# CVE-2022-49639: cipso: Fix data-races around sysctl.

- 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: 2.6.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cipso: Fix data-races around sysctl. While reading cipso sysctl variables, they can be changed concurrently. So, we need to add READ_ONCE() to avoid data-races.

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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/2764f82bbc158d106693ae3ced3675cf4b963b35
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c321e99d2725d11f7e6a4ebd9ce752259f0bae81
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca26ca5e2f3eeb3e6fe699cd6effa3b4b2aa8698
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e41a0f73ccb9be112a80bde3804a771633caaef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe2a35fa2c4f9c8ce5ef970eb927031387f9446a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07b0caf8aeb9b82e6ecc6c292a3e47c7fcdb1148
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59e26906b89cc35bb54476498772b45cbc32323f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd44f04b9214adb68ef5684ae87a81ba03632250

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