{"cve":"CVE-2022-50409","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-18T16:15:44.133","modified":"2026-06-17T05:23:29.013","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: If sock is dead don't access sock's sk_wq in sk_stream_wait_memory\n\nFixes the below NULL pointer dereference:\n\n  [...]\n  [   14.471200] Call Trace:\n  [   14.471562]  <TASK>\n  [   14.471882]  lock_acquire+0x245/0x2e0\n  [   14.472416]  ? remove_wait_queue+0x12/0x50\n  [   14.473014]  ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x17/0x50\n  [   14.473681]  _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x3d/0x50\n  [   14.474318]  ? remove_wait_queue+0x12/0x50\n  [   14.474907]  remove_wait_queue+0x12/0x50\n  [   14.475480]  sk_stream_wait_memory+0x20d/0x340\n  [   14.476127]  ? do_wait_intr_irq+0x80/0x80\n  [   14.476704]  do_tcp_sendpages+0x287/0x600\n  [   14.477283]  tcp_bpf_push+0xab/0x260\n  [   14.477817]  tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir+0x297/0x500\n  [   14.478461]  ? __local_bh_enable_ip+0x77/0xe0\n  [   14.479096]  tcp_bpf_send_verdict+0x105/0x470\n  [   14.479729]  tcp_bpf_sendmsg+0x318/0x4f0\n  [   14.480311]  sock_sendmsg+0x2d/0x40\n  [   14.480822]  ____sys_sendmsg+0x1b4/0x1c0\n  [   14.481390]  ? copy_msghdr_from_user+0x62/0x80\n  [   14.482048]  ___sys_sendmsg+0x78/0xb0\n  [   14.482580]  ? vmf_insert_pfn_prot+0x91/0x150\n  [   14.483215]  ? __do_fault+0x2a/0x1a0\n  [   14.483738]  ? do_fault+0x15e/0x5d0\n  [   14.484246]  ? __handle_mm_fault+0x56b/0x1040\n  [   14.484874]  ? lock_is_held_type+0xdf/0x130\n  [   14.485474]  ? find_held_lock+0x2d/0x90\n  [   14.486046]  ? __sys_sendmsg+0x41/0x70\n  [   14.486587]  __sys_sendmsg+0x41/0x70\n  [   14.487105]  ? intel_pmu_drain_pebs_core+0x350/0x350\n  [   14.487822]  do_syscall_64+0x34/0x80\n  [   14.488345]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n  [...]\n\nThe test scenario has the following flow:\n\nthread1                               thread2\n-----------                           ---------------\n tcp_bpf_sendmsg\n  tcp_bpf_send_verdict\n   tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir              sock_close\n    tcp_bpf_push_locked                 __sock_release\n     tcp_bpf_push                         //inet_release\n      do_tcp_sendpages                    sock->ops->release\n       sk_stream_wait_memory          \t   // tcp_close\n          sk_wait_event                      sk->sk_prot->close\n           release_sock(__sk);\n            ***\n                                                lock_sock(sk);\n                                                  __tcp_close\n                                                    sock_orphan(sk)\n                                                      sk->sk_wq  = NULL\n                                                release_sock\n            ****\n           lock_sock(__sk);\n          remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);\n             sk_sleep(sk)\n             //NULL pointer dereference\n             &rcu_dereference_raw(sk->sk_wq)->wait\n\nWhile waiting for memory in thread1, the socket is released with its wait\nqueue because thread2 has closed it. This caused by tcp_bpf_send_verdict\ndidn't increase the f_count of psock->sk_redir->sk_socket->file in thread1.\n\nWe should check if SOCK_DEAD flag is set on wakeup in sk_stream_wait_memory\nbefore accessing the wait queue.","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/124b7c773271f06af5a2cea694b283cdb5275cf5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35f5e70bdfa7432762ac4ffa75e5a7574ac5563e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f8ef65af927db247418d4e1db49164d7a158fc5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/435f5aa4421782af197b98d8525263977be4af5c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65029aaedd15d9fe5ea1a899134e236d83f627bb"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:10:08.713834912+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50409","score":0.0016,"percentile":0.0511,"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."]}