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CVE-2022-0847Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper initialization in copy_page_to_iter_pipe and push_pipe functions in the Linux kernel and could thus contain stale values. An unprivileged local user could use this flaw to write to pages in the page cache backed by read only files and as such escalate their privileges on the system.
7.8 HIGHEPSS 92.79%⚡ Known Exploited (CISA KEV)NVD: Analyzed
Overview
Severity
| Score | Severity | Version | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | HIGH | 3.1NVD | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 7.2 | HIGH | 2.0NVD | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
CISA required action
⚡ Known exploited · remediation due May 16, 2022
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Details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2022-0847
- Status
- Analyzed
- Assigner (CNA)
- redhat
- Published
- Mar 10, 2022
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17 04:21 UTC
- Weaknesses
- CWE-665 · >CWE-281
Affected Products
As published by the CNA in the CVE record.
kernel1 version range
- Linux Kernel 5.17 rc6
References
- packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166229/Dirty-Pipe-Linux-Privilege-Escalation.html
- packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166230/Dirty-Pipe-SUID-Binary-Hijack-Privilege-Escalation.html
- packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166258/Dirty-Pipe-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176534/Linux-4.20-KTLS-Read-Only-Write.html
- bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2060795
- cert-portal.siemens.com https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf
- dirtypipe.cm4all.com https://dirtypipe.cm4all.com/
- psirt.global.sonicwall.com https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2022-0015
- security.netapp.com https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0005/
- suse.com https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000020603
- cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-0847