CVE-2022-0492

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2022-0492
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-03-03T19:15:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-10-19T17:33:19
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-287 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.17
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_power_little_endian:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_power_little_endian:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization_host:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_real_time_for_nfv_tus:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_real_time_for_nfv_tus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_real_time_tus:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_real_time_tus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_update_services_for_sap_solutions:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_update_services_for_sap_solutions:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire\,_enterprise_sds_\&_hci_storage_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:baseboard_management_controller_h300e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:baseboard_management_controller_h300s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:baseboard_management_controller_h410c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:baseboard_management_controller_h410s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:baseboard_management_controller_h500e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:baseboard_management_controller_h500s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:baseboard_management_controller_h700e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:baseboard_management_controller_h700s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:hci_compute_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166444/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0085-1.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167386/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0086-1.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2051505 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=24f6008564183aa120d07c03d9289519c2fe02af Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00011.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220419-0002/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5095 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0492
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0492
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-04-04 00:42:25 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 11:16:04 2022-03-03T19:15Z 2022-03-03T19:15:08 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 11:16:04 2022-10-19T17:33:19 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 11:16:04 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-06 11:16:09 References updated