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Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,v5.16-rc6)

0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Privileges Required High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (6th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
4.7 medium
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Red Hat
4.4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-2933527
  • published 22 Jun 2022
  • disclosed 22 Jun 2022
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 22 Jun 2022

CVE-2022-0264 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-200 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version v5.16-rc6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure in eBPF verifier when handling internal data structures. A local attacker with the permissions to insert eBPF code to the kernel can use this to leak internal kernel memory details defeating some of the exploit mitigations in place for the kernel.