CVE-2022-49641

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.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2458
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49641.html
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49641

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