# CVE-2022-49877: bpf, sockmap: Fix the sk->sk_forward_alloc warning of sk_stream_kill_queues

> A bug in the Linux kernel's BPF sockmap implementation causes a warning and potential instability during socket closure, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 1 May 2025
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49877, GHSA-h8g4-6mrj-mfm8, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49877

## What is CVE-2022-49877?

CVE-2022-49877 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 2025. 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:

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;

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49877?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49877?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49877 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49877 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49877 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49877 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 2025. 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-2022-49877 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-2022-49877/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49877/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49877
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49877
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49877

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49877/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.