CVE-2022-0492

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-0492
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-03 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-07 15:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-862

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 22.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.17 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.17 rc2 All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H300e - All All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H300s - All All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H410c - All All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H410s - All All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H500e - All All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H500s - All All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H700e - All All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller H700s - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300e - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300s - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410c - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410s - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500e - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500s - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700e - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700s - All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci Compute Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Enterprise Sds Hci Storage Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Redhat Codeready Linux Builder 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Codeready Linux Builder 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Codeready Linux Builder 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Codeready Linux Builder 8.2 All All All
Application Redhat Codeready Linux Builder For Power Little Endian 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Codeready Linux Builder For Power Little Endian 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Codeready Linux Builder For Power Little Endian 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Codeready Linux Builder For Power Little Endian 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Real Time For Nfv Tus 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Real Time For Nfv Tus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Real Time Tus 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Real Time Tus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server For Power Little Endian Update Services For Sap Solutions 8.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server For Power Little Endian Update Services For Sap Solutions 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions 8.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions 8.2 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
packetstormsecurity.com/files/176099/Docker-cgroups-Container-Escape.html packetstormsecurity.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2941-1] linux-4.19 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2940-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
2051505 – (CVE-2022-0492) CVE-2022-0492 kernel: cgroups v1 release_agent feature may allow privilege escalation MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5095-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE-2022-0492 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice LSN-0085-1 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice LSN-0086-1 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5096-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159639 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9141)
  • 159640 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9142)
  • 159641 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9147)
  • 159642 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9148)
  • 159653 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9179)
  • 159671 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9180)
  • 159700 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2022-0825)
  • 159727 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9245)
  • 159729 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9244)
  • 159760 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9314)
  • 159763 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9313)
  • 159846 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2022-4642)
  • 160012 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9667)
  • 160089 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2022-9781)
  • 179115 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5095-1)
  • 179117 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5096-1)
  • 179118 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 2940-1)
  • 179119 Debian Security Update for linux-4.19 (DLA 2941-1)
  • 184521 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2022-0492)
  • 198672 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5302-1)
  • 198707 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5339-1)
  • 198708 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5337-1)
  • 198709 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5338-1)
  • 198728 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Intel IOTG) Vulnerabilities (USN-5362-1)
  • 198731 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5368-1)
  • 198740 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (BlueField) Vulnerabilities (USN-5377-1)
  • 240125 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:0821)
  • 240128 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2022:0825)
  • 240129 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2022:0820)
  • 240130 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:0819)
  • 240144 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2022:0849)
  • 240154 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2022:0925)
  • 240220 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:1413)
  • 240221 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2022:1418)
  • 240224 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2022:1455)
  • 240352 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2022:4655)
  • 240355 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:4644)
  • 240356 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2022:4642)
  • 240418 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2022:0851)
  • 257171 CentOS Security Update for kernel (CESA-2022:4642)
  • 353160 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2-2022-1749
  • 353161 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS-2022-1563
  • 353165 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-022
  • 353166 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-010
  • 353242 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAC2012-2022-036
  • 353243 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-mlx5 : ALAC2012-2022-037
  • 353244 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-sfc : ALAC2012-2022-038
  • 354304 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2022-2022-024
  • 354468 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2022-2022-185
  • 354542 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS-2022-185
  • 355199 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2023-2023-070
  • 376925 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0125)
  • 377124 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0029)
  • 377703 F5 BIG-IP Linux kernel vulnerability cve-2022-0492 (K54724312)
  • 390264 Oracle VM Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2022-0021)
  • 610418 Google Pixel Android June 2022 Security Patch Missing
  • 610422 Google Android July 2022 Security Patch Missing for Huawei EMUI
  • 6140405 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-cc3r-wh87-c924)
  • 671441 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1366)
  • 671561 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1523)
  • 671703 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1735)
  • 671723 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1780)
  • 671724 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1779)
  • 671726 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1782)
  • 671727 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1781)
  • 751831 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0768-1)
  • 751832 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0765-1)
  • 751833 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0757-1)
  • 751835 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0767-1)
  • 751836 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0759-1)
  • 751837 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0762-1)
  • 751838 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0766-1)
  • 751851 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2022:0768-1)
  • 751852 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2022:0755-1)
  • 751853 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2022:0760-1)
  • 751939 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 27 for SLE 12 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2022:1012-1)
  • 751950 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 42 for SLE 12 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2022:1036-1)
  • 751999 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0760-1)
  • 753086 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0755-1)
  • 753132 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 2 for SLE 15 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2022:0978-1)
  • 753285 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 12 for SLE 15 SP2) (SUSE-SU-2022:1035-1)
  • 753300 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 28 for SLE 12 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2022:0991-1)
  • 753327 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 13 for SLE 15 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2022:0998-1)
  • 753348 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1038-1)
  • 753373 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1257-1)
  • 753441 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:14905-1)
  • 753487 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 10 for SLE 15 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2022:0984-1)
  • 900744 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (8945)
  • 901650 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (8966-1)
  • 906094 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (8945-1)
  • 906425 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (8966-2)
  • 940463 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2022:0825)
  • 960113 Rocky Linux Security Update for kernel-rt (RLSA-2022:819)
  • 960116 Rocky Linux Security Update for kernel (RLSA-2022:825)
  • 960782 Rocky Linux Security Update for kernel-rt (RLSA-2022:0819)
  • 960805 Rocky Linux Security Update for kernel (RLSA-2022:0825)
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