CVE-2022-50459

kernel: scsi: iscsi: iscsi_tcp: Fix null-ptr-deref while calling getpeername()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.7

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 1, 2025

Updated · August 14, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the iSCSI TCP component in the Linux kernel. A race condition between releasing a socket and accessing it via sysfs can lead to a NULL pointer dereference when calling getpeername(). This issue can cause a crash and result in a denial of service.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference