CVE-2022-0492 vulnerability in Canonical and Other Products
Published on March 3, 2022
A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernels 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.
Weakness Type
What is an authentification Vulnerability?
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the software does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
CVE-2022-0492 has been classified to as an authentification vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
EPSS
6.62%
Percentile
91.04%
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