VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-0492

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability5.53%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2022-03-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Known Exploited Vulnerability

Linux Kernel Improper Authentication Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Linux / Kernel

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.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-287
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-862

Primary references