CVE-2022-0492
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Mar 3, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 3, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 4, 2022
Description
A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel’s cgroup_release_agent_write in the kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c function. This flaw, under certain circumstances, allows the use of the cgroups v1 release_agent feature to escalate privileges and bypass the namespace isolation unexpectedly.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
kerneln/a |
|
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2051505
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=24f6008564183aa120d07c03d9289519c2fe02af
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220309 [SECURITY] [DLA 2940-1] linux security updatemailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220309 [SECURITY] [DLA 2941-1] linux-4.19 security updatemailing-list
- DSA-5095vendor-advisory
- DSA-5096vendor-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166444/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0085-1.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220419-0002/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167386/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0086-1.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176099/Docker-cgroups-Container-Escape.html
- CISA KEVgovernment-resource
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