CVE-2022-50265: kcm: annotate data-races around kcm->rx_wait
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-50265 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 15-09-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kcm: annotate data-races around kcm->rx_wait kcm->rx_psock can be read locklessly in kcm_rfree(). Annotate the read and writes accordingly. syzbot reported: BUG: KCSAN: data-race in kcm_rcv_strparser / kcm_rfree write to 0xffff88810784e3d0 of 1 bytes by task 1823 on cpu 1: reserve_rx_kcm net/kcm/kcmsock.c:283 [inline] kcm_rcv_strparser+0x250/0x3a0 net/kcm/kcmsock.c:363 __strp_recv+0x64c/0xd20 net/strparser/strparser.c:301 strp_recv+0x6d/0x80 net/strparser/strparser.c:335 tcp_read_sock+0x13e/0x5a0 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1703 strp_read_sock net/strparser/strparser.c:358 [inline] do_strp_work net/strparser/strparser.c:406 [inline] strp_work+0xe8/0x180 net/strparser/strparser.c:415 process_one_work+0x3d3/0x720 kernel/workqueue.c:2289 worker_thread+0x618/0xa70 kernel/workqueue.c:2436 kthread+0x1a9/0x1e0 kernel/kthread.c:376 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:306 read to 0xffff88810784e3d0 of 1 bytes by task 17869 on cpu 0: kcm_rfree+0x121/0x220 net/kcm/kcmsock.c:181 skb_release_head_state+0x8e/0x160 net/core/skbuff.c:841 skb_release_all net/core/skbuff.c:852 [inline] __kfree_skb net/core/skbuff.c:868 [inline] kfree_skb_reason+0x5c/0x260 net/core/skbuff.c:891 kfree_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1216 [inline] kcm_recvmsg+0x226/0x2b0 net/kcm/kcmsock.c:1161 ____sys_recvmsg+0x16c/0x2e0 ___sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2743 [inline] do_recvmmsg+0x2f1/0x710 net/socket.c:2837 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2916 [inline] __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2939 [inline] __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2932 [inline] __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0xde/0x160 net/socket.c:2932 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x2b/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd value changed: 0x01 -> 0x00 Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on: CPU: 0 PID: 17869 Comm: syz-executor.2 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1-syzkaller-00010-gbb1a1146467a-dirty #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/22/2022
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.16%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
5%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.16% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu118 products
- linux< 4.15.0-204.215 | < 5.4.0-139.156 | < 5.15.0-60.66
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 4.15.0-1150.163 | < 5.4.0-1096.104 | < 5.15.0-1030.34
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3, < dbc3a0b917c4f75292b1c0819c188e40fd3c8924 | ≥ ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3, < 9ae47f11493509cde707af8ecc7eee04c8b8e635 | ≥ ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3, < f1f7122bb2ef056afc6f91ce4c35ab6df1207c8d | ≥ ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3, < 663682cd3192dd4f3547b7890a4391c72441001d | ≥ ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3, < e2a28807b1ceaa309164b92c38d73d12feea33df | ≥ ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3, < 62086d1c4602e4f2ec07b975165afc2ed0ff1be9 | ≥ ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3, < 2733fb2ad5bfbe6538f2f93a21f2504e3dba9d6a | ≥ ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3, < 0c745b5141a45a076f1cb9772a399f7ebcb0948a | 4.6
- linux_kernel≥ 4.6, < 4.9.332 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.298 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.264 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.223 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.153 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.77 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.7 | 6.1:rc1 | 6.1:rc2
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.0.7-1
3 vendors · 121 products