# CVE-2022-49497: net: remove two BUG() from skb\_checksum\_help()

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.24

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: remove two BUG() from skb_checksum_help() I have a syzbot report that managed to get a crash in skb_checksum_help() If syzbot can trigger these BUG(), it makes sense to replace them with more friendly WARN_ON_ONCE() since skb_checksum_help() can instead return an error code. Note that syzbot will still crash there, until real bug is fixed.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/312c43e98ed190bd8fd7a71a0addf9539d5b8ab1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6320ae1b5876c30bf98203b6a5abe8b5c45e6a04
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5281245f3502e960cb6b89348767b935379cee3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1320c9a4d30ff54b824a8ad6036e0b5fb4c5e73
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7ea0d9df2a6265b2b180d17ebc64b38105968fc

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