# CVE-2022-49903: ipv6: fix WARNING in ip6_route_net_exit_late()

> A flaw in the Linux kernel IPv6 routing initialization can trigger a kernel warning and potential crash during network namespace cleanup, causing denial of service.

- **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:** 1 May 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49903, GHSA-7m6j-5mcx-6jmq, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49903

## What is CVE-2022-49903?

CVE-2022-49903 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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:

ipv6: fix WARNING in ip6_route_net_exit_late()

During the initialization of ip6_route_net_init_late(), if file
ipv6_route or rt6_stats fails to be created, the initialization is
successful by default. Therefore, the ipv6_route or rt6_stats file
doesn't be found during the remove in ip6_route_net_exit_late(). It
will cause WRNING.

The following is the stack information:
name 'rt6_stats'
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 9 at fs/proc/generic.c:712 remove_proc_entry+0x389/0x460
Modules linked in:
Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
RIP: 0010:remove_proc_entry+0x389/0x460
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
<TASK>
ops_exit_list+0xb0/0x170
cleanup_net+0x4ea/0xb00
process_one_work+0x9bf/0x1710
worker_thread+0x665/0x1080
kthread+0x2e4/0x3a0
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
</TASK>

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49903?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49903?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49903 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49903 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2022-49903 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49903 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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-2022-49903 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-2022-49903/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49903/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49903
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49903
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49903

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49903/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.