CVE-2022-50536: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, sockmap: Fix repeated calls to sock_put() when msg has more_data In tcp_bpf_send

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, sockmap: Fix repeated calls to sock_put() when msg has more_data In tcp_bpf_send_verd

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, sockmap: Fix repeated calls to sock_put() when msg has more_data In tcp_bpf_send_verdict() redirection, the eval variable is assigned to __SK_REDIRECT after the apply_bytes data is sent, if msg has more_data, sock_put() will be called multiple times. We should reset the eval variable to __SK_NONE every time more_data starts. This causes: IPv4: Attempt to release TCP socket in state 1 00000000b4c925d7 ------------[ cut here ]------------ refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 4482 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0x7d/0x110 Modules linked in: CPU: 5 PID: 4482 Comm: sockhash_bypass Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.0.0 #1 Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.11.0-2.el7 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> __tcp_transmit_skb+0xa1b/0xb90 ? __alloc_skb+0x8c/0x1a0 ? __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x184/0x320 tcp_write_xmit+0x22a/0x1110 __tcp_push_pending_frames+0x32/0xf0 do_tcp_sendpages+0x62d/0x640 tcp_bpf_push+0xae/0x2c0 tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir+0x260/0x410 ? preempt_count_add+0x70/0xa0 tcp_bpf_send_verdict+0x386/0x4b0 tcp_bpf_sendmsg+0x21b/0x3b0 sock_sendmsg+0x58/0x70 __sys_sendt

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 0.17%, higher than 6% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored October 31, 2026, updated daily.

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