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CVE-2022-50409

UNKNOWN 0.0

net: If sock is dead don't access sock's sk_wq in sk_stream_wait_memory

CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: If sock is dead don't access sock's sk_wq in sk_stream_wait_memory Fixes the below NULL pointer dereference: [...] [ 14.471200] Call Trace: [ 14.471562] <TASK> [ 14.471882] lock_acquire+0x245/0x2e0 [ 14.472416] ? remove_wait_queue+0x12/0x50 [ 14.473014] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x17/0x50 [ 14.473681] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x3d/0x50 [ 14.474318] ? remove_wait_queue+0x12/0x50 [ 14.474907] remove_wait_queue+0x12/0x50 [ 14.475480] sk_stream_wait_memory+0x20d/0x340 [ 14.476127] ? do_wait_intr_irq+0x80/0x80 [ 14.476704] do_tcp_sendpages+0x287/0x600 [ 14.477283] tcp_bpf_push+0xab/0x260 [ 14.477817] tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir+0x297/0x500 [ 14.478461] ? __local_bh_enable_ip+0x77/0xe0 [ 14.479096] tcp_bpf_send_verdict+0x105/0x470 [ 14.479729] tcp_bpf_sendmsg+0x318/0x4f0 [ 14.480311] sock_sendmsg+0x2d/0x40 [ 14.480822] ____sys_sendmsg+0x1b4/0x1c0 [ 14.481390] ? copy_msghdr_from_user+0x62/0x80 [ 14.482048] ___sys_sendmsg+0x78/0xb0 [ 14.482580] ? vmf_insert_pfn_prot+0x91/0x150 [ 14.483215] ? __do_fault+0x2a/0x1a0 [ 14.483738] ? do_fault+0x15e/0x5d0 [ 14.484246] ? __handle_mm_fault+0x56b/0x1040 [ 14.484874] ? lock_is_held_type+0xdf/0x130 [ 14.485474] ? find_held_lock+0x2d/0x90 [ 14.486046] ? __sys_sendmsg+0x41/0x70 [ 14.486587] __sys_sendmsg+0x41/0x70 [ 14.487105] ? intel_pmu_drain_pebs_core+0x350/0x350 [ 14.487822] do_syscall_64+0x34/0x80 [ 14.488345] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [...] The test scenario has the following flow: thread1 thread2 ----------- --------------- tcp_bpf_sendmsg tcp_bpf_send_verdict tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir sock_close tcp_bpf_push_locked __sock_release tcp_bpf_push //inet_release do_tcp_sendpages sock->ops->release sk_stream_wait_memory // tcp_close sk_wait_event sk->sk_prot->close release_sock(__sk); *** lock_sock(sk); __tcp_close sock_orphan(sk) sk->sk_wq = NULL release_sock **** lock_sock(__sk); remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait); sk_sleep(sk) //NULL pointer dereference &rcu_dereference_raw(sk->sk_wq)->wait While waiting for memory in thread1, the socket is released with its wait queue because thread2 has closed it. This caused by tcp_bpf_send_verdict didn't increase the f_count of psock->sk_redir->sk_socket->file in thread1. We should check if SOCK_DEAD flag is set on wakeup in sk_stream_wait_memory before accessing the wait queue.

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Product linux
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Published Sep 18, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c < a76462dbdd8bddcbeec9463bc9e54e509b860762 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c < 65029aaedd15d9fe5ea1a899134e236d83f627bb 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c < 124b7c773271f06af5a2cea694b283cdb5275cf5 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c < 35f5e70bdfa7432762ac4ffa75e5a7574ac5563e 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c < 435f5aa4421782af197b98d8525263977be4af5c 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c < 3f8ef65af927db247418d4e1db49164d7a158fc5
Linux / Linux
4.20

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a76462dbdd8bddcbeec9463bc9e54e509b860762 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65029aaedd15d9fe5ea1a899134e236d83f627bb git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/124b7c773271f06af5a2cea694b283cdb5275cf5 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35f5e70bdfa7432762ac4ffa75e5a7574ac5563e git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/435f5aa4421782af197b98d8525263977be4af5c git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f8ef65af927db247418d4e1db49164d7a158fc5