PT-2021-6870 · Linux+11 · Linux Kernel+11

Pedro Sampaio · Published 2021-12-18 · Updated 2026-03-14 · CVE-2022-0500

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's BPF subsystem due to unrestricted eBPF usage by the BPF BTF LOAD, leading to a possible out-of-bounds memory write. This issue allows a local user to crash or escalate their privileges on the system.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:2950

ALSA-2024:3138

ALT-PU-2022-1387

ALT-PU-2022-1456

ALT-PU-2022-1647

ALT-PU-2022-1810

ALT-PU-2022-1853

ALT-PU-2022-2136

ALT-PU-2022-2137

ALT-PU-2022-2155

ALT-PU-2023-1814

ALT-PU-2023-4894

AZL-9241

BDU:2022-02362

CESA-2024_2950

CESA-2024_3138

CVE-2022-0500

INFSA-2024_2950

INFSA-2024_3138

MGASA-2022-0194

MGASA-2022-0195

OESA-2022-1631

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_3483-1

RHSA-2024:0724

RHSA-2024:10262

RHSA-2024:2950

RHSA-2024:3138

RHSA-2024_2950

RHSA-2024_3138

RLSA-2024:2950

RLSA-2024:3138

SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1

USN-5518-1

USN-5564-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Centos

Debian

Linuxmint

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Red Os

Rocky Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 864

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1679 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1205 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23037 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2024:3138 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0195.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1652 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-9241 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0001 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34d3a78c681e8e7844b43d1a2f4671a04249c821 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3c4807322660d4290ac9062c034aed6b87243861 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23038 · Security Note
• https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:2950 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2585 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=216e3cd2f28dbbf1fe86848e0e29e6693b9f0a20 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0500 · Vendor Advisory