{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2022-50295", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-09-15T14:18:36.811Z", "datePublished": "2025-09-15T14:45:51.241Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:16:33.068Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:16:33.068Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nio_uring/msg_ring: Fix NULL pointer dereference in io_msg_send_fd()\n\nSyzkaller produced the below call trace:\n\n BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in io_msg_ring+0x3cb/0x9f0\n Write of size 8 at addr 0000000000000070 by task repro/16399\n\n CPU: 0 PID: 16399 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1 #28\n Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.11.0-2.el7\n Call Trace:\n \n dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134\n ? io_msg_ring+0x3cb/0x9f0\n kasan_report+0xbc/0xf0\n ? io_msg_ring+0x3cb/0x9f0\n kasan_check_range+0x140/0x190\n io_msg_ring+0x3cb/0x9f0\n ? io_msg_ring_prep+0x300/0x300\n io_issue_sqe+0x698/0xca0\n io_submit_sqes+0x92f/0x1c30\n __do_sys_io_uring_enter+0xae4/0x24b0\n....\n RIP: 0033:0x7f2eaf8f8289\n RSP: 002b:00007fff40939718 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001aa\n RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f2eaf8f8289\n RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000006f71 RDI: 0000000000000004\n RBP: 00007fff409397a0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000039\n R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00000000004006d0\n R13: 00007fff40939880 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000\n \n Kernel panic - not syncing: panic_on_warn set ...\n\nWe don't have a NULL check on file_ptr in io_msg_send_fd() function,\nso when file_ptr is NUL src_file is also NULL and get_file()\ndereferences a NULL pointer and leads to above crash.\n\nAdd a NULL check to fix this issue." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "io_uring/msg_ring.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "e6130eba8a848a7a6ba6c534bd8f6d60749ae1a9", "lessThan": "0163e04ea64cc3dfaa12390286e5f2f481c3b2e3", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "e6130eba8a848a7a6ba6c534bd8f6d60749ae1a9", "lessThan": "16bbdfe5fb0e78e0acb13e45fc127e9a296913f2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "io_uring/msg_ring.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.0", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.0.6", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.0.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.0", "versionEndExcluding": "6.0.6" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.0", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0163e04ea64cc3dfaa12390286e5f2f481c3b2e3" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16bbdfe5fb0e78e0acb13e45fc127e9a296913f2" } ], "title": "io_uring/msg_ring: Fix NULL pointer dereference in io_msg_send_fd()", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }