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medium 5.5

CVE-2022-0264 json

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's eBPF verifier when handling internal data structures.

published 4y ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2022-15447

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 5.16
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.15.5-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0264

  • linux-aws-5.13 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.13.0-1019.21~20.04.1
  • linux-gcp-5.13 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.13.0-1021.25~20.04.1
  • linux-hwe-5.13 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.13.0-37.42~20.04.1
  • linux-oem-5.14 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.14.0-1022.24
  • linux-azure-5.13 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.13.0-1021.24~20.04.1
  • linux-oracle-5.13 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.13.0-1025.30~20.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0264

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.14.7.1
  • kernel-syms-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.14.7.1
  • kernel-source-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.14.7.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.11.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.11.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.11.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.11.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.11.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:2615-1SUSE-SU-2022:2520-1

  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.26.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-8497

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2022-0264 updated cvss 4.4

kernel: address leakage in BPF atomic fetch

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a kernel

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
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References

Sources

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