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CVE-2022-0492

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2022-03-03 Modified: 2026-06-17

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 Platforms

Netapp Solidfire\, Enterprise Sds \& Hci Storage NodeCanonical Ubuntu LinuxRedhat Virtualization HostNetapp H300S FirmwareNetapp Hci Compute NodeDebian Debian LinuxRedhat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems EusRedhat Enterprise Linux For Real Time For Nfv TusLinux Linux KernelNetapp H700S

Weakness Type

CWE-287, CWE-862

References