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Linux Linux — kcm: close race conditions on sk_receive_queue
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L H L N U N N H 4.7 .0016 5.4 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3 – —
Linux 4.6 – 4.14.300
TIMELINE
May 1 Reserved by Linux
May 1 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2022-49814 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 4.7 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kcm: close race conditions on sk_receive_queue
sk->sk_receive_queue is protected by skb queue lock, but for KCM
sockets its RX path takes mux->rx_lock to protect more than just
skb queue. However, kcm_recvmsg() still only grabs the skb queue
lock, so race conditions still exist.
We can teach kcm_recvmsg() to grab mux->rx_lock too but this would
introduce a potential performance regression as struct kcm_mux can
be shared by multiple KCM sockets.
So we have to enforce skb queue lock in requeue_rx_msgs() and handle
skb peek case carefully in kcm_wait_data(). Fortunately,
skb_recv_datagram() already handles it nicely and is widely used by
other sockets, we can just switch to skb_recv_datagram() after
getting rid of the unnecessary sock lock in kcm_recvmsg() and
kcm_splice_read(). Side note: SOCK_DONE is not used by KCM sockets,
so it is safe to get rid of this check too.
I ran the original syzbot reproducer for 30 min without seeing any
issue.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| May 1, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 1, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2022-49814 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 4.7 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 4.6 | 4.14.300 |
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