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Linux Kernel CVE-2022-50259

MEDIUM
Race Condition (CWE-362)
2025-09-15 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
4.7
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY
4.7 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SUSE
MEDIUM
qualitative
Red Hat
4.1 LOW
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 19:12 vuln.today
Patch released
Mar 28, 2026 - 19:12 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
Sep 15, 2025 - 14:15 nvd
MEDIUM 4.7

DescriptionCVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf, sockmap: fix race in sock_map_free()

sock_map_free() calls release_sock(sk) without owning a reference on the socket. This can cause use-after-free as syzbot found [1]

Jakub Sitnicki already took care of a similar issue in sock_hash_free() in commit 75e68e5bf2c7 ("bpf, sockhash: Synchronize delete from bucket list on map free")

[1] refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory. WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3785 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0x17c/0x1a0 lib/refcount.c:31 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 3785 Comm: kworker/u4:6 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc7-syzkaller-00103-gef4d3ea40565 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022 Workqueue: events_unbound bpf_map_free_deferred RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x17c/0x1a0 lib/refcount.c:31 Code: 68 8b 31 c0 e8 75 71 15 fd 0f 0b e9 64 ff ff ff e8 d9 6e 4e fd c6 05 62 9c 3d 0a 01 48 c7 c7 80 bb 68 8b 31 c0 e8 54 71 15 fd <0f> 0b e9 43 ff ff ff 89 d9 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c a2 fe ff RSP: 0018:ffffc9000456fb60 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: eae59bab72dcd700 RBX: 0000000000000004 RCX: ffff8880207057c0 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000201 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: 0000000000000004 R08: ffffffff816fdabd R09: fffff520008adee5 R10: fffff520008adee5 R11: 1ffff920008adee4 R12: 0000000000000004 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88807b1c6c00 R15: 1ffff1100f638dcf FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000001b30c30000 CR3: 000000000d08e000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> __refcount_dec include/linux/refcount.h:344 [inline] refcount_dec include/linux/refcount.h:359 [inline] __sock_put include/net/sock.h:779 [inline] tcp_release_cb+0x2d0/0x360 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1092 release_sock+0xaf/0x1c0 net/core/sock.c:3468 sock_map_free+0x219/0x2c0 net/core/sock_map.c:356 process_one_work+0x81c/0xd10 kernel/workqueue.c:2289 worker_thread+0xb14/0x1330 kernel/workqueue.c:2436 kthread+0x266/0x300 kernel/kthread.c:376 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:306 </TASK>

AnalysisAI

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, sockmap: fix race in sock_map_free() sock_map_free() calls release_sock(sk) without owning a reference on the socket. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7).

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-362. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, sockmap: fix race in sock_map_free() sock_map_free() calls release_sock(sk) without owning a reference on the socket. This can cause use-after-free as syzbot found [1] Jakub Sitnicki already took care of a similar issue in sock_hash_free() in commit 75e68e5bf2c7 ("bpf, sockhash: Synchronize delete from bucket list on map free") [1] refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory. WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3785 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0x17c/0x1a0 lib/refcount.c:31 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 3785 Comm: kworker/u4:6 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc7-syzkaller-00103-gef4d3ea40565 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022 Workqueue: events_unbound bpf_map_free_deferred RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x17c/0x1a0 lib/refcount.c:31 Code: 68 8b 31 c0 e8 75 71 15 fd 0f 0b e9 64 ff ff ff e8 d9 6e 4e fd c6 05 62 9c 3d 0a 01 48 c7 c7 80 bb 68 8b 31 c0 e8 54 71 15 fd <0f> 0b e9 43 ff ff ff 89 d9 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c a2 fe ff RSP: 0018:ffffc9000456fb60 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: eae59bab72dcd700 RBX: 0000000000000004 RCX: ffff8880207057c0 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000201 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: 0000000000000004 R08: ffffffff816fdabd R09: fffff520008adee5 R10: fffff520008adee5 R11: 1ffff920008adee4 R12: 0000000000000004 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88807b1c6c00 R15: 1ffff1100f638dcf FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000001b30c30000 CR3: 000000000d08e000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> __refcount_dec include/linux/refcount.h:344 [inline] refcount_dec include/linux/refcount.h:359 [inline] __sock_put include/net/sock.h:779 [inline] tcp_release_cb+0x2d0/0x360 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1092 release_sock+0xaf/0x1c0 net/core/sock.c:3468 sock_map_free+0x219/0x2c0 net/core/sock_map.c:356 process_one_work+0x81c/0xd10 kernel/workqueue.c:2289 worker_thread+0xb14/0x1330 kernel/workqueue.c:2436 kthread+0x266/0x300 kernel/kthread.c:376 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:306 </TASK> Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Medium
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 Fixed

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