Bug 2348175 (CVE-2022-49573) - CVE-2022-49573 kernel: tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_early_retrans.
Summary: CVE-2022-49573 kernel: tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_early_retrans.
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-49573
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-02-26 03:20 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-04-03 16:52 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-02-26 03:20:13 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tcp: Fix a data-race around sysctl_tcp_early_retrans.

While reading sysctl_tcp_early_retrans, it can be changed concurrently.
Thus, we need to add READ_ONCE() to its reader.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-02-26 10:59:19 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022607-CVE-2022-49573-e482@gregkh/T

Comment 4 Avinash Hanwate 2025-02-26 15:30:52 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022607-CVE-2022-49573-e482@gregkh/T


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