Linux Kernel up to 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 5.10.133/5.15.57/5.18.14. The affected element is the function READ_ONCE. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-49603. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.133/5.15.57/5.18.14 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function READ_ONCE. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ip: Fix data-races around sysctl_ip_fwd_update_priority. While reading sysctl_ip_fwd_update_priority, 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 handled as CVE-2022-49603 since 02/26/2025. The exploitation is known 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 233373 (Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2025-086)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.10.134, 5.15.58 or 5.18.15 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 11038fa781ab916535c53351537b22d6d405667d/351f81f7d7185d18a9ff76f8f8c2fa8c4eea563b/bcc03369d3277ae075ed421f0c8bf4adb5e65b74/7bf9e18d9a5e99e3c83482973557e9f047b051e7 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 (233373). 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

• 5.10.133
• 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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