Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

9 Linux Kernel CVEs in January 2022

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In January 2022, 9 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 3 were rated High severity and 6 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. January's 9 CVEs represent 3% of all 2022 Linux kernel CVEs , up from December's 8 (a 12% month-over-month increase) .

9
Total CVEs
0
Critical
3
High
6
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — January 2022 9 CVEs
All (9) Critical (0) High (3) Medium (6) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2022-24122 linux High 7.8 2022-01-29 kernel/ucount.c in the Linux kernel 5.14 through 5.16.4, when unprivileged user namespaces are enabled, allows a use-af…
CVE-2022-23222 linux High 7.8 2022-01-14 kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 5.15.14 allows local users to gain privileges because of the availabi…
CVE-2021-4083 linux High 7.0 2022-01-18 A read-after-free memory flaw was found in the Linux kernel's garbage collection for Unix domain socket file handlers i…
CVE-2021-28715 linux Medium 6.5 2022-01-06 Guest can force Linux netback driver to hog large amounts of kernel memory T[his CNA information record relates to mult…
CVE-2021-28714 linux Medium 6.5 2022-01-06 Guest can force Linux netback driver to hog large amounts of kernel memory T[his CNA information record relates to mult…
CVE-2022-0286 linux Medium 5.5 2022-01-31 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A null pointer dereference in bond_ipsec_add_sa() may lead to local denial of ser…
CVE-2021-46283 linux Medium 5.5 2022-01-11 nf_tables_newset in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13 allows local users to cause a deni…
CVE-2021-4032 linux Medium 4.4 2022-01-21 A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's KVM subsystem in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c kvm_free_lapic when a failure all…
CVE-2021-4001 linux Medium 4.1 2022-01-21 A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's ebpf verifier between bpf_map_update_elem and bpf_map_freeze due to a …

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in January 2022?

9 Linux kernel CVEs were published in January 2022, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 3 High, and 6 Medium.

How does January 2022 compare to other months?

January 2022's 9 CVEs represent 3% of all 2022 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to December's 8 CVEs, this was a 12% increase month-over-month. View the full 2022 breakdown →

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