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Unscored CVE-2022-50531 EUVD-2025-32023GHSA-rf5c-crcv-v9wg

tipc: fix an information leak in tipc_topsrv_kern_subscr

Published Oct 7, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

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:

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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
...
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Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.17 4.19.264

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.0.6-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.0.6-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.0.6-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1014.16 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +9 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-60.66 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1030.34 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1033.40 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1033.40.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1029.36 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1027.32 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1015.19 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1025.28 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1025.30 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1028.33 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1017.17 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1029.35 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1024.26 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-139.156 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1096.104 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1030.34~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1103.109 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1033.40~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1058.64 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1100.109 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1029.36~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-60.66~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1044.49 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1025.30~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1012.14 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1086.92 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1093.102 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1029.35~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1080.91 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1029.33~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1021.25 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1096.104~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1103.109~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1100.109~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-139.156~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1044.49~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1093.102~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1080.91~18.04.1 —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1096.104+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1103.109+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1072.81 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1100.109+fips1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2458
RHEL 9 perf +48 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2458
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 RHSA-2023:2951

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