CVE catalog

CVE-2022-50396

linux: CVE-2022-50396

Severity: Medium · CVSS 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published: Jan 1, 2022, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.17% · Oct 25, 2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sched: fix memory leak in tcindex_set_parms Syzkaller reports a memory leak as follows: ==================================== BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff88810c287f00 (size 256): comm "syz-executor105", pid 3600, jiffies 4294943292 (age 12.990s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff814cf9f0>] kmalloc_trace+0x20/0x90 mm/slab_common.c:1046 [<ffffffff839c9e07>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:576 [inline] [<ffffffff839c9e07>] kmalloc_array include/linux/slab.h:627 [inline] [<ffffffff839c9e07>] kcalloc include/linux/slab.h:659 [inline] [<ffffffff839c9e07>] tcf_exts_init include/net/pkt_cls.h:250 [inline] [<ffffffff839c9e07>] tcindex_set_parms+0xa7/0xbe0 net/sched/cls_tcindex.c:342 [<ffffffff839caa1f>] tcindex_change+0xdf/0x120 net/sched/cls_tcindex.c:553 [<ffffffff8394db62>] tc_new_tfilter+0x4f2/0x1100 net/sched/cls_api.c:2147 [<ffffffff8389e91c>] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x4dc/0x5d0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6082 [<ffffffff839eba67>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x87/0x1d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2540 [<ffffffff839eab87>] netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 [inline] [<ffffffff839eab87>] netlink_unicast+0x397/0x4c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345 [<ffffffff839eb046>] netlink_sendmsg+0x396/0x710 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921 [<ffffffff8383e796>] sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] [<ffffffff8383e796>] sock_sendmsg+0x56/0x80 net/socket.c:734 [<ffffffff8383eb08>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x178/0x410 net/socket.c:2482 [<ffffffff83843678>] ___sys_sendmsg+0xa8/0x110 net/socket.c:2536 [<ffffffff838439c5>] __sys_sendmmsg+0x105/0x330 net/socket.c:2622 [<ffffffff83843c14>] __do_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2651 [inline] [<ffffffff83843c14>] __se_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2648 [inline] [<ffffffff83843c14>] __x64_sys_sendmmsg+0x24/0x30 net/socket.c:2648 [<ffffffff84605fd5>] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] [<ffffffff84605fd5>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 [<ffffffff84800087>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd ==================================== Kernel uses tcindex_change() to change an existing filter properties. Yet the problem is that, during the process of changing, if `old_r` is retrieved from `p->perfect`, then kernel uses tcindex_alloc_perfect_hash() to newly allocate filter results, uses tcindex_filter_result_init() to clear the old filter result, without destroying its tcf_exts structure, which triggers the above memory leak. To be more specific, there are only two source for the `old_r`, according to the tcindex_lookup(). `old_r` is retrieved from `p->perfect`, or `old_r` is retrieved from `p->h`. * If `old_r` is retrieved from `p->perfect`, kernel uses tcindex_alloc_perfect_hash() to newly allocate the filter results. Then `r` is assigned with `cp->perfect + handle`, which is newly allocated. So condition `old_r && old_r != r` is true in this situation, and kernel uses tcindex_filter_result_init() to clear the old filter result, without destroying its tcf_exts structure * If `old_r` is retrieved from `p->h`, then `p->perfect` is NULL according to the tcindex_lookup(). Considering that `cp->h` is directly copied from `p->h` and `p->perfect` is NULL, `r` is assigned with `tcindex_lookup(cp, handle)`, whose value should be the same as `old_r`, so condition `old_r && old_r != r` is false in this situation, kernel ignores using tcindex_filter_result_init() to clear the old filter result. So only when `old_r` is retrieved from `p->perfect` does kernel use tcindex_filter_result_init() to clear the old filter result, which triggers the above memory leak. Considering that there already exists a tc_filter_wq workqueue to destroy the old tcindex_d ---truncated---

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	linux	sid	`7.2.12-1`	fixed
Debian	linux	forky	`7.2.12-1`	fixed
Debian	linux	trixie	`6.12.107-1`	fixed
Debian	linux	trixie-security	`6.12.113-1`	fixed
Debian	linux	bookworm	`6.1.176-1`	fixed
Debian	linux	bookworm-security	`6.1.190-1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	linux	source	sid	`6.1.7-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	linux	source	forky	`6.1.7-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	linux	source	trixie	`6.1.7-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	linux	source	bookworm	`6.1.7-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[bpftool]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
- 7.1.0+6.1.176-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 7.1.0+6.1.176-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 7.5.0+6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 7.5.0+6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 7.1.0+6.1.180-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 7.1.0+6.1.180-1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[hyperv-daemons]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
- 6.1.176-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[intel-sdsi]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[libcpupower1]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
- 6.1.176-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[libcpupower-dev]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
- 6.1.176-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-bpf-dev]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (2)
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-compiler-gcc-12-x86]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (2)
- 6.1.176-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-config-6.1]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (4)
- 6.1.176-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-cpupower]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
- 6.1.176-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-doc]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (32)
- 6.1.170-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.170-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.43-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.43-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.57-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.57-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.63-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.63-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.69-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.69-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.73-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.73-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.74-2~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.74-2~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.85-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.85-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.86-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.86-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.88-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.88-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.90-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.90-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.90-2~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.90-2~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.94-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.94-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · all · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · all · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-doc-6.1]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
- 6.1.170-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.170-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · all · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · all · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-47-amd64]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
- 6.1.170-3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-47-arm64]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
- 6.1.170-3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-47-cloud-amd64]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
- 6.1.170-3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-47-cloud-arm64]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
- 6.1.170-3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-47-common]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (2)
- 6.1.170-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.170-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-47-common-rt]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (2)
- 6.1.170-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.170-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-47-rt-amd64]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
- 6.1.170-3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-47-rt-arm64]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
- 6.1.170-3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-50-amd64]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
- 6.1.176-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 6.1.7-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm

Next results

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 7:16:09 PM UTC

References

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