CVE-2022-0264

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-0264
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-02-04 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-11-16 13:46:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-755

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.16 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.16 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.16 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.16 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.16 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.16 rc5 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
2041547 – (CVE-2022-0264) CVE-2022-0264 kernel: address leakage in BPF atomic fetch MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 182985 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2022-0264)
  • 198659 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5278-1)
  • 198708 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5337-1)
  • 198731 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5368-1)
  • 752370 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2520-1)
  • 753148 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:2615-1)
  • 900707 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (8499)
  • 901160 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (8497-1)
  • 906007 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (8499-1)
  • 906344 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (8497-2)
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