PT-2025-8537
CVE-2022-49604
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Published
2023-05-09
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Updated
2026-03-27
Description by
CVSS 3.1
4.7
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A data-race issue exists around the sysctl ip fwd use pmtu variable in the Linux kernel. This occurs because the variable can be changed concurrently while being read, which may lead to inconsistent behavior. To address this, the use of READ ONCE() is recommended for readers of sysctl ip fwd use pmtu.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
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Researchers
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