CVE-2022-50234

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]

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0091bfc81741b8d3aeb3b7ab8636f911b2de6e80	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04df9719df1865f6770af9bc7880874af0e594b2	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75e94c7e8859e58aadc15a98cc9704edff47d4f2	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/813d8fe5d30388f73a21d3a2bf46b0a1fd72498c	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4293c01ee0d0ecdd3cb5801e13f62271144667a	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c378c479c5175833bb22ff71974cda47d7b05401	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

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Information

Published : 2025-09-15 14:15

Updated : 2025-11-24 17:46

NVD link : CVE-2022-50234

Mitre link : CVE-2022-50234

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-50234

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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