{"cve":"CVE-2022-50350","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-16T17:15:34.833","modified":"2026-08-04T10:18:12.157","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: target: iscsi: Fix a race condition between login_work and the login thread\n\nIn case a malicious initiator sends some random data immediately after a\nlogin PDU; the iscsi_target_sk_data_ready() callback will schedule the\nlogin_work and, at the same time, the negotiation may end without clearing\nthe LOGIN_FLAGS_INITIAL_PDU flag (because no additional PDU exchanges are\nrequired to complete the login).\n\nThe login has been completed but the login_work function will find the\nLOGIN_FLAGS_INITIAL_PDU flag set and will never stop from rescheduling\nitself; at this point, if the initiator drops the connection, the\niscsit_conn structure will be freed, login_work will dereference a released\nsocket structure and the kernel crashes.\n\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000230\nPF: supervisor write access in kernel mode\nPF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page\nWorkqueue: events iscsi_target_do_login_rx [iscsi_target_mod]\nRIP: 0010:_raw_read_lock_bh+0x15/0x30\nCall trace:\n iscsi_target_do_login_rx+0x75/0x3f0 [iscsi_target_mod]\n process_one_work+0x1e8/0x3c0\n\nFix this bug by forcing login_work to stop after the login has been\ncompleted and the socket callbacks have been restored.\n\nAdd a comment to clearify the return values of iscsi_target_do_login()","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.7},"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1533b8b3058db618409f41554ebe768c2e3acfae","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ecdca49ca49d4770639d81503c873b6d25887c4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fec1b2fa62c162d03f5dcd7b03e3c89d3116d49f"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:10:08.713834912+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50350","score":0.00274,"percentile":0.19842,"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."]}