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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2022-49920 json

netfilter: nf_tables: netlink notifier might race to release objects

published 2025-05-01 18 mo ago modified 2026-08-05 3 mo ago also EUVD-2025-12851

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 4%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: netlink notifier might race to release objects

commit release path is invoked via call_rcu and it runs lockless to release the objects after rcu grace period. The netlink notifier handler might win race to remove objects that the transaction context is still referencing from the commit release path.

Call rcu_barrier() to ensure pending rcu callbacks run to completion if the list of transactions to be destroyed is not empty.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.15.78, 6.0.8, 6.1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.0.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49920

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-60.66
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1030.34
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1029.36
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1027.32
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1025.28
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1028.33
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1033.40
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1015.19

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49920

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  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • bpftool RHEL 9 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • kernel-core RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • kernel-tools RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • python3-perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:3421RHSA-2023:2458

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-49920 updated cvss 7.0

kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: netlink notifier might race to release objects

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “To mitigate this issue, prevent module sch_hfsc from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available “To mitigate this issue, prevent module sch_hfsc from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.0) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-70.101.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-70.101.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-70.101.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-70.101.1.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module sch_hfsc from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2024:3421
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) perf 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, rtla 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module sch_hfsc from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2023:2458
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) perf 5.14.0-70.101.1.el9_0, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.101.1.el9_0, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.101.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-70.101.1.el9_0, kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.101.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-70.101.1.el9_0, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module sch_hfsc from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2024:3421
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-64k 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-core 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-tools 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, python3-perf 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module sch_hfsc from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2023:2458
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0) kernel 5.14.0-70.101.1.el9_0, bpftool 5.14.0-70.101.1.el9_0, kernel-core 5.14.0-70.101.1.el9_0, kernel-tools 5.14.0-70.101.1.el9_0, python3-perf 5.14.0-70.101.1.el9_0, kernel-modules 5.14.0-70.101.1.el9_0, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module sch_hfsc from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2024:3421
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module sch_hfsc from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2023:2458
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
13 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADP 3.1 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
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References

Sources

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