Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Linux Kernel contains a flaw in the packet socket (AF_PACKET) implementation which could lead to incorrectly freeing memory. A local user could exploit this for denial-of-service (DoS) or possibly for privilege escalation.
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Kernel
- CVSS
- 6.6
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 5.9%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
Linux Kernel contains a flaw in the packet socket (AF_PACKET) implementation which could lead to incorrectly freeing memory. A local user could exploit this for denial-of-service (DoS) or possibly for privilege escalation.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-04-11. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-05-02.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.