CVE-2022-49596: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.16.69, before 3.17 (fixed in 3.17); from 4.4.182, before 4.5 (fixed in 4.5); from 4.9.182, before 4.10 (fixed in 4.10); from 4.14.127, before 4.15 (fixed in 4.15); from 4.19.52, before 4.20 (fixed in 4.20); from 5.1.11, before 5.4.208 (fixed in 5.4.208); …

Published 2025-02-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.