# CVE-2022-49420: net: annotate races around sk->sk_bound_dev_if

> A data race in the Linux kernel UDP networking code can cause KCSAN warnings and potential instability, requiring a kernel patch.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-68621, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49420, GHSA-h3wv-rxr8-rgrg, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-49420, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-49420, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49420

## What is CVE-2022-49420?

CVE-2022-49420 is a medium-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: annotate races around sk->sk_bound_dev_if

UDP sendmsg() is lockless, and reads sk->sk_bound_dev_if while
this field can be changed by another thread.

Adds minimal annotations to avoid KCSAN splats for UDP.
Following patches will add more annotations to potential lockless readers.

BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __ip6_datagram_connect / udpv6_sendmsg

write to 0xffff888136d47a94 of 4 bytes by task 7681 on cpu 0:
 __ip6_datagram_connect+0x6e2/0x930 net/ipv6/datagram.c:221
 ip6_datagram_connect+0x2a/0x40 net/ipv6/datagram.c:272
 inet_dgram_connect+0x107/0x190 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:576
 __sys_connect_file net/socket.c:1900 [inline]
 __sys_connect+0x197/0x1b0 net/socket.c:1917
 __do_sys_connect net/socket.c:1927 [inline]
 __se_sys_connect net/socket.c:1924 [inline]
 __x64_sys_connect+0x3d/0x50 net/socket.c:1924
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x2b/0x50 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

read to 0xffff888136d47a94 of 4 bytes by task 7670 on cpu 1:
 udpv6_sendmsg+0xc60/0x16e0 net/ipv6/udp.c:1436
 inet6_sendmsg+0x5f/0x80 net/ipv6/af_inet6.c:652
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:705 [inline]
 sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:725 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x39a/0x510 net/socket.c:2413
 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2467 [inline]
 __sys_sendmmsg+0x267/0x4c0 net/socket.c:2553
 __do_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2582 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2579 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendmmsg+0x53/0x60 net/socket.c:2579
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x2b/0x50 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

value changed: 0x00000000 -> 0xffffff9b

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 PID: 7670 Comm: syz-executor.3 Tainted: G        W         5.18.0-rc1-syzkaller-dirty #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011

I chose to not add Fixes: tag because race has minor consequences
and stable teams busy enough.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49420?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49420?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49420 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49420 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-2022-49420 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49420 is a medium-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-2022-49420 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-2022-49420/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49420/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49420
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49420
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49420

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49420/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.