CVE-2022-49638 (GCVE-0-2022-49638)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-02-26 02:23
Modified
2026-05-11 19:03
Severity ?
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: icmp: Fix data-races around sysctl. While reading icmp sysctl variables, they can be changed concurrently. So, we need to add READ_ONCE() to avoid data-races.
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Linux Linux Version: 4cdf507d54525842dfd9f6313fdafba039084046
Version: 4cdf507d54525842dfd9f6313fdafba039084046
Version: 4cdf507d54525842dfd9f6313fdafba039084046
Version: 4cdf507d54525842dfd9f6313fdafba039084046
Version: 4cdf507d54525842dfd9f6313fdafba039084046
Version: 4cdf507d54525842dfd9f6313fdafba039084046
Version: 4cdf507d54525842dfd9f6313fdafba039084046
Version: 4cdf507d54525842dfd9f6313fdafba039084046
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