#VU120864 Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50873
Published: December 30, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU120864
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50873
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within the vp_vdpa_remove() function in drivers/vdpa/virtio_pci/vp_vdpa.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ccc891f36d0c20ee220551caabdcd3886ec584b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fe12680b2c731201519935013ec9219c93ec540
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed843d6ed7310a27cf7c8ee0a82a482eed0cb4a6
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.19
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.5
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2