What is CVE-2022-0264?

CVE-2022-0264 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2022-0264 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-0264?

CVE-2022-0264 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-0264?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2022-0264 patch availability.

Is CVE-2022-0264 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-0264 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-0264

Medium

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

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2022-02-04

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness type

CWE-755

CVE-2022-0264 is classified as CWE-755

See CWE-755 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

1 total

Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2041547

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-0264

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2022-02-04

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0264?

CVE-2022-0264 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2022-0264 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-0264?

CVE-2022-0264 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-0264?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2022-0264 patch availability.
Is CVE-2022-0264 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2022-0264 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.