{"cve":"CVE-2022-49110","nvd":{"published":"2025-02-26T07:00:48.363","modified":"2026-10-15T22:17:23.363","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: conntrack: revisit gc autotuning\n\nas of commit 4608fdfc07e1\n(\"netfilter: conntrack: collect all entries in one cycle\")\nconntrack gc was changed to run every 2 minutes.\n\nOn systems where conntrack hash table is set to large value, most evictions\nhappen from gc worker rather than the packet path due to hash table\ndistribution.\n\nThis causes netlink event overflows when events are collected.\n\nThis change collects average expiry of scanned entries and\nreschedules to the average remaining value, within 1 to 60 second interval.\n\nTo avoid event overflows, reschedule after each bucket and add a\nlimit for both run time and number of evictions per run.\n\nIf more entries have to be evicted, reschedule and restart 1 jiffy\ninto the future.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cfadb761d3d0219412fd8150faea60c7e863833","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58d52743ae85d28c9335c6034d6ce350b8689951","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/592e57591826f3d09c28d755a39ea8e9d13705ad","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cd361d5e6d986c0d4cafb9ceaa803359048ae15"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:59:48.811064707+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49110","score":0.00611,"percentile":0.48936,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}