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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: fix refcount bug in sk_psock_get (2)\n\nSyzkaller reports refcount bug as follows:\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nrefcount_t: saturated; leaking memory.\nWARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 3605 at lib/refcount.c:19 refcount_warn_saturate+0xf4/0x1e0 lib/refcount.c:19\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 1 PID: 3605 Comm: syz-executor208 Not tainted 5.18.0-syzkaller-03023-g7e062cda7d90 #0\n <TASK>\n __refcount_add_not_zero include/linux/refcount.h:163 [inline]\n __refcount_inc_not_zero include/linux/refcount.h:227 [inline]\n refcount_inc_not_zero include/linux/refcount.h:245 [inline]\n sk_psock_get+0x3bc/0x410 include/linux/skmsg.h:439\n tls_data_ready+0x6d/0x1b0 net/tls/tls_sw.c:2091\n tcp_data_ready+0x106/0x520 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:4983\n tcp_data_queue+0x25f2/0x4c90 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5057\n tcp_rcv_state_process+0x1774/0x4e80 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6659\n tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x339/0x980 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1682\n sk_backlog_rcv include/net/sock.h:1061 [inline]\n __release_sock+0x134/0x3b0 net/core/sock.c:2849\n release_sock+0x54/0x1b0 net/core/sock.c:3404\n inet_shutdown+0x1e0/0x430 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:909\n __sys_shutdown_sock net/socket.c:2331 [inline]\n __sys_shutdown_sock net/socket.c:2325 [inline]\n __sys_shutdown+0xf1/0x1b0 net/socket.c:2343\n __do_sys_shutdown net/socket.c:2351 [inline]\n __se_sys_shutdown net/socket.c:2349 [inline]\n __x64_sys_shutdown+0x50/0x70 net/socket.c:2349\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\n </TASK>\n\nDuring SMC fallback process in connect syscall, kernel will\nreplaces TCP with SMC. In order to forward wakeup\nsmc socket waitqueue after fallback, kernel will sets\nclcsk->sk_user_data to origin smc socket in\nsmc_fback_replace_callbacks().\n\nLater, in shutdown syscall, kernel will calls\nsk_psock_get(), which treats the clcsk->sk_user_data\nas psock type, triggering the refcnt warning.\n\nSo, the root cause is that smc and psock, both will use\nsk_user_data field. So they will mismatch this field\neasily.\n\nThis patch solves it by using another bit(defined as\nSK_USER_DATA_PSOCK) in PTRMASK, to mark whether\nsk_user_data points to a psock object or not.\nThis patch depends on a PTRMASK introduced in commit f1ff5ce2cd5e\n(\"net, sk_msg: Clear sk_user_data pointer on clone if tagged\").\n\nFor there will possibly be more flags in the sk_user_data field,\nthis patch also refactor sk_user_data flags code to be more generic\nto improve its maintainability."}], "id": "CVE-2022-49979", "lastModified": "2025-06-18T13:46:52.973", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-06-18T11:15:25.363", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a0133723f9ebeb751cfce19f74ec07e108bef1f"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61cc798591a36ca27eb7d8d6c09bf20e50a59968"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86026be8535c16fcc5e4f960286faf04d7f77815"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5d1cb908131e939bd8b63b8e5e23365bbc2edaf"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: net: fix refcount bug in sk_psock_get (2)", "id": "2373406", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2373406"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nnet: fix refcount bug in sk_psock_get (2)\nSyzkaller reports refcount bug as follows:\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nrefcount_t: saturated; leaking memory.\nWARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 3605 at lib/refcount.c:19 refcount_warn_saturate+0xf4/0x1e0 lib/refcount.c:19\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 1 PID: 3605 Comm: syz-executor208 Not tainted 5.18.0-syzkaller-03023-g7e062cda7d90 #0\n<TASK>\n__refcount_add_not_zero include/linux/refcount.h:163 [inline]\n__refcount_inc_not_zero include/linux/refcount.h:227 [inline]\nrefcount_inc_not_zero include/linux/refcount.h:245 [inline]\nsk_psock_get+0x3bc/0x410 include/linux/skmsg.h:439\ntls_data_ready+0x6d/0x1b0 net/tls/tls_sw.c:2091\ntcp_data_ready+0x106/0x520 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:4983\ntcp_data_queue+0x25f2/0x4c90 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5057\ntcp_rcv_state_process+0x1774/0x4e80 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6659\ntcp_v4_do_rcv+0x339/0x980 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1682\nsk_backlog_rcv include/net/sock.h:1061 [inline]\n__release_sock+0x134/0x3b0 net/core/sock.c:2849\nrelease_sock+0x54/0x1b0 net/core/sock.c:3404\ninet_shutdown+0x1e0/0x430 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:909\n__sys_shutdown_sock net/socket.c:2331 [inline]\n__sys_shutdown_sock net/socket.c:2325 [inline]\n__sys_shutdown+0xf1/0x1b0 net/socket.c:2343\n__do_sys_shutdown net/socket.c:2351 [inline]\n__se_sys_shutdown net/socket.c:2349 [inline]\n__x64_sys_shutdown+0x50/0x70 net/socket.c:2349\ndo_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]\ndo_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\n</TASK>\nDuring SMC fallback process in connect syscall, kernel will\nreplaces TCP with SMC. In order to forward wakeup\nsmc socket waitqueue after fallback, kernel will sets\nclcsk->sk_user_data to origin smc socket in\nsmc_fback_replace_callbacks().\nLater, in shutdown syscall, kernel will calls\nsk_psock_get(), which treats the clcsk->sk_user_data\nas psock type, triggering the refcnt warning.\nSo, the root cause is that smc and psock, both will use\nsk_user_data field. So they will mismatch this field\neasily.\nThis patch solves it by using another bit(defined as\nSK_USER_DATA_PSOCK) in PTRMASK, to mark whether\nsk_user_data points to a psock object or not.\nThis patch depends on a PTRMASK introduced in commit f1ff5ce2cd5e\n(\"net, sk_msg: Clear sk_user_data pointer on clone if tagged\").\nFor there will possibly be more flags in the sk_user_data field,\nthis patch also refactor sk_user_data flags code to be more generic\nto improve its maintainability."], "name": "CVE-2022-49979", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-06-18T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49979\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49979\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025061820-CVE-2022-49979-f695@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Low"}

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