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CVE-2022-49456: bonding: fix missed rcu protection

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.27% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 1b66a533c47d29b38af8e05fbb53b609a5ba3a4e, 85eed460681da71b359ed906bce4d800081db854, 9b80ccda233fa6c59de411bf889cc4d0e028f2c7.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 7.8, NVD 5.5.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 1b66a533c47d29b38af8e05fbb53b609a5ba3a4e, 85eed460681da71b359ed906bce4d800081db854, 9b80ccda233fa6c59de411bf889cc4d0e028f2c7 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bonding: fix missed rcu protection When removing the rcu_read_lock in bond_ethtool_get_ts_info() as discussed [1], I didn't notice it could be called via setsockopt, which doesn't hold rcu lock, as syzbot pointed: stack backtrace: CPU: 0 PID: 3599 Comm: syz-executor317 Not tainted 5.18.0-rc5-syzkaller-01392-g01f4685797a5 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106 bond_option_active_slave_get_rcu include/net/bonding.h:353 [inline] bond_ethtool_get_ts_info+0x32c/0x3a0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5595 __ethtool_get_ts_info+0x173/0x240 net/ethtool/common.c:554 ethtool_get_phc_vclocks+0x99/0x110 net/ethtool/common.c:568 sock_timestamping_bind_phc net/core/sock.c:869 [inline] sock_set_timestamping+0x3a3/0x7e0 net/core/sock.c:916 sock_setsockopt+0x543/0x2ec0 net/core/sock.c:1221 __sys_setsockopt+0x55e/0x6a0 net/socket.c:2223 __do_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2238 [inline] __se_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2235 [inline] __x64_sys_setsockopt+0xba/0x150 net/socket.c:2235 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae RIP: 0033:0x7f8902c8eb39 Fix it by adding rcu_read_lock and take a ref on the real_dev. Since dev_hold() and dev_put() can take NULL these days, we can skip checking if real_dev exist. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/27565.1642742439@famine/

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 26, 2025
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 19th percentile
CWE
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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.5
CNA · Linux
7.8
2.3 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel5.17.1 and later · before 5.17.14
  • linux linux kernel5.18 and later · before 5.18.3
  • linux linux kernel5.17

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 5.17affected
    • aa6034678e873db8bd5c5a4b73f8b88c469374d6 and later · before 1b66a533c47d29b38af8e05fbb53b609a5ba3a4eaffected · git
    • aa6034678e873db8bd5c5a4b73f8b88c469374d6 and later · before 85eed460681da71b359ed906bce4d800081db854affected · git
    • aa6034678e873db8bd5c5a4b73f8b88c469374d6 and later · before 9b80ccda233fa6c59de411bf889cc4d0e028f2c7affected · git
    • before 5.17not affected · semver
    • 5.17.14 and later · up to and including 5.17.*not affected · semver
    • 5.18.3 and later · up to and including 5.18.*not affected · semver
    • 5.19 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 5.18.5-15.18.5-1

Same product

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    85Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-49454Feb 26, 2025 · PCI: mediatek: Fix refcount leak in mtk_pcie_subsys_powerup()
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-49455Feb 26, 2025 · misc: ocxl: fix possible double free in ocxl_file_register_afu
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-49457Feb 26, 2025 · ARM: versatile: Add missing of_node_put in dcscb_init
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux1b66a533c47d29b38af8e05fbb53b609a5ba3a4eVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux85eed460681da71b359ed906bce4d800081db854Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux9b80ccda233fa6c59de411bf889cc4d0e028f2c7Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux5.18.5-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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