CVE-2022-0264 (GCVE-0-2022-0264)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-04 00:00 – Updated: 2026-10-08 21:03
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's eBPF verifier when handling internal data structures. Internal memory locations could be returned to userspace. 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. This flaws affects kernel versions < v5.16-rc6
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-08 21:01 UTC
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 976 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a kernel Affected: kernel v5.16-rc6
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