CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-0264

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2022-02-04 Modified 2026-10-08 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-02-04
Last modified
2026-10-08
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-755

Description

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's eBPF verifier when handling internal data structures. Internal memory locations could be returned to userspace. A local attacker with the permissions to insert eBPF code to the kernel can use this to leak internal kernel memory details defeating some of the exploit mitigations in place for the kernel. This flaws affects kernel versions < v5.16-rc6

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 5.16) • linux linux kernel 5.16

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions weakness

References