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Unscored CVE-2022-49339 EUVD-2022-54889GHSA-96q9-fhgv-cmrv

net: ipv6: unexport __init-annotated seg6_hmac_init()

Published Feb 26, 2025 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ipv6: unexport __init-annotated seg6_hmac_init()

EXPORT_SYMBOL and __init is a bad combination because the .init.text
section is freed up after the initialization. Hence, modules cannot
use symbols annotated __init. The access to a freed symbol may end up
with kernel panic.

modpost used to detect it, but it has been broken for a decade.

Recently, I fixed modpost so it started to warn it again, then this
showed up in linux-next builds.

There are two ways to fix it:

- Remove __init
- Remove EXPORT_SYMBOL

I chose the latter for this case because the caller (net/ipv6/seg6.c)
and the callee (net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c) belong to the same module.
It seems an internal function call in ipv6.ko.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.10 4.14.283

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.18.5-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.18.5-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.18.5-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-48.54 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1020.24 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1020.25 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1024.30.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1018.24 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1016.19 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1003.5 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1015.17 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1016.21 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1018.22 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1007.7 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1018.23 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-126.142 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1085.92 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1020.24~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1091.96 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1020.25~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1046.51 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1089.97 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1018.24~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-48.54~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1033.37 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1016.21~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1004.6 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1075.80 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1083.91 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1018.23~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1070.80 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1019.22~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-192.203 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1140.151 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1085.92~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1150.165 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1091.96~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1135.151 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1089.97~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-126.142~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1033.37~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1126.131 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1105.116 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1083.91~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1070.80~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1021.21 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1085.92+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1091.96+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1061.69 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1089.97+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2079.84 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2060.66 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1097.108 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2044.49 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1140.151~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1150.165~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1135.151~16.04.2 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-192.203~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1105.116~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1150.165~14.04.1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2023:6583
RHEL 9 rv +64 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2023:6583
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 RHSA-2023:2951
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
Show 11 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_25 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_38 1-150400.9.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-syms +3 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 kernel-livepatch-4.14.285-215.501 1.0-0.amzn2 ALAS2-2022-1813
Amazon Linux 2 perf +8 4.14.285-215.501.amzn2 ALAS2-2022-1813

Advisories 8

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