Bug 2373571 (CVE-2022-49957)

Summary: CVE-2022-49957 kernel: kcm: fix strp_init() order and cleanup
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-06-18 12:08:49 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

kcm: fix strp_init() order and cleanup

strp_init() is called just a few lines above this csk->sk_user_data
check, it also initializes strp->work etc., therefore, it is
unnecessary to call strp_done() to cancel the freshly initialized
work.

And if sk_user_data is already used by KCM, psock->strp should not be
touched, particularly strp->work state, so we need to move strp_init()
after the csk->sk_user_data check.

This also makes a lockdep warning reported by syzbot go away.
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-06-19 10:47:47 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025061812-CVE-2022-49957-8ff2@gregkh/T