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CVE-2022-50580

kernel: blk-throttle: prevent overflow while calculating wait time

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

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 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound