Bug 2348210 (CVE-2022-49629) - CVE-2022-49629 kernel: nexthop: Fix data-races around nexthop_compat_mode.
Summary: CVE-2022-49629 kernel: nexthop: Fix data-races around nexthop_compat_mode.
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-49629
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-02-26 03:21 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-04-03 16:48 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-02-26 03:21:28 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nexthop: Fix data-races around nexthop_compat_mode.

While reading nexthop_compat_mode, it can be changed concurrently.
Thus, we need to add READ_ONCE() to its readers.
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-02-26 13:12:20 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022616-CVE-2022-49629-c5d3@gregkh/T
Comment 4 Avinash Hanwate 2025-02-26 17:32:06 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022616-CVE-2022-49629-c5d3@gregkh/T
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