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CVE-2022-3566

HIGH · 7.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-10-17
Patch available
A vendor patch is available. No clean upgrade release — apply the published patch.
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73/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A vulnerability was identified in Linux Kernel up to 4.19.316/5.4.278/5.10.220/5.15.161. This impacts the function tcp_getsockopt/tcp_setsockopt of the component TCP Handler. Such manipulation leads to race condition. A high complexity level is associated with this attack. The exploitability is said to be difficult. The vulnerability was introduced in 2.6.12, commit 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2"). Upgrading to version 4.19.317, 5.4.279, 5.10.221, 5.15.162 and 6.1 will fix this issue. The name of the patch is fcd31dd8291b23d713245947ec2b2d99ef07aef2/3b32f265805a49071e2c4568a524398ba22bf93c/d529193eae979a7bf2255cd9fe68b7af7a1c91b3/5bb642cc3355ffd3c8bca0a8bd8e6e65bcc2091c/f49cd2f4d6170d27a2c61f1fecb03d8a70c91f57. The affected component should be upgraded.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-362

Two operations that should be atomic can interleave, so an attacker who wins a narrow timing window reaches an inconsistent, exploitable state. These bugs are subtle and easy to miss in review. Fixing them properly means correct locking or atomic operations around the shared resource.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:all versions

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

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Recommended fix High confidence

4.19.317/5.4.279/5.10.221/5.15.162/6.1 (pick the version matching your current major version line)

  1. 1. Identify the current running kernel version using 'uname -r'
  2. 2. Determine which kernel major version line you are running (e.g., 4.19.x, 5.4.x, 5.10.x, 5.15.x, or 6.x)
  3. 3. Update the system package repository and upgrade the kernel to the appropriate fixed version: For 4.19.x line: upgrade to 4.19.317 or later; For 5.4.x line: upgrade to 5.4.279 or later; For 5.10.x line: upgrade to 5.10.221 or later; For 5.15.x line: upgrade to 5.15.162 or later; For 6.x line: upgrade to 6.1 or later
  4. 4. After kernel upgrade, reboot the system to load the fixed kernel
  5. 5. Verify the fix by checking 'uname -r' shows the patched version and confirming tcp_getsockopt/tcp_setsockopt operations work normally
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require rebuilding third-party kernel modules; ensure compatible drivers/modules are available before rebooting

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