CVE-2022-50531

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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

tipc: fix an information leak in tipc_topsrv_kern_subscr

Use a 8-byte write to initialize sub.usr_handle in tipc_topsrv_kern_subscr(), otherwise four bytes remain uninitialized when issuing setsockopt(..., SOL_TIPC, ...). This resulted in an infoleak reported by KMSAN when the packet was received:

===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in copyout+0xbc/0x100 lib/iov_iter.c:169 instrument_copy_to_user ./include/linux/instrumented.h:121 copyout+0xbc/0x100 lib/iov_iter.c:169 _copy_to_iter+0x5c0/0x20a0 lib/iov_iter.c:527 copy_to_iter ./include/linux/uio.h:176 simple_copy_to_iter+0x64/0xa0 net/core/datagram.c:513 __skb_datagram_iter+0x123/0xdc0 net/core/datagram.c:419 skb_copy_datagram_iter+0x58/0x200 net/core/datagram.c:527 skb_copy_datagram_msg ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3903 packet_recvmsg+0x521/0x1e70 net/packet/af_packet.c:3469 ____sys_recvmsg+0x2c4/0x810 net/socket.c:? ___sys_recvmsg+0x217/0x840 net/socket.c:2743 __sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2773 __do_sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2783 __se_sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2780 __x64_sys_recvmsg+0x364/0x540 net/socket.c:2780 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:120

...

Uninit was stored to memory at: tipc_sub_subscribe+0x42d/0xb50 net/tipc/subscr.c:156 tipc_conn_rcv_sub+0x246/0x620 net/tipc/topsrv.c:375 tipc_topsrv_kern_subscr+0x2e8/0x400 net/tipc/topsrv.c:579 tipc_group_create+0x4e7/0x7d0 net/tipc/group.c:190 tipc_sk_join+0x2a8/0x770 net/tipc/socket.c:3084 tipc_setsockopt+0xae5/0xe40 net/tipc/socket.c:3201 __sys_setsockopt+0x87f/0xdc0 net/socket.c:2252 __do_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2263 __se_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2260 __x64_sys_setsockopt+0xe0/0x160 net/socket.c:2260 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:120

Local variable sub created at: tipc_topsrv_kern_subscr+0x57/0x400 net/tipc/topsrv.c:562 tipc_group_create+0x4e7/0x7d0 net/tipc/group.c:190

Bytes 84-87 of 88 are uninitialized Memory access of size 88 starts at ffff88801ed57cd0 Data copied to user address 0000000020000400 ... =====================================================

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 7, 2025
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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CVE-2022-50531: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix