# CVE-2022-48751: net/smc: Transitional solution for clcsock race issue

> A race condition in the Linux kernel SMC module causes a null pointer dereference, leading to a system crash.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 20 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48751, GHSA-j385-2ppr-7766, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-48751, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48751

## What is CVE-2022-48751?

CVE-2022-48751 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/smc: Transitional solution for clcsock race issue

We encountered a crash in smc_setsockopt() and it is caused by
accessing smc->clcsock after clcsock was released.

 BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
 #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
 PGD 0 P4D 0
 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
 CPU: 1 PID: 50309 Comm: nginx Kdump: loaded Tainted: G E     5.16.0-rc4+ #53
 RIP: 0010:smc_setsockopt+0x59/0x280 [smc]
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  __sys_setsockopt+0xfc/0x190
  __x64_sys_setsockopt+0x20/0x30
  do_syscall_64+0x34/0x90
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
 RIP: 0033:0x7f16ba83918e
  </TASK>

This patch tries to fix it by holding clcsock_release_lock and
checking whether clcsock has already been released before access.

In case that a crash of the same reason happens in smc_getsockopt()
or smc_switch_to_fallback(), this patch also checkes smc->clcsock
in them too. And the caller of smc_switch_to_fallback() will identify
whether fallback succeeds according to the return value.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48751?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-48751?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-48751 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48751 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48751 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-48751 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48751 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48751/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48751/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48751
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48751
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48751

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