Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU104838

Race condition within a thread in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-49580

Published: February 26, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025

Vulnerability identifier: #VU104838

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-49580

CWE-ID: CWE-366

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Linux Foundation

Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to corrupt data.

The vulnerability exists due to a data race within the fib_select_multipath() function in net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c. A local user can corrupt data.

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