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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2022-50373" idYear: 2022 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-09-17T14:56:28.282Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-05T08:58:28.255Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:49.724Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-50373" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-50373.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50373" title: "fs: dlm: fix race in lowcomms" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs: dlm: fix race in lowcomms\n\nThis patch fixes a race between queue_work() in\n_dlm_lowcomms_commit_msg() and srcu_read_unlock(). The queue_work() can\ntake the final reference of a dlm_msg and so msg-\u003eidx can contain\ngarbage which is signaled by the following warning:\n\n[ 676.237050] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n[ 676.237052] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1060 at include/linux/srcu.h:189 dlm_lowcomms_commit_msg+0x41/0x50\n[ 676.238945] Modules linked in: dlm_locktorture torture rpcsec_gss_krb5 intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support qxl kvm_intel drm_ttm_helper vmw_vsock_virtio_transport kvm vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common ttm irqbypass crc32_pclmul joydev crc32c_intel serio_raw drm_kms_helper vsock virtio_scsi virtio_console virtio_balloon snd_pcm drm syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt snd_timer fb_sys_fops i2c_i801 lpc_ich snd i2c_smbus soundcore pcspkr\n[ 676.244227] CPU: 0 PID: 1060 Comm: lock_torture_wr Not tainted 5.19.0-rc3+ #1546\n[ 676.245216] Hardware name: Red Hat KVM/RHEL-AV, BIOS 1.16.0-2.module+el8.7.0+15506+033991b0 04/01/2014\n[ 676.246460] RIP: 0010:dlm_lowcomms_commit_msg+0x41/0x50\n[ 676.247132] Code: fe ff ff ff 75 24 48 c7 c6 bd 0f 49 bb 48 c7 c7 38 7c 01 bd e8 00 e7 ca ff 89 de 48 c7 c7 60 78 01 bd e8 42 3d cd ff 5b 5d c3 \u003c0f\u003e 0b eb d8 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48\n[ 676.249253] RSP: 0018:ffffa401c18ffc68 EFLAGS: 00010282\n[ 676.249855] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 00000000ffff8b76 RCX: 0000000000000006\n[ 676.250713] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffbccf3a10 RDI: ffffffffbcc7b62e\n[ 676.251610] RBP: ffffa401c18ffc70 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001\n[ 676.252481] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000005\n[ 676.253421] R13: ffff8b76786ec370 R14: ffff8b76786ec370 R15: ffff8b76786ec480\n[ 676.254257] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8b7777800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[ 676.255239] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[ 676.255897] CR2: 00005590205d88b8 CR3: 000000017656c003 CR4: 0000000000770ee0\n[ 676.256734] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\n[ 676.257567] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\n[ 676.258397] PKRU: 55555554\n[ 676.258729] Call Trace:\n[ 676.259063] \u003cTASK\u003e\n[ 676.259354] dlm_midcomms_commit_mhandle+0xcc/0x110\n[ 676.259964] queue_bast+0x8b/0xb0\n[ 676.260423] grant_pending_locks+0x166/0x1b0\n[ 676.261007] _unlock_lock+0x75/0x90\n[ 676.261469] unlock_lock.isra.57+0x62/0xa0\n[ 676.262009] dlm_unlock+0x21e/0x330\n[ 676.262457] ? lock_torture_stats+0x80/0x80 [dlm_locktorture]\n[ 676.263183] torture_unlock+0x5a/0x90 [dlm_locktorture]\n[ 676.263815] ? preempt_count_sub+0xba/0x100\n[ 676.264361] ? complete+0x1d/0x60\n[ 676.264777] lock_torture_writer+0xb8/0x150 [dlm_locktorture]\n[ 676.265555] kthread+0x10a/0x130\n[ 676.266007] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20\n[ 676.266616] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30\n[ 676.267097] \u003c/TASK\u003e\n[ 676.267381] irq event stamp: 9579855\n[ 676.267824] hardirqs last enabled at (9579863): [\u003cffffffffbb14e6f8\u003e] __up_console_sem+0x58/0x60\n[ 676.268896] hardirqs last disabled at (9579872): [\u003cffffffffbb14e6dd\u003e] __up_console_sem+0x3d/0x60\n[ 676.270008] softirqs last enabled at (9579798): [\u003cffffffffbc200349\u003e] __do_softirq+0x349/0x4c7\n[ 676.271438] softirqs last disabled at (9579897): [\u003cffffffffbb0d54c0\u003e] irq_exit_rcu+0xb0/0xf0\n[ 676.272796] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n\nI reproduced this warning with dlm_locktorture test which is currently\nnot upstream. However this patch fix the issue by make a additional\nrefcount between dlm_lowcomms_new_msg() and dlm_lowcomms_commit_msg().\nIn case of the race the kref_put() in dlm_lowcomms_commit_msg() will be\nthe final put." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"b38bc9c2b3171f4411d80015ecb876bc6f9bcd26","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"27d3e646dd83bafd7094890462eebfce3ac31e4a"},{"version":"b38bc9c2b3171f4411d80015ecb876bc6f9bcd26","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"eb97e60a9eae632ff9104a580dbc4fdc58dc23cb"},{"version":"b38bc9c2b3171f4411d80015ecb876bc6f9bcd26","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"de7fdff754bb4d01e38e19964c309b6df6a79472"},{"version":"b38bc9c2b3171f4411d80015ecb876bc6f9bcd26","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"30ea3257e8766027c4d8d609dcbd256ff9a76073"},{"version":"7ae861bbfa0f69bd36bdff47f9755ad67a2bd219","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.13.2","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.14"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.14","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.14"},{"version":"5.15.75","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"5.19.17","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.19.*"},{"version":"6.0.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.0.*"},{"version":"6.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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