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CVE-2022-0847

Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 89.7%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 16 May 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper initialization in copy_page_to_iter_pipe and push_pipe functions in the Linux kernel and could thus contain stale values. An unprivileged local user could use this flaw to write to pages in the page cache backed by read only files and as such escalate their privileges on the system.

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
89.72% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 25 April 2022 · due 16 May 2022
Weakness
CWE-665
Affected
linux/linux kernel · fedoraproject/fedora · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian eus · redhat/enterprise linux for real time · redhat/enterprise linux for real time for nfv · redhat/enterprise linux for real time for nfv tus · redhat/enterprise linux for real time tus · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux server update services for sap solutions · redhat/codeready linux builder · redhat/virtualization host · ovirt/ovirt-engine · netapp/h300s firmware · +9 more
Source
secalert@redhat.com

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0847

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.