Linux KernelOperating system · Linux
CVE-2022-49207
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, sockmap: Fix memleak in sk_psock_queue_msg If tcp_bpf_sendmsg is running during a tear down operation we may enqueue data on the ingress msg queue while tear down is trying to free it. sk1 (redirect sk2) sk2 ------------------- --------------- tcp_bpf_sendmsg() tcp_bpf_send_verdict() tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir() bpf_tcp_ingress() sock_map_close() lock_sock() lock_sock() ... blocking sk_psock_stop sk_psock_clear_state(psock, SK_PSOCK_TX_ENABLED); release_sock(sk); lock_sock() sk_mem_charge() get_page() sk_psock_queue_msg() sk_psock_test_state(psock, SK_PSOCK_TX_ENABLED); drop_sk_msg() release_sock() While drop_sk_msg(), the msg has charged memory form sk by sk_mem_charge and has sg pages need to put. To fix we use sk_msg_free() and then kfee() msg. This issue can cause the following info: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 9202 at net/core/stream.c:205 sk_stream_kill_queues+0xc8/0xe0 Call Trace: <IRQ> inet_csk_destroy_sock+0x55/0x110 tcp_rcv_state_process+0xe5f/0xe90 ? sk_filter_trim_cap+0x10d/0x230 ? tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x161/0x250 tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x161/0x250 tcp_v4_rcv+0xc3a/0xce0 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x3d/0x230 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x54/0x60 ip_local_deliver+0xfd/0x110 ? ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x230/0x230 ip_rcv+0xd6/0x100 ? ip_local_deliver+0x110/0x110 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x85/0xa0 process_backlog+0xa4/0x160 __napi_poll+0x29/0x1b0 net_rx_action+0x287/0x300 __do_softirq+0xff/0x2fc do_softirq+0x79/0x90 </IRQ> WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 531 at net/ipv4/af_inet.c:154 inet_sock_destruct+0x175/0x1b0 Call Trace: <TASK> __sk_destruct+0x24/0x1f0 sk_psock_destroy+0x19b/0x1c0 process_one_work+0x1b3/0x3c0 ? process_one_work+0x3c0/0x3c0 worker_thread+0x30/0x350 ? process_one_work+0x3c0/0x3c0 kthread+0xe6/0x110 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 </TASK>
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysisAllocated memory is never released on some path, so a long-running service or a repeatedly triggered request steadily consumes memory until performance degrades or the process crashes. Attackers exploit it by simply driving the leaking path. Remediation is pairing every allocation with a release and using ownership patterns or tooling to catch what leaks.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
>= 5.14, < 5.15.33>= 5.16, < 5.16.19>= 5.17, < 5.17.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped5.15.335.16.195.17.2
Upgrade to kernel 5.15.33, 5.16.19, or 5.17.2 (or later stable release)
- Identify the current running kernel version using 'uname -r'
- Check if the version is affected: >= 5.14 to < 5.15.33, >= 5.16 to < 5.16.19, or >= 5.17 to < 5.17.2
- If affected, upgrade the kernel to a fixed release: 5.15.33, 5.16.19, or 5.17.2 or later
- Reboot the system to apply the new kernel
- Verify the fix is applied by checking the kernel version after reboot with 'uname -r'
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