CVE-2022-50234

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.1-6.0.2 Use-After-Free in io_uring/af_unix

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/af_unix: defer registered files gc to io_uring release Instead of putting io_uring's registered files in unix_gc() we want it to be done by io_uring itself. The trick here is to consider io_uring registered files for cycle detection but not actually putting them down. Because io_uring can't register other ring instances, this will remove all refs to the ring file triggering the ->release path and clean up with io_ring_ctx_free(). [axboe: add kerneldoc comment to skb, fold in skb leak fix]

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 5.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (20)
linux/Kernel 5.1.0 - 5.4.220linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.75linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.19.17linux
linux/Kernel 5.20.0 - 6.0.3linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.150linux
Linux/Linux < 5.1
Linux/Linux 5.1
Linux/Linux 5.10.150 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.75 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.19.17 - 5.19.*
... and 10 more
Published Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026