Linux Kernel up to 5.4.224/5.10.154/5.15.78/6.0.8 net/core/stream.c sk_stream_kill_queues state issue

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.224/5.10.154/5.15.78/6.0.8. It has been rated as problematic. This affects the function sk_stream_kill_queues of the file net/core/stream.c. Performing a manipulation results in state issue. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2022-49877. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.224/5.10.154/5.15.78/6.0.8. This affects the function sk_stream_kill_queues of the file net/core/stream.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a state issue vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-371. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, sockmap: Fix the sk->sk_forward_alloc warning of sk_stream_kill_queues When running `test_sockmap` selftests, the following warning appears: WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 197 at net/core/stream.c:205 sk_stream_kill_queues+0xd3/0xf0 Call Trace: <TASK> inet_csk_destroy_sock+0x55/0x110 tcp_rcv_state_process+0xd28/0x1380 ? tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x77/0x2c0 tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x77/0x2c0 __release_sock+0x106/0x130 __tcp_close+0x1a7/0x4e0 tcp_close+0x20/0x70 inet_release+0x3c/0x80 __sock_release+0x3a/0xb0 sock_close+0x14/0x20 __fput+0xa3/0x260 task_work_run+0x59/0xb0 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x1b3/0x1c0 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x19/0x50 do_syscall_64+0x48/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae The root case is in commit 84472b436e76 ("bpf, sockmap: Fix more uncharged while msg has more_data"), where I used msg->sg.size to replace the tosend, causing breakage: if (msg->apply_bytes && msg->apply_bytes < tosend) tosend = psock->apply_bytes;

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-49877 since 05/01/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/14/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 271309 (EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2025-2264)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.4.225, 5.10.155, 5.15.79 or 6.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch d975bec1eaeb52341acc9273db79ddb078220399/cc21dc48a78cc9e5af9a4d039cd456446a6e73ff/95adbd2ac8de82e43fd6b347e7e1b47f74dc1abb/14e8bc3bf7bd6af64d7538a0684c8238d96cdfd7/8ec95b94716a1e4d126edc3fb2bc426a717e2dba is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (271309) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0922). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell Avamar
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM DataPower Gateway
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.4.224
• 5.10.154
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
• 5.15.6
• 5.15.7
• 5.15.8
• 5.15.9
• 5.15.10
• 5.15.11
• 5.15.12
• 5.15.13
• 5.15.14
• 5.15.15
• 5.15.16
• 5.15.17
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• 5.15.19
• 5.15.20
• 5.15.21
• 5.15.22
• 5.15.23
• 5.15.24
• 5.15.25
• 5.15.26
• 5.15.27
• 5.15.28
• 5.15.29
• 5.15.30
• 5.15.31
• 5.15.32
• 5.15.33
• 5.15.34
• 5.15.35
• 5.15.36
• 5.15.37
• 5.15.38
• 5.15.39
• 5.15.40
• 5.15.41
• 5.15.42
• 5.15.43
• 5.15.44
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• 5.15.54
• 5.15.55
• 5.15.56
• 5.15.57
• 5.15.58
• 5.15.59
• 5.15.60
• 5.15.61
• 5.15.62
• 5.15.63
• 5.15.64
• 5.15.65
• 5.15.66
• 5.15.67
• 5.15.68
• 5.15.69
• 5.15.70
• 5.15.71
• 5.15.72
• 5.15.73
• 5.15.74
• 5.15.75
• 5.15.76
• 5.15.77
• 5.15.78
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6
• 6.0.7
• 6.0.8

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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