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          "type": "GIT"
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      "package": {
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    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50651.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genl_info in dump\n\nThe similar fix as commit 46cdedf2a0fa (\"ethtool: pse-pd: fix null-deref on\ngenl_info in dump\") is also needed for ethtool eeprom.",
  "id": "CVE-2022-50651",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T23:09:35.663703205Z",
  "published": "2025-12-09T00:00:25.571Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/138a13d8f5c81266032af680f63069387f2748da"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e3be98592a12511d4e78a9a67aaff3e6ca4980c"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9effca9d7d7cf6341182a7c5cabcbd6fa28063"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50651.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50651"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
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  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "summary": "ethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genl_info in dump"
}