CVE-2022-49641

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sysctl: Fix data races in proc_douintvec(). A sysctl variable is accessed concurrently, and there is always a chance of data-race. So, all readers and writers need some basic protection to avoid load/store-tearing. This patch changes proc_douintvec() to use READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() internally to fix data-races on the sysctl side. For now, proc_douintvec() itself is tolerant to a data-race, but we still need to add annotations on the other subsystem's side.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5d54714e329f646bd7af4994fc427d88ee68936

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d335db59f7fb3353f56e52371f1ee796ae9c8f09

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/630c76850d554d7140232e71b5d1663e88cffb54

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4762b532ec9539755aab61445d5da6e1926ccb99

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-02-26

Updated: 2025-02-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium