PT-2021-6034

CVE-2022-23222

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Published

2021-12-18

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Updated

2026-10-18

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.8
High
MetricsAV: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 versions 5.8 through 5.15.14
Description The issue is related to errors in pointer dereferencing in the eBPF subsystem of the Linux kernel, allowing local users to gain privileges due to the availability of pointer arithmetic via certain * OR NULL pointer types.
Recommendations For Linux kernel versions 5.8 through 5.15.14, update to version 5.10.92, 5.15.15, or 5.16.1 to resolve the issue.
Exploitability
Exploit
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-763: Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference
CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
Related identifiers
CVE-2022-23222
BDU:2022-00622
ALSA-2024_10939
ALSA-2024_2394
ALSA-2024:2950
ALSA-2024_2950
ALSA-2024:3138
ALSA-2024_3138
ALSA-2025_12746
ALSA-2025_12752
ALSA-2025_12753
ALSA-2025_16880
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-7534
CESA-2024_2950
CESA-2024_3138
CLSA-2024-1722977984
DSA-5050-1
ELSA-2024-3138
INFSA-2024_2950
INFSA-2024_3138
MGASA-2022-0021
MGASA-2022-0022
MGASA-2022-0194
MGASA-2022-0195
OPENSUSE-SU-2022_2520-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2022_2615-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_3483-1
RHSA-2024:0724
RHSA-2024:10262
RHSA-2024:2950
RHSA-2024_2950
RHSA-2024:3138
RHSA-2024_3138
RLSA-2024:2950
RLSA-2024_2950
RLSA-2024:3138
RLSA-2024_3138
SUSE-SU-2022:2520-1
SUSE-SU-2022:2615-1
SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SUSE-SU-2024_3483-1
USN-5278-1
USN-5337-1
USN-5362-1
USN-5368-1
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