Local kernel-data disclosure via unchecked flow index
Published Feb 26, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux MediaTek Ethernet driver allows local users to disclose kernel data through an ethtool flow query. mtk_hwlro_get_fdir_entry uses the user-controlled fsp->location value to index mac->hwlro_ip without first checking the array bounds. Reachability requires local access and a MediaTek interface using hardware LRO; an invalid location can expose adjacent kernel data or crash the system.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux MediaTek Ethernet driver allows local users to disclose kernel data through an ethtool flow query. mtk_hwlro_get_fdir_entry uses the user-controlled fsp->location value to index mac->hwlro_ip without first checking the array bounds. Reachability requires local access and a MediaTek interface using hardware LRO; an invalid location can expose adjacent kernel data or crash the system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-49368
- Published
- Feb 26, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-125
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 26, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.9
- Affected versionversion=7aab747e5563ecbc9f3cb64ddea13fe7b9fee2bd <0b238f75b65ed4462ef4cdfa718cac0ac7fce3b8
- Affected versionversion=7aab747e5563ecbc9f3cb64ddea13fe7b9fee2bd <2bd1faedb74dc2a2be3972abcd4239b75a3e7b00
- Affected versionversion=7aab747e5563ecbc9f3cb64ddea13fe7b9fee2bd <4cde554c70d7397cfa2e4116bacb4accdfb6fd48
- Affected versionversion=7aab747e5563ecbc9f3cb64ddea13fe7b9fee2bd <5ba81f82607ead85fe36f50869fc4f5661359ab8
- Affected versionversion=7aab747e5563ecbc9f3cb64ddea13fe7b9fee2bd <657e7174603f0aab2cdedc64ac81edffd2a87afe
- Affected versionversion=7aab747e5563ecbc9f3cb64ddea13fe7b9fee2bd <71ae30662ec610b92644d13f79c78f76f17873b3
- Affected versionversion=7aab747e5563ecbc9f3cb64ddea13fe7b9fee2bd <b24ca1cf846273361d5bd73a35de95a486a54b6d
- Affected versionversion=7aab747e5563ecbc9f3cb64ddea13fe7b9fee2bd <b4f0e57ea0d867aacffad7999527e48bd4ea9293
- Affected versionversion=7aab747e5563ecbc9f3cb64ddea13fe7b9fee2bd <e7e7104e2d5ddf3806a28695670f21bef471f1e1
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