{"cve":"CVE-2022-50310","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-15T15:15:42.750","modified":"2026-08-04T10:18:10.670","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nip6mr: fix UAF issue in ip6mr_sk_done() when addrconf_init_net() failed\n\nIf the initialization fails in calling addrconf_init_net(), devconf_all is\nthe pointer that has been released. Then ip6mr_sk_done() is called to\nrelease the net, accessing devconf->mc_forwarding directly causes invalid\npointer access.\n\nThe process is as follows:\nsetup_net()\n\tops_init()\n\t\taddrconf_init_net()\n\t\tall = kmemdup(...)           ---> alloc \"all\"\n\t\t...\n\t\tnet->ipv6.devconf_all = all;\n\t\t__addrconf_sysctl_register() ---> failed\n\t\t...\n\t\tkfree(all);                  ---> ipv6.devconf_all invalid\n\t\t...\n\tops_exit_list()\n\t\t...\n\t\tip6mr_sk_done()\n\t\t\tdevconf = net->ipv6.devconf_all;\n\t\t\t//devconf is invalid pointer\n\t\t\tif (!devconf || !atomic_read(&devconf->mc_forwarding))\n\nThe following is the Call Trace information:\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ip6mr_sk_done+0x112/0x3a0\nRead of size 4 at addr ffff888075508e88 by task ip/14554\nCall Trace:\n<TASK>\ndump_stack_lvl+0x8e/0xd1\nprint_report+0x155/0x454\nkasan_report+0xba/0x1f0\nkasan_check_range+0x35/0x1b0\nip6mr_sk_done+0x112/0x3a0\nrawv6_close+0x48/0x70\ninet_release+0x109/0x230\ninet6_release+0x4c/0x70\nsock_release+0x87/0x1b0\nigmp6_net_exit+0x6b/0x170\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\nRIP: 0033:0x7f7963322547\n\n</TASK>\nAllocated by task 14554:\nkasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40\nkasan_set_track+0x21/0x30\n__kasan_kmalloc+0xa1/0xb0\n__kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x4a/0xb0\nkmemdup+0x28/0x60\naddrconf_init_net+0x1be/0x840\nops_init+0xa5/0x410\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 14554:\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\naddrconf_init_net+0x623/0x840\nops_init+0xa5/0x410\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","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ca695207ed2271ecbf8ee6c641970f621c157cc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22a68c3b9362eaac7b035eba09e95e6b3f7a912c"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:08:41.295252406+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50310","score":0.00157,"percentile":0.04798,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}