# CVE-2022-49602: ip: Fix a data-race around sysctl\_fwmark\_reflect.

- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.16

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ip: Fix a data-race around sysctl_fwmark_reflect. While reading sysctl_fwmark_reflect, it can be changed concurrently. Thus, we need to add READ_ONCE() to its reader.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc92e3b4bebfdd986ef1d2c5019f236837b0b982
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e7a1be3e68deef250ad43cc91f7bb8d7d758b48
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9096edcf4854289f92252e086cf6e498c7f8c21d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25a635a67c830766110410fea88ec4e6ee29684b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ee76fe01ff3c0b4efaa500aecc90d7c8d3a8860
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dccf8a67f30e18980d13f07006e5a536bbd1e136
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a475ecc9ad919aa3ebdd4e4a6ee612b793bf74b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85d0b4dbd74b95cc492b1f4e34497d3f894f5d9a

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