๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2022-49651

HIGH 7.8

srcu: Tighten cleanup_srcu_struct() GP checks

CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: srcu: Tighten cleanup_srcu_struct() GP checks Currently, cleanup_srcu_struct() checks for a grace period in progress, but it does not check for a grace period that has not yet started but which might start at any time. Such a situation could result in a use-after-free bug, so this commit adds a check for a grace period that is needed but not yet started to cleanup_srcu_struct().

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Feb 26, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
da915ad5cf25b5f5d358dd3670c3378d8ae8c03e < e997dda6502eefbc1032d6b0da7b353c53344b07 da915ad5cf25b5f5d358dd3670c3378d8ae8c03e < 8ed00760203d8018bee042fbfe8e076579be2c2b
Linux / Linux
4.12

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e997dda6502eefbc1032d6b0da7b353c53344b07 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ed00760203d8018bee042fbfe8e076579be2c2b