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CVE-2022-49087: rxrpc: fix a race in rxrpc_exit_net()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.25% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 08ff0e74fab517dbc44e11b8bc683dd4ecc65950, 1946014ca3b19be9e485e780e862c375c6f98bad, 41024a40f6c793abbb916a857f18fb009f07464c.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 08ff0e74fab517dbc44e11b8bc683dd4ecc65950, 1946014ca3b19be9e485e780e862c375c6f98bad, 41024a40f6c793abbb916a857f18fb009f07464c or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: fix a race in rxrpc_exit_net() Current code can lead to the following race: CPU0 CPU1 rxrpc_exit_net() rxrpc_peer_keepalive_worker() if (rxnet->live) rxnet->live = false; del_timer_sync(&rxnet->peer_keepalive_timer); timer_reduce(&rxnet->peer_keepalive_timer, jiffies + delay); cancel_work_sync(&rxnet->peer_keepalive_work); rxrpc_exit_net() exits while peer_keepalive_timer is still armed, leading to use-after-free. syzbot report was: ODEBUG: free active (active state 0) object type: timer_list hint: rxrpc_peer_keepalive_timeout+0x0/0xb0 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3660 at lib/debugobjects.c:505 debug_print_object+0x16e/0x250 lib/debugobjects.c:505 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 3660 Comm: kworker/u4:6 Not tainted 5.17.0-syzkaller-13993-g88e6c0207623 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Workqueue: netns cleanup_net RIP: 0010:debug_print_object+0x16e/0x250 lib/debugobjects.c:505 Code: ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 af 00 00 00 48 8b 14 dd 00 1c 26 8a 4c 89 ee 48 c7 c7 00 10 26 8a e8 b1 e7 28 05 <0f> 0b 83 05 15 eb c5 09 01 48 83 c4 18 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e c3 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000353fb00 EFLAGS: 00010082 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffff888029196140 RSI: ffffffff815efad8 RDI: fffff520006a7f52 RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffffffff815ea4ae R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffff89ce23e0 R13: ffffffff8a2614e0 R14: ffffffff816628c0 R15: dffffc0000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fe1f2908924 CR3: 0000000043720000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> __debug_check_no_obj_freed lib/debugobjects.c:992 [inline] debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x301/0x420 lib/debugobjects.c:1023 kfree+0xd6/0x310 mm/slab.c:3809 ops_free_list.part.0+0x119/0x370 net/core/net_namespace.c:176 ops_free_list net/core/net_namespace.c:174 [inline] cleanup_net+0x591/0xb00 net/core/net_namespace.c:598 process_one_work+0x996/0x1610 kernel/workqueue.c:2289 worker_thread+0x665/0x1080 kernel/workqueue.c:2436 kthread+0x2e9/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:376 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:298 </TASK>

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 26, 2025
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 16th percentile

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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · Linux
7.8
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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel4.17 and later · before 4.19.238
  • linux linux kernel4.20 and later · before 5.4.189
  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.111
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.34
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 5.16.20
  • linux linux kernel5.17 and later · before 5.17.3
  • linux linux kernel5.18

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 4.17affected
    • ace45bec6d77bc061c3c3d8ad99e298ea9800c2b and later · before 864297ee30727ae6233f80296b7fc91442620b05affected · git
    • ace45bec6d77bc061c3c3d8ad99e298ea9800c2b and later · before 7ee84d29f22de6f6c63fad6c54690517659862f1affected · git
    • ace45bec6d77bc061c3c3d8ad99e298ea9800c2b and later · before 08ff0e74fab517dbc44e11b8bc683dd4ecc65950affected · git
    • ace45bec6d77bc061c3c3d8ad99e298ea9800c2b and later · before 571d8e1d154ca18f08dcb72b69318d36e10010a0affected · git
    • ace45bec6d77bc061c3c3d8ad99e298ea9800c2b and later · before 41024a40f6c793abbb916a857f18fb009f07464caffected · git
    • ace45bec6d77bc061c3c3d8ad99e298ea9800c2b and later · before cd8aef1f30d1215648e4e6686cfb422004851429affected · git
    • ace45bec6d77bc061c3c3d8ad99e298ea9800c2b and later · before 1946014ca3b19be9e485e780e862c375c6f98badaffected · git
    • before 4.17not affected · semver
    • 4.19.238 and later · up to and including 4.19.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 5.17.3-15.17.3-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-49085Feb 26, 2025 · drbd: Fix five use after free bugs in get_initial_state
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-49086Feb 26, 2025 · net: openvswitch: fix leak of nested actions
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-49088Feb 26, 2025 · dpaa2-ptp: Fix refcount leak in dpaa2_ptp_probe
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux08ff0e74fab517dbc44e11b8bc683dd4ecc65950Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux1946014ca3b19be9e485e780e862c375c6f98badVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux41024a40f6c793abbb916a857f18fb009f07464cVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux571d8e1d154ca18f08dcb72b69318d36e10010a0Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux7ee84d29f22de6f6c63fad6c54690517659862f1Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux864297ee30727ae6233f80296b7fc91442620b05Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxcd8aef1f30d1215648e4e6686cfb422004851429Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux5.17.3-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-416 · Use After Free

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Root cause

After a memory region is freed, another reference pointing to it is still used. By then, the same region may have been allocated for different data.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

c
free(dev->buf);/* ... another thread is still running ... */process(dev->buf);

Fixed

c
lock(&dev->lock);free(dev->buf);dev->buf = NULL;unlock(&dev->lock);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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