{"cve":"CVE-2022-49973","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-18T11:15:24.673","modified":"2026-06-17T05:19:39.210","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nskmsg: Fix wrong last sg check in sk_msg_recvmsg()\n\nFix one kernel NULL pointer dereference as below:\n\n[  224.462334] Call Trace:\n[  224.462394]  __tcp_bpf_recvmsg+0xd3/0x380\n[  224.462441]  ? sock_has_perm+0x78/0xa0\n[  224.462463]  tcp_bpf_recvmsg+0x12e/0x220\n[  224.462494]  inet_recvmsg+0x5b/0xd0\n[  224.462534]  __sys_recvfrom+0xc8/0x130\n[  224.462574]  ? syscall_trace_enter+0x1df/0x2e0\n[  224.462606]  ? __do_page_fault+0x2de/0x500\n[  224.462635]  __x64_sys_recvfrom+0x24/0x30\n[  224.462660]  do_syscall_64+0x5d/0x1d0\n[  224.462709]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca\n\nIn commit 9974d37ea75f (\"skmsg: Fix invalid last sg check in\nsk_msg_recvmsg()\"), we change last sg check to sg_is_last(),\nbut in sockmap redirection case (without stream_parser/stream_verdict/\nskb_verdict), we did not mark the end of the scatterlist. Check the\nsk_msg_alloc, sk_msg_page_add, and bpf_msg_push_data functions, they all\ndo not mark the end of sg. They are expected to use sg.end for end\njudgment. So the judgment of '(i != msg_rx->sg.end)' is added back here.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10ee118a1756141f8e9c87aa7344ed12b41630a8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/583585e48d965338e73e1eb383768d16e0922d73","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de22cba333d8699ad77e79f862fe1320cb1284de"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:03:23.287444849+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49973","score":0.00243,"percentile":0.15488,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}