.4.104
v5.4.105
v5.4.106
v5.4.107
v5.4.108
v5.4.109
v5.4.11
v5.4.110
v5.4.111
v5.4.112
v5.4.113
v5.4.114
v5.4.115
v5.4.116
v5.4.117
v5.4.118
v5.4.119
v5.4.12
v5.4.120
v5.4.121
v5.4.122
v5.4.123
v5.4.124
v5.4.125
v5.4.126
v5.4.127
v5.4.128
v5.4.129
v5.4.13
v5.4.130
v5.4.131
v5.4.132
v5.4.133
v5.4.134
v5.4.135
v5.4.136
v5.4.137
v5.4.138
v5.4.139
v5.4.14
v5.4.140
v5.4.141
v5.4.142
v5.4.143
v5.4.144
v5.4.145
v5.4.146
v5.4.147
v5.4.148
v5.4.149
v5.4.15
v5.4.150
v5.4.151
v5.4.152
v5.4.153
v5.4.154
v5.4.155
v5.4.156
v5.4.157
v5.4.158
v5.4.159
v5.4.16
v5.4.160
v5.4.161
v5.4.162
v5.4.163
v5.4.164
v5.4.165
v5.4.166
v5.4.167
v5.4.168
v5.4.169
v5.4.17
v5.4.170
v5.4.171
v5.4.172
v5.4.173
v5.4.174
v5.4.175
v5.4.176
v5.4.177
v5.4.178
v5.4.179
v5.4.18
v5.4.180
v5.4.181
v5.4.182
v5.4.183
v5.4.184
v5.4.185
v5.4.186
v5.4.187
v5.4.188
v5.4.189
v5.4.19
v5.4.190
v5.4.191
v5.4.192
v5.4.193
v5.4.194
v5.4.195
v5.4.196
v5.4.197
v5.4.198
v5.4.199
v5.4.2
v5.4.20
v5.4.200
v5.4.201
v5.4.202
v5.4.203
v5.4.204
v5.4.205
v5.4.206
v5.4.207
v5.4.208
v5.4.209
v5.4.21
v5.4.210
v5.4.211
v5.4.212
v5.4.213
v5.4.214
v5.4.215
v5.4.216
v5.4.217
v5.4.218
v5.4.219
v5.4.22
v5.4.23
v5.4.24
v5.4.25
v5.4.26
v5.4.27
v5.4.28
v5.4.29
v5.4.3
v5.4.30
v5.4.31
v5.4.32
v5.4.33
v5.4.34
v5.4.35
v5.4.36
v5.4.37
v5.4.38
v5.4.39
v5.4.4
v5.4.40
v5.4.41
v5.4.42
v5.4.43
v5.4.44
v5.4.45
v5.4.46
v5.4.47
v5.4.48
v5.4.49
v5.4.5
v5.4.50
v5.4.51
v5.4.52
v5.4.53
v5.4.54
v5.4.55
v5.4.56
v5.4.57
v5.4.58
v5.4.59
v5.4.6
v5.4.60
v5.4.61
v5.4.62
v5.4.63
v5.4.64
v5.4.65
v5.4.66
v5.4.67
v5.4.68
v5.4.69
v5.4.7
v5.4.70
v5.4.71
v5.4.72
v5.4.73
v5.4.74
v5.4.75
v5.4.76
v5.4.77
v5.4.78
v5.4.79
v5.4.8
v5.4.80
v5.4.81
v5.4.82
v5.4.83
v5.4.84
v5.4.85
v5.4.86
v5.4.87
v5.4.88
v5.4.89
v5.4.9
v5.4.90
v5.4.91
v5.4.92
v5.4.93
v5.4.94
v5.4.95
v5.4.96
v5.4.97
v5.4.98
v5.4.99
v5.5
v5.5-rc1
v5.5-rc2
v5.5-rc3
v5.5-rc4
v5.5-rc5
v5.5-rc6
v5.5-rc7
v5.6
v5.6-rc1
v5.6-rc2
v5.6-rc3
v5.6-rc4
v5.6-rc5
v5.6-rc6
v5.6-rc7
v5.7
v5.7-rc1
v5.7-rc2
v5.7-rc3
v5.7-rc4
v5.7-rc5
v5.7-rc6
v5.7-rc7
v5.8
v5.8-rc1
v5.8-rc2
v5.8-rc3
v5.8-rc4
v5.8-rc5
v5.8-rc6
v5.8-rc7
v5.9
v5.9-rc1
v5.9-rc2
v5.9-rc3
v5.9-rc4
v5.9-rc5
v5.9-rc6
v5.9-rc7
v5.9-rc8

v6.*

v6.0
v6.0-rc1
v6.0-rc2
v6.0-rc3
v6.0-rc4
v6.0-rc5
v6.0-rc6
v6.0-rc7
v6.0.1
v6.0.2

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50731.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.2.0
Fixed
5.4.220
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.150
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.75
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
5.19.17
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.20.0
Fixed
6.0.3

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50731.json"