Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-0492 - Missing Authorization vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Linux
3692
OS
Debian
3
OS
Redhat
16
OS
Canonical
5
OS
Fedoraproject
1
Application
Redhat
5
Application
Netapp
2
Hardware
Netapp
9

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)