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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2022-23222 json

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 5.15.14 allows local users to gain privileges because of the availability of pointer arit…

published 2022-01-14 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-28310

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 5.15.14 allows local users to gain privileges because of the availability of pointer arithmetic via certain *_OR_NULL pointer types.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 5.15.37, 5.16.11
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.15.15-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23222

  • linux-aws-5.13 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.13.0-1019.21~20.04.1
  • linux-gcp-5.13 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.13.0-1021.25~20.04.1
  • linux-hwe-5.13 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.13.0-37.42~20.04.1
  • linux-oem-5.14 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.14.0-1022.24
  • linux-azure-5.13 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.13.0-1021.24~20.04.1
  • linux-intel-5.13 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.13.0-1010.10
  • linux-oracle-5.13 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.13.0-1025.30~20.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23222

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  • kernel-rt RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-kvm RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-kvm RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-modules-extra RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:10262RHSA-2024:2950RHSA-2024:3138RHSA-2024:0724

  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
  • kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP5, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 +5 more 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
  • kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1SUSE-SU-2022:2615-1SUSE-SU-2022:2520-1

  • kernel-rt AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-kvm AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-kvm AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-modules-extra AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:2950ALSA-2024:3138

  • kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10.cloud.0.1
  • kernel-rt Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10
  • kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RXSA-2024:3138RLSA-2024:2950RLSA-2024:3138

  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.18.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-7534

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

  • linux Arch Linux 5.15.15-1
  • linux-hardened Arch Linux 5.15.15.hardened1-1
  • linux-lts Arch Linux 5.15.15-1
  • linux-zen Arch Linux 5.15.15-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2668AVG-2669AVG-2670AVG-2671

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-23222 updated cvss 6.7

kernel: local privileges escalation in kernel/bpf/verifier.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0724
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-477.81.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-477.81.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-477.81.1.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:10262
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel 4.18.0-553.el8_10, bpftool 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel-core 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel-tools 4.18.0-553.el8_10, python3-perf 4.18.0-553.el8_10, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:3138
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0724
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8) perf 4.18.0-477.81.1.el8_8, kernel 4.18.0-477.81.1.el8_8, bpftool 4.18.0-477.81.1.el8_8, kernel-core 4.18.0-477.81.1.el8_8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-477.81.1.el8_8, python3-perf 4.18.0-477.81.1.el8_8, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:10262
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-553.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:3138
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:2950
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 perf 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0724
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/18/2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.