In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
io_uring/msg_ring: Fix NULL pointer dereference in io_msg_send_fd()
Syzkaller produced the below call trace:
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in io_msg_ring+0x3cb/0x9f0
Write of size 8 at addr 0000000000000070 by task repro/16399
CPU: 0 PID: 16399 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1 #28
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.11.0-2.el7
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134
? io_msg_ring+0x3cb/0x9f0
kasan_report+0xbc/0xf0
? io_msg_ring+0x3cb/0x9f0
kasan_check_range+0x140/0x190
io_msg_ring+0x3cb/0x9f0
? io_msg_ring_prep+0x300/0x300
io_issue_sqe+0x698/0xca0
io_submit_sqes+0x92f/0x1c30
__do_sys_io_uring_enter+0xae4/0x24b0
....
RIP: 0033:0x7f2eaf8f8289
RSP: 002b:00007fff40939718 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001aa
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f2eaf8f8289
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000006f71 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fff409397a0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000039
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00000000004006d0
R13: 00007fff40939880 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
</TASK>
Kernel panic - not syncing: panic_on_warn set ...
We don't have a NULL check on file_ptr in io_msg_send_fd() function,
so when file_ptr is NUL src_file is also NULL and get_file()
dereferences a NULL pointer and leads to above crash.
Add a NULL check to fix this issue.
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Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/msg_ring: Fix NULL pointer dereference in io_msg_send_fd() Syzkaller produced the below call trace: BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in io_msg_ring+0x3cb/0x9f0 Write of size 8 at addr 0000000000000070 by task repro/16399 CPU: 0 PID: 16399 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1 #28 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.11.0-2.el7 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 ? io_msg_ring+0x3cb/0x9f0 kasan_report+0xbc/0xf0 ? io_msg_ring+0x3cb/0x9f0 kasan_check_range+0x140/0x190 io_msg_ring+0x3cb/0x9f0 ? io_msg_ring_prep+0x300/0x300 io_issue_sqe+0x698/0xca0 io_submit_sqes+0x92f/0x1c30 __do_sys_io_uring_enter+0xae4/0x24b0 .... RIP: 0033:0x7f2eaf8f8289 RSP: 002b:00007fff40939718 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001aa RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f2eaf8f8289 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000006f71 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00007fff409397a0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000039 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00000000004006d0 R13: 00007fff40939880 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 </TASK> Kernel panic - not syncing: panic_on_warn set ... We don't have a NULL check on file_ptr in io_msg_send_fd() function, so when file_ptr is NUL src_file is also NULL and get_file() dereferences a NULL pointer and leads to above crash. Add a NULL check to fix this issue. | |
Title | io_uring/msg_ring: Fix NULL pointer dereference in io_msg_send_fd() | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2025-09-15T14:45:51.241Z
Updated: 2025-09-15T14:45:51.241Z
Reserved: 2025-09-15T14:18:36.811Z
Link: CVE-2022-50295

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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-09-15T15:15:40.880
Modified: 2025-09-15T15:22:27.090
Link: CVE-2022-50295
