# CVE-2022-50291: kcm: annotate data-races around kcm->rx_psock

> A data race in the Linux kernel KCM module can lead to a kernel crash, requiring a patch to annotate concurrent accesses.

- **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:** 15 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50291, GHSA-mmh8-jm99-qhpc, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50291

## What is CVE-2022-50291?

CVE-2022-50291 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 15 Sep 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:

kcm: annotate data-races around kcm->rx_psock

kcm->rx_psock can be read locklessly in kcm_rfree().
Annotate the read and writes accordingly.

We do the same for kcm->rx_wait in the following patch.

syzbot reported:
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in kcm_rfree / unreserve_rx_kcm

write to 0xffff888123d827b8 of 8 bytes by task 2758 on cpu 1:
unreserve_rx_kcm+0x72/0x1f0 net/kcm/kcmsock.c:313
kcm_rcv_strparser+0x2b5/0x3a0 net/kcm/kcmsock.c:373
__strp_recv+0x64c/0xd20 net/strparser/strparser.c:301
strp_recv+0x6d/0x80 net/strparser/strparser.c:335
tcp_read_sock+0x13e/0x5a0 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1703
strp_read_sock net/strparser/strparser.c:358 [inline]
do_strp_work net/strparser/strparser.c:406 [inline]
strp_work+0xe8/0x180 net/strparser/strparser.c:415
process_one_work+0x3d3/0x720 kernel/workqueue.c:2289
worker_thread+0x618/0xa70 kernel/workqueue.c:2436
kthread+0x1a9/0x1e0 kernel/kthread.c:376
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:306

read to 0xffff888123d827b8 of 8 bytes by task 5859 on cpu 0:
kcm_rfree+0x14c/0x220 net/kcm/kcmsock.c:181
skb_release_head_state+0x8e/0x160 net/core/skbuff.c:841
skb_release_all net/core/skbuff.c:852 [inline]
__kfree_skb net/core/skbuff.c:868 [inline]
kfree_skb_reason+0x5c/0x260 net/core/skbuff.c:891
kfree_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1216 [inline]
kcm_recvmsg+0x226/0x2b0 net/kcm/kcmsock.c:1161
____sys_recvmsg+0x16c/0x2e0
___sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2743 [inline]
do_recvmmsg+0x2f1/0x710 net/socket.c:2837
__sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2916 [inline]
__do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2939 [inline]
__se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2932 [inline]
__x64_sys_recvmmsg+0xde/0x160 net/socket.c:2932
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x2b/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

value changed: 0xffff88812971ce00 -> 0x0000000000000000

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 PID: 5859 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 6.0.0-syzkaller-12189-g19d17ab7c68b-dirty #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/22/2022

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50291?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50291?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50291 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50291 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2022-50291 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50291 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 15 Sep 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-2022-50291 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-2022-50291/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50291/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50291
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50291
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50291

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50291/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.