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Linux Linux — netfilter: nf_tables: netlink notifier might race to release objects
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L H L N U N N H 4.7 .0014 3.8 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 6001a930ce0378b62210d4f83583fc88a903d89d – —
Linux 5.12 – 5.15.78
TIMELINE
May 1 Reserved by Linux
May 1 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2022-49920 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 4.7 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: netlink notifier might race to release objects
commit release path is invoked via call_rcu and it runs lockless to
release the objects after rcu grace period. The netlink notifier handler
might win race to remove objects that the transaction context is still
referencing from the commit release path.
Call rcu_barrier() to ensure pending rcu callbacks run to completion
if the list of transactions to be destroyed is not empty.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| May 1, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 1, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2022-49920 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 4.7 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6001a930ce0378b62210d4f83583fc88a903d89d | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.12 | 5.15.78 |
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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2022-49920 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.