CVE-2022-50531

MEDIUM EPSS 4.0%
Published Oct 7, 20258mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 7, 2025 8mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: fix an information leak in tipc_topsrv_kern_subscr Use a 8-byte write to initialize sub.usr_handle in tipc_topsrv_kern_subscr(), otherwise four bytes remain uninitialized when issuing setsockopt(..., SOL_TIPC, ...). This resulted in an infoleak reported by KMSAN when the packet was received: ===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in copyout+0xbc/0x100 lib/iov_iter.c:169 instrument_copy_to_user ./include/linux/instrumented.h:121 copyout+0xbc/0x100 lib/iov_iter.c:169 _copy_to_iter+0x5c0/0x20a0 lib/iov_iter.c:527 copy_to_iter ./include/linux/uio.h:176 simple_copy_to_iter+0x64/0xa0 net/core/datagram.c:513 __skb_datagram_iter+0x123/0xdc0 net/core/datagram.c:419 skb_copy_datagram_iter+0x58/0x200 net/core/datagram.c:527 skb_copy_datagram_msg ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3903 packet_recvmsg+0x521/0x1e70 net/packet/af_packet.c:3469 ____sys_recvmsg+0x2c4/0x810 net/socket.c:? ___sys_recvmsg+0x217/0x840 net/socket.c:2743 __sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2773 __do_sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2783 __se_sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2780 __x64_sys_recvmsg+0x364/0x540 net/socket.c:2780 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:120 ... Uninit was stored to memory at: tipc_sub_subscribe+0x42d/0xb50 net/tipc/subscr.c:156 tipc_conn_rcv_sub+0x246/0x620 net/tipc/topsrv.c:375 tipc_topsrv_kern_subscr+0x2e8/0x400 net/tipc/topsrv.c:579 tipc_group_create+0x4e7/0x7d0 net/tipc/group.c:190 tipc_sk_join+0x2a8/0x770 net/tipc/socket.c:3084 tipc_setsockopt+0xae5/0xe40 net/tipc/socket.c:3201 __sys_setsockopt+0x87f/0xdc0 net/socket.c:2252 __do_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2263 __se_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2260 __x64_sys_setsockopt+0xe0/0x160 net/socket.c:2260 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:120 Local variable sub created at: tipc_topsrv_kern_subscr+0x57/0x400 net/tipc/topsrv.c:562 tipc_group_create+0x4e7/0x7d0 net/tipc/group.c:190 Bytes 84-87 of 88 are uninitialized Memory access of size 88 starts at ffff88801ed57cd0 Data copied to user address 0000000020000400 ... =====================================================

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
4.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 6

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.17  –  <4.19.264
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.20  –  <5.4.221
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.152
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.76
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.0.6
linuxlinux_kernel6.1any

References 6

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d1b83ff7b6575a4e41283203e6b2e25ea700cd7
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/567f8de358b61015dcfb8878a1f06c5369a45f54
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/777ecaabd614d47c482a5c9031579e66da13989a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbc01c0a4e202a7e925dad1d4b7c1d6eb0c81154
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e558e148938442dd49628cd7ef61c360832bef31
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fef70f978bc289642501d88d2a3f5e841bd31a67
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d1b83ff7b6575a4e41283203e6b2e25ea700cd7
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/567f8de358b61015dcfb8878a1f06c5369a45f54
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/777ecaabd614d47c482a5c9031579e66da13989a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbc01c0a4e202a7e925dad1d4b7c1d6eb0c81154
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e558e148938442dd49628cd7ef61c360832bef31
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fef70f978bc289642501d88d2a3f5e841bd31a67
    Patch