CVE-2022-3566

Low

No strong exploitation signal.

CVSS base

4.6 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)

0.7%

51.5th percentile

CISA KEV

Not listed

Weakness / dates

CWE-362

Published 2022-10-17 · modified 2026-08-26

CVSS breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector	A	Adjacent
Attack Complexity	H	High
Privileges Required	L	Low
User Interaction	N	None
Scope	U	Unchanged
Confidentiality	L	Low
Integrity	L	Low
Availability	L	Low

Timeline

2022-10-17 — Published (NVD)
2026-08-26 — Last modified (NVD)

Description

A vulnerability was identified in Linux Kernel up to 4.19.316/5.4.278/5.10.220/5.15.161. This impacts the function tcp_getsockopt/tcp_setsockopt of the component TCP Handler. Such manipulation leads to race condition. A high complexity level is associated with this attack. The exploitability is said to be difficult. The vulnerability was introduced in 2.6.12, commit 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2"). Upgrading to version 4.19.317, 5.4.279, 5.10.221, 5.15.162 and 6.1 will fix this issue. The name of the patch is fcd31dd8291b23d713245947ec2b2d99ef07aef2/3b32f265805a49071e2c4568a524398ba22bf93c/d529193eae979a7bf2255cd9fe68b7af7a1c91b3/5bb642cc3355ffd3c8bca0a8bd8e6e65bcc2091c/f49cd2f4d6170d27a2c61f1fecb03d8a70c91f57. The affected component should be upgraded.

Affected

linux

References

Official: NVD · CVE.org