CVE-2022-49330 | tcp: fix tcp_mtup_probe_success vs wrong snd_cwnd

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: fix tcp_mtup_probe_success vs wrong snd_cwnd syzbot got a new report [1] finally pointing to a very old bug, added in initial support for MTU probing. tcp_mtu_probe() has checks about starting an MTU probe if tcp_snd_cwnd(tp) >= 11. But nothing prevents tcp_snd_cwnd(tp) to be reduced later and before the MTU probe succeeds. This bug would lead to potential zero-divides. Debugging added in commit 40570375356c ("tcp: add accessors to read/set tp->snd_cwnd") has paid off :) While we are at it, address potential overflows in this code. [1] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 14132 at include/net/tcp.h:1219 tcp_mtup_probe_success+0x366/0x570 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:2712 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 PID: 14132 Comm: syz-executor.2 Not tainted 5.18.0-syzkaller-07857-gbabf0bb978e3 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 RIP: 0010:tcp_snd_cwnd_set include/net/tcp.h:1219 [inline] RIP: 0010:tcp_mtup_probe_success+0x366/0x570 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:2712 Code: 74 08 48 89 ef e8 da 80 17 f9 48 8b 45 00 65 48 ff 80 80 03 00 00 48 83 c4 30 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 e8 aa b0 c5 f8 <0f> 0b e9 16 fe ff ff 48 8b 4c 24 08 80 e1 07 38 c1 0f 8c c7 fc ff RSP: 0018:ffffc900079e70f8 EFLAGS: 00010287 RAX: ffffffff88c0f7f6 RBX: ffff8880756e7a80 RCX: 0000000000040000 RDX: ffffc9000c6c4000 RSI: 0000000000031f9e RDI: 0000000000031f9f RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffffff88c0f606 R09: ffffc900079e7520 R10: ffffed101011226d R11: 1ffff1101011226c R12: 1ffff1100eadcf50 R13: ffff8880756e72c0 R14: 1ffff1100eadcf89 R15: dffffc0000000000 FS: 00007f643236e700(0000) GS:ffff8880b9b00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f1ab3f1e2a0 CR3: 0000000064fe7000 CR4: 00000000003506e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> tcp_clean_rtx_queue+0x223a/0x2da0 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:3356 tcp_ack+0x1962/0x3c90 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:3861 tcp_rcv_established+0x7c8/0x1ac0 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5973 tcp_v6_do_rcv+0x57b/0x1210 net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c:1476 sk_backlog_rcv include/net/sock.h:1061 [inline] __release_sock+0x1d8/0x4c0 net/core/sock.c:2849 release_sock+0x5d/0x1c0 net/core/sock.c:3404 sk_stream_wait_memory+0x700/0xdc0 net/core/stream.c:145 tcp_sendmsg_locked+0x111d/0x3fc0 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1410 tcp_sendmsg+0x2c/0x40 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1448 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:734 [inline] __sys_sendto+0x439/0x5c0 net/socket.c:2119 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2131 [inline] __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2127 [inline] __x64_sys_sendto+0xda/0xf0 net/socket.c:2127 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x2b/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 RIP: 0033:0x7f6431289109 Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f643236e168 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f643139c100 RCX: 00007f6431289109 RDX: 00000000d0d0c2ac RSI: 0000000020000080 RDI: 000000000000000a RBP: 00007f64312e308d R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007fff372533af R14: 00007f643236e300 R15: 0000000000022000

Published: 2025-02-26 Last update: 2025-09-22 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-49330 is rated Low Risk (26.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-49330

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-24 0.05% 0.04% -0.01%
2 2026-04-06 0.03% 0.05% +0.03%
3 2025-09-23 0.03%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-49330

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-49330

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-49330

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-49330 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49330
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49330
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49330/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-49330 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, released 151, ignored 149, not-affected 101, needed 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49330

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-49330

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 2.6.17, < 4.9.318 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 4.10, < 4.14.283 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 4.15, < 4.19.247 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 4.20, < 5.4.198 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.122 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.47 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 5.17.15 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.18, < 5.18.4 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-49330

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