# CVE-2022-49234: net: dsa: Avoid cross-chip syncing of VLAN filtering

> A Linux kernel DSA driver flaw causes out-of-bounds accesses and crashes when VLAN filtering is synced across chips with mismatched port counts.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-67623, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49234, GHSA-h26x-h787-c9cr, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-49234, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-49234, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49234

## What is CVE-2022-49234?

CVE-2022-49234 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: dsa: Avoid cross-chip syncing of VLAN filtering

Changes to VLAN filtering are not applicable to cross-chip
notifications.

On a system like this:

.-----.   .-----.   .-----.
| sw1 +---+ sw2 +---+ sw3 |
'-1-2-'   '-1-2-'   '-1-2-'

Before this change, upon sw1p1 leaving a bridge, a call to
dsa_port_vlan_filtering would also be made to sw2p1 and sw3p1.

In this scenario:

.---------.   .-----.   .-----.
|   sw1   +---+ sw2 +---+ sw3 |
'-1-2-3-4-'   '-1-2-'   '-1-2-'

When sw1p4 would leave a bridge, dsa_port_vlan_filtering would be
called for sw2 and sw3 with a non-existing port - leading to array
out-of-bounds accesses and crashes on mv88e6xxx.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49234?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49234?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49234 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49234 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49234 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49234 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49234 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49234/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49234/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49234
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49234
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49234

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