In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: handle the error returned from sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key When it returns an error from sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key(), the active_key is actually not updated. The old sh_key will be freeed while it's still used as active key in asoc. Then an use-after-free will be triggered when sending patckets, as found by syzbot: sctp_auth_shkey_hold+0x22/0xa0 net/sctp/auth.c:112 sctp_set_owner_w net/sctp/socket.c:132 [inline] sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0xbd5/0x1a20 net/sctp/socket.c:1863 sctp_sendmsg+0x1053/0x1d50 net/sctp/socket.c:2025 inet_sendmsg+0x99/0xe0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:819 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] sock_sendmsg+0xcf/0x120 net/socket.c:734 This patch is to fix it by not replacing the sh_key when it returns errors from sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key() in sctp_auth_set_key(). For sctp_auth_set_active_key(), old active_key_id will be set back to asoc->active_key_id when the same thing happens.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-50243 is rated Low Risk (32.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.15%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.02% | 0.15% | +0.13% |
| 2 | 2025-09-16 | — | 0.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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1.8 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2022-50243 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50243 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50243 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2022-50243 severity moderate: SUSE including 73 source package names (bpftool-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8, bpftool-7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2, …), 229 product×package rows across 40 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Liberty Linux 8, … (40 product lines)): Known Not Affected 182, Fixed 47. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50243/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2022-50243 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1414 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1017, ignored 158, released 132, not-affected 106, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50243 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 4.19.199, < 4.19.262 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.4.136, < 5.4.220 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.10.54, < 5.10.150 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.13.6, < 5.14 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.14.1, < 5.15.75 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.16, < 5.19.17 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.0, < 6.0.3 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.14 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.14 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.14 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.14 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.14 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.14 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* |