CVE-2022-50580
kernel: blk-throttle: prevent overflow while calculating wait time
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 22, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
blk-throttle: prevent overflow while calculating wait time
There is a problem found by code review in tg_with_in_bps_limit() that 'bps_limit * jiffy_elapsed_rnd' might overflow. Fix the problem by calling mul_u64_u64_div_u64() instead.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound