CVE-2022-49669

HIGH EPSS 13.5%
Published Feb 26, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Feb 26, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix race on unaccepted mptcp sockets When the listener socket owning the relevant request is closed, it frees the unaccepted subflows and that causes later deletion of the paired MPTCP sockets. The mptcp socket's worker can run in the time interval between such delete operations. When that happens, any access to msk->first will cause an UaF access, as the subflow cleanup did not cleared such field in the mptcp socket. Address the issue explicitly traversing the listener socket accept queue at close time and performing the needed cleanup on the pending msk. Note that the locking is a bit tricky, as we need to acquire the msk socket lock, while still owning the subflow socket one.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
13.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-416 Use After Free Memory Safety

Affected Products 5

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.17  –  <5.18.10
linuxlinux_kernel5.19any
linuxlinux_kernel5.19any
linuxlinux_kernel5.19any
linuxlinux_kernel5.19any

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6aeed9045071f2252ff4e98fc13d1e304f33e5b0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8a3e95c74e48c2c9b07b81fafda9122993f2e12
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6aeed9045071f2252ff4e98fc13d1e304f33e5b0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8a3e95c74e48c2c9b07b81fafda9122993f2e12
    Patch