CVE-2022-49814
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2022
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
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
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3 | affected | git | 22f6b5d47396b4287662668ee3f5c1f766cb4259 | Unavailable | None listed |
| ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3 | affected | git | d9ad4de92e184b19bcae4da10dac0275abf83931 | Unavailable | None listed |
| ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3 | affected | git | ce57d6474ae999a3b2d442314087473a646a65c7 | Unavailable | None listed |
| ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3 | affected | git | 4154b6afa2bd639214ff259d912faad984f7413a | Unavailable | None listed |
| ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3 | affected | git | f7b0e95071bb4be4b811af3f0bfc3e200eedeaa3 | Unavailable | None listed |
| ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3 | affected | git | bf92e54597d842da127c59833b365d6faeeaf020 | Unavailable | None listed |
| ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3 | affected | git | 5121197ecc5db58c07da95eb1ff82b98b121a221 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 4.6 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 4.14.300 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.14.* | None listed |
| 4.19.267 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.19.* | None listed |
| 5.4.225 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.4.* | None listed |
| 5.10.156 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.80 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.0.10 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.0.* | None listed |
| 6.1 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |