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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2022-50780" idYear: 2022 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-12-24T13:06:08.552Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T21:41:24.033Z" 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-2022-50780" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-50780.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50780" title: "net: fix UAF issue in nfqnl_nf_hook_drop() when ops_init() failed" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: fix UAF issue in nfqnl_nf_hook_drop() when ops_init() failed\n\nWhen the ops_init() interface is invoked to initialize the net, but\nops-\u003einit() fails, data is released. However, the ptr pointer in\nnet-\u003egen is invalid. In this case, when nfqnl_nf_hook_drop() is invoked\nto release the net, invalid address access occurs.\n\nThe process is as follows:\nsetup_net()\n\tops_init()\n\t\tdata = kzalloc(...) ---\u003e alloc \"data\"\n\t\tnet_assign_generic() ---\u003e assign \"date\" to ptr in net-\u003egen\n\t\t...\n\t\tops-\u003einit() ---\u003e failed\n\t\t...\n\t\tkfree(data); ---\u003e ptr in net-\u003egen is invalid\n\t...\n\tops_exit_list()\n\t\t...\n\t\tnfqnl_nf_hook_drop()\n\t\t\t*q = nfnl_queue_pernet(net) ---\u003e q is invalid\n\nThe following is the Call Trace information:\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in nfqnl_nf_hook_drop+0x264/0x280\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff88810396b240 by task ip/15855\nCall Trace:\n\u003cTASK\u003e\ndump_stack_lvl+0x8e/0xd1\nprint_report+0x155/0x454\nkasan_report+0xba/0x1f0\nnfqnl_nf_hook_drop+0x264/0x280\nnf_queue_nf_hook_drop+0x8b/0x1b0\n__nf_unregister_net_hook+0x1ae/0x5a0\nnf_unregister_net_hooks+0xde/0x130\nops_exit_list+0xb0/0x170\nsetup_net+0x7ac/0xbd0\ncopy_net_ns+0x2e6/0x6b0\ncreate_new_namespaces+0x382/0xa50\nunshare_nsproxy_namespaces+0xa6/0x1c0\nksys_unshare+0x3a4/0x7e0\n__x64_sys_unshare+0x2d/0x40\ndo_syscall_64+0x35/0x80\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\n\u003c/TASK\u003e\n\nAllocated by task 15855:\nkasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40\nkasan_set_track+0x21/0x30\n__kasan_kmalloc+0xa1/0xb0\n__kmalloc+0x49/0xb0\nops_init+0xe7/0x410\nsetup_net+0x5aa/0xbd0\ncopy_net_ns+0x2e6/0x6b0\ncreate_new_namespaces+0x382/0xa50\nunshare_nsproxy_namespaces+0xa6/0x1c0\nksys_unshare+0x3a4/0x7e0\n__x64_sys_unshare+0x2d/0x40\ndo_syscall_64+0x35/0x80\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\n\nFreed by task 15855:\nkasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40\nkasan_set_track+0x21/0x30\nkasan_save_free_info+0x2a/0x40\n____kasan_slab_free+0x155/0x1b0\nslab_free_freelist_hook+0x11b/0x220\n__kmem_cache_free+0xa4/0x360\nops_init+0xb9/0x410\nsetup_net+0x5aa/0xbd0\ncopy_net_ns+0x2e6/0x6b0\ncreate_new_namespaces+0x382/0xa50\nunshare_nsproxy_namespaces+0xa6/0x1c0\nksys_unshare+0x3a4/0x7e0\n__x64_sys_unshare+0x2d/0x40\ndo_syscall_64+0x35/0x80\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"f875bae065334907796da12523f9df85c89f5712","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5a2ea549be94924364f6911227d99be86e8cf34a"},{"version":"f875bae065334907796da12523f9df85c89f5712","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"97ad240fd9aa9214497d14af2b91608e20856cac"},{"version":"f875bae065334907796da12523f9df85c89f5712","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c3edc6e808209aa705185f732e682a370981ced1"},{"version":"f875bae065334907796da12523f9df85c89f5712","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a1e18acb0246bfb001b08b8b1b830b5ec92a0f13"},{"version":"f875bae065334907796da12523f9df85c89f5712","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4a4df5e78712de39d6f90d6a64b5eb48dca03bd5"},{"version":"f875bae065334907796da12523f9df85c89f5712","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d266935ac43d57586e311a087510fe6a084af742"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.33","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.33"},{"version":"4.19.264","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"4.19.*"},{"version":"5.4.223","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.153","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.77","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.0.7","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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