CVE-2022-49814

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.6-5.19.9 - Race Condition in KCM Socket Receive Queue

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kcm: close race conditions on sk_receive_queue sk->sk_receive_queue is protected by skb queue lock, but for KCM sockets its RX path takes mux->rx_lock to protect more than just skb queue. However, kcm_recvmsg() still only grabs the skb queue lock, so race conditions still exist. We can teach kcm_recvmsg() to grab mux->rx_lock too but this would introduce a potential performance regression as struct kcm_mux can be shared by multiple KCM sockets. So we have to enforce skb queue lock in requeue_rx_msgs() and handle skb peek case carefully in kcm_wait_data(). Fortunately, skb_recv_datagram() already handles it nicely and is widely used by other sockets, we can just switch to skb_recv_datagram() after getting rid of the unnecessary sock lock in kcm_recvmsg() and kcm_splice_read(). Side note: SOCK_DONE is not used by KCM sockets, so it is safe to get rid of this check too. I ran the original syzbot reproducer for 30 min without seeing any issue.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 2.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (24)
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.267linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.225linux
linux/Kernel 4.6.0 - 4.14.300linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.80linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.0.10linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.156linux
Linux/Linux < 4.6
Linux/Linux 4.14.300 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.267 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 4.6
... and 14 more
Published May 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026