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TI-2022-25493 Aliases CVE-2022-50000GHSA-22xc-pf4c-p298

netfilter: flowtable: fix stuck flows on cleanup due to pending work

Priority LOW 34CWE-416Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 11 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: flowtable: fix stuck flows on cleanup due to pending work To clear the flow table on flow table free, the following sequence normally happens in order: 1) gc_step work is stopped to disable any further stats/del requests. 2) All flow table entries are set to teardown state. 3) Run gc_step which will queue HW del work for each flow table entry. 4) Waiting for the above del work to finish (flush). 5) Run gc_step again, deleting all entries from the flow table. 6) Flow table is freed. But if a flow table entry already has pending HW stats or HW add work step 3 will not queue HW del work (it will be skipped), step 4 will wait for the pending add/stats to finish, and step 5 will queue HW del work which might execute after freeing of the flow table. To fix the above, this patch flushes the pending work, then it sets the teardown flag to all flows in the flowtable and it forces a garbage collector run to queue work to remove the flows from hardware, then it flushes this new pending work and (finally) it forces another garbage collector run to remove the entry from the software flowtable. Stack trace: [47773.882335] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in down_read+0x99/0x460 [47773.883634] Write of size 8 at addr ffff888103b45aa8 by task kworker/u20:6/543704 [47773.885634] CPU: 3 PID: 543704 Comm: kworker/u20:6 Not tainted 5.12.0-rc7+ #2 [47773.886745] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) [47773.888438] Workqueue: nf_ft_offload_del flow_offload_work_handler [nf_flow_table] [47773.889727] Call Trace: [47773.890214] dump_stack+0xbb/0x107 [47773.890818] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x18/0x140 [47773.892990] kasan_report.cold+0x7c/0xd8 [47773.894459] kasan_check_range+0x145/0x1a0 [47773.895174] down_read+0x99/0x460 [47773.899706] nf_flow_offload_tuple+0x24f/0x3c0 [nf_flow_table] [47773.907137] flow_offload_work_handler+0x72d/0xbe0 [nf_flow_table] [47773.913372] process_one_work+0x8ac/0x14e0 [47773.921325] [47773.921325] Allocated by task 592159: [47773.922031] kasan_save_stack+0x1b/0x40 [47773.922730] __kasan_kmalloc+0x7a/0x90 [47773.923411] tcf_ct_flow_table_get+0x3cb/0x1230 [act_ct] [47773.924363] tcf_ct_init+0x71c/0x1156 [act_ct] [47773.925207] tcf_action_init_1+0x45b/0x700 [47773.925987] tcf_action_init+0x453/0x6b0 [47773.926692] tcf_exts_validate+0x3d0/0x600 [47773.927419] fl_change+0x757/0x4a51 [cls_flower] [47773.928227] tc_new_tfilter+0x89a/0x2070 [47773.936652] [47773.936652] Freed by task 543704: [47773.937303] kasan_save_stack+0x1b/0x40 [47773.938039] kasan_set_track+0x1c/0x30 [47773.938731] kasan_set_free_info+0x20/0x30 [47773.939467] __kasan_slab_free+0xe7/0x120 [47773.940194] slab_free_freelist_hook+0x86/0x190 [47773.941038] kfree+0xce/0x3a0 [47773.941644] tcf_ct_flow_table_cleanup_work Original patch description and stack trace by Paul Blakey.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00249 16th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.15.64, 5.19.6, 6.0Red Hat: 5 advisoriesRed Hat: 11 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux5.5 and later5.15.64, 5.19.6, 6.0Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.5 and later Fixed in 5.15.64, 5.19.6, 6.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.5 to before 5.15.64; 5.16 to before 5.19.6VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0 rc1VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0 rc2VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.5 to before 5.15.64; 5.16 to before 5.19.6 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 rc2 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.64, 5.19.6, 6.0

Red Hat 5 advisories

  • RHSA-2025:15660 Released 2025-09-11 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4) bpftool-4.18.0-305.172.1.el8_4, kernel-4.18.0-305.172.1.el8_4, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-305.172.1.el8_4 +13
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) bpftool-4.18.0-305.172.1.el8_4, kernel-4.18.0-305.172.1.el8_4, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-305.172.1.el8_4 +13
  • RHSA-2023:2951 Released 2023-05-16 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) bpftool-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8, kernel-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 +19
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8
  • RHSA-2023:0512 Released 2023-01-30 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.0) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-70.43.1.el9_0
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-70.43.1.el9_0, kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.43.1.el9_0, kernel-devel-5.14.0-70.43.1.el9_0 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0) bpftool-5.14.0-70.43.1.el9_0, kernel-5.14.0-70.43.1.el9_0, kernel-abi-stablelists-5.14.0-70.43.1.el9_0 +14
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2023:0101 Released 2023-01-12 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-425.10.1.el8_7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) bpftool-4.18.0-425.10.1.el8_7, kernel-4.18.0-425.10.1.el8_7, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-425.10.1.el8_7 +19
  • RHSA-2022:8267 Released 2022-11-15 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-devel-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-abi-stablelists-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 +14

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:0101
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2022:8267
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.0)Fixed RHSA-2023:0512
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2022:8267
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0)Fixed RHSA-2023:0512
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:0101, RHSA-2023:2951
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2022:8267
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2025:15660
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0)Fixed RHSA-2023:0512
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2025:15660
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:2951
Not affected: 6 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-50000
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-22xc-pf4c-p298

References

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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