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CVE-2022-49838

5.5 · MEDIUM
Published May 1, 2025 linux EPSS 0.20% (10th pctl)

Overview

CVE-2022-49838 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on May 1, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sctp: clear out_curr if all frag chunks of current msg are pruned

A crash was reported by Zhen Chen:

list_del corruption, ffffa035ddf01c18->next is NULL

WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 250682 at lib/list_debug.c:49 __list_del_entry_valid+0x59/0xe0

RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid+0x59/0xe0

Call Trace:

sctp_sched_dequeue_common+0x17/0x70 [sctp]

sctp_sched_fcfs_dequeue+0x37/0x50 [sctp]

sctp_outq_flush_data+0x85/0x360 [sctp]

sctp_outq_uncork+0x77/0xa0 [sctp]

sctp_cmd_interpreter.constprop.0+0x164/0x1450 [sctp]

sctp_side_effects+0x37/0xe0 [sctp]

sctp_do_sm+0xd0/0x230 [sctp]

sctp_primitive_SEND+0x2f/0x40 [sctp]

sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0x3fa/0x5c0 [sctp]

sctp_sendmsg+0x3d5/0x440 [sctp]

sock_sendmsg+0x5b/0x70

and in sctp_sched_fcfs_dequeue() it dequeued a chunk from stream

out_curr outq while this outq was empty.

Normally stream->out_curr must be set to NULL once all frag chunks of

current msg

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor Product Versions Status
linux linux_kernel >= 4.15, < 5.10.156 Affected

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-49838?

CVE-2022-49838 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on May 1, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2022-49838?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2022-49838?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2022-49838?

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