Linux Kernel up to 5.4.207/5.10.133/5.15.57/5.18.14 READ_ONCE information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.207/5.10.133/5.15.57/5.18.14. Impacted is the function READ_ONCE. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2022-49597. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.207/5.10.133/5.15.57/5.18.14. Affected is the function READ_ONCE. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: Fix data-races around sysctl_tcp_base_mss. While reading sysctl_tcp_base_mss, it can be changed concurrently. Thus, we need to add READ_ONCE() to its readers.

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-49597 since 02/26/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 238183 (EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2025-1590)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.4.208, 5.10.134, 5.15.58 or 5.18.15 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 30b73edc1d2459ba2c71cb58fbf84a1a6e640fbf/514d2254c7b8aa2d257f5ffc79f0d96be2d6bfda/4d7dea651b7fe0322be95054f64e3711afccc543/9ca18116bc16ec31b9a3ce28ea1350badfa36128/88d78bc097cd8ebc6541e93316c9d9bf651b13e8 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (238183). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.4.207
• 5.10.133
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
• 5.15.6
• 5.15.7
• 5.15.8
• 5.15.9
• 5.15.10
• 5.15.11
• 5.15.12
• 5.15.13
• 5.15.14
• 5.15.15
• 5.15.16
• 5.15.17
• 5.15.18
• 5.15.19
• 5.15.20
• 5.15.21
• 5.15.22
• 5.15.23
• 5.15.24
• 5.15.25
• 5.15.26
• 5.15.27
• 5.15.28
• 5.15.29
• 5.15.30
• 5.15.31
• 5.15.32
• 5.15.33
• 5.15.34
• 5.15.35
• 5.15.36
• 5.15.37
• 5.15.38
• 5.15.39
• 5.15.40
• 5.15.41
• 5.15.42
• 5.15.43
• 5.15.44
• 5.15.45
• 5.15.46
• 5.15.47
• 5.15.48
• 5.15.49
• 5.15.50
• 5.15.51
• 5.15.52
• 5.15.53
• 5.15.54
• 5.15.55
• 5.15.56
• 5.15.57
• 5.18.0
• 5.18.1
• 5.18.2
• 5.18.3
• 5.18.4
• 5.18.5
• 5.18.6
• 5.18.7
• 5.18.8
• 5.18.9
• 5.18.10
• 5.18.11
• 5.18.12
• 5.18.13
• 5.18.14

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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