# CVE-2022-49967: bpf: Fix a data-race around bpf\_jit\_limit.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.10, 4.15, 4.20
- Published: 2025-06-18 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 4.9.190, fixed in 4.10; from 4.14.140, fixed in 4.15; from 4.19.47, fixed in 4.20
- Linux: 4.20

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix a data-race around bpf_jit_limit. While reading bpf_jit_limit, it can be changed concurrently via sysctl, WRITE_ONCE() in __do_proc_doulongvec_minmax(). The size of bpf_jit_limit is long, so we need to add a paired READ_ONCE() to avoid load-tearing.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba632ad0bacb13197a8f38e7526448974e87f292
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0947ae1121083d363d522ff7518ee72b55bd8d29

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