Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2022-50234
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/af_unix: defer registered files gc to io_uring release Instead of putting io_uring's registered files in unix_gc() we want it to be done by io_uring itself. The trick here is to consider io_uring registered files for cycle detection but not actually putting them down. Because io_uring can't register other ring instances, this will remove all refs to the ring file triggering the ->release path and clean up with io_ring_ctx_free(). [axboe: add kerneldoc comment to skb, fold in skb leak fix]
EPSS: 0.002 (5.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 6b06314c47e141031be043539900d80d2c7ba10f, 5.1, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-50234?
- CVE-2022-50234 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-09-15.
- How severe is CVE-2022-50234?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.