Missing Authorization Affecting dlm-kmp-default package, versions <5.3.18-24.107.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.52% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-DLMKMPDEFAULT-2642432
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed8 Mar 2022

Introduced: 8 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-0492  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 dlm-kmp-default to version 5.3.18-24.107.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dlm-kmp-default package and not the dlm-kmp-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1