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CVE-2022-3521Linux Kernel kcm kcmsock.c kcm_tx_work race condition
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 0.24%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 85% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function kcm_tx_work of the file net/kcm/kcmsock.c of the component kcm. The manipulation leads to race condition. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-211018 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Timeline
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low2.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Low2.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Affected products
References
References5
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ec7eede369fe5b0d085ac51fdbb95184f87bfc6c (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?id.211018 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221222 [SECURITY] [DLA 3244-1] linux-5.10 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221223 [SECURITY] [DLA 3245-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-42888 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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