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CVE-2022-49814

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2022
Source publication
Source updated
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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CNA source text (English)

kcm: close race conditions on sk_receive_queue

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kcm: close race conditions on sk_receive_queue sk->sk_receive_queue is protected by skb queue lock, but for KCM sockets its RX path takes mux->rx_lock to protect more than just skb queue. However, kcm_recvmsg() still only grabs the skb queue lock, so race conditions still exist. We can teach kcm_recvmsg() to grab mux->rx_lock too but this would introduce a potential performance regression as struct kcm_mux can be shared by multiple KCM sockets. So we have to enforce skb queue lock in requeue_rx_msgs() and handle skb peek case carefully in kcm_wait_data(). Fortunately, skb_recv_datagram() already handles it nicely and is widely used by other sockets, we can just switch to skb_recv_datagram() after getting rid of the unnecessary sock lock in kcm_recvmsg() and kcm_splice_read(). Side note: SOCK_DONE is not used by KCM sockets, so it is safe to get rid of this check too. I ran the original syzbot reproducer for 30 min without seeing any issue.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3affectedgit22f6b5d47396b4287662668ee3f5c1f766cb4259UnavailableNone listed
ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3affectedgitd9ad4de92e184b19bcae4da10dac0275abf83931UnavailableNone listed
ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3affectedgitce57d6474ae999a3b2d442314087473a646a65c7UnavailableNone listed
ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3affectedgit4154b6afa2bd639214ff259d912faad984f7413aUnavailableNone listed
ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3affectedgitf7b0e95071bb4be4b811af3f0bfc3e200eedeaa3UnavailableNone listed
ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3affectedgitbf92e54597d842da127c59833b365d6faeeaf020UnavailableNone listed
ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3affectedgit5121197ecc5db58c07da95eb1ff82b98b121a221UnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
4.6affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver4.6UnavailableNone listed
4.14.300unaffectedsemverUnavailable4.14.*None listed
4.19.267unaffectedsemverUnavailable4.19.*None listed
5.4.225unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.4.*None listed
5.10.156unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.10.*None listed
5.15.80unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.15.*None listed
6.0.10unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.0.*None listed
6.1unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed