CVE-2022-0492

HIGH7.8⚠ KEVEPSS 5.2%

Linux Kernel Improper Authentication Vulnerability

Published: 3/3/2022Modified: 4/28/2026Added to CISA KEV: 6/2/2026

Description

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.

Affected packages (1)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1HIGH7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (1)