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high 7.0

CVE-2022-29582 json

In the Linux kernel before 5.17.3, fs/io_uring.c has a use-after-free due to a race condition in io_uring timeouts.

published 2022-04-22 4 y ago modified 2026-08-13 2 mo ago also EUVD-2022-33915

cvss
7.0
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel before 5.17.3, fs/io_uring.c has a use-after-free due to a race condition in io_uring timeouts. This can be triggered by a local user who has no access to any user namespace; however, the race condition perhaps can only be exploited infrequently.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 5.10.111, 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.17.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29582

  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.14.7.1
  • kernel-syms-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.14.7.1
  • kernel-source-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.14.7.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.11.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.11.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.11.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.11.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.11.1

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

  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.37.1-2

azure linux advisories AZL-9582

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 5.17.3.arch1-1
  • linux-hardened Arch Linux 5.17.5.hardened1-1
  • linux-zen Arch Linux 5.17.3.zen1-1
  • linux-lts Arch Linux 5.15.34-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2691AVG-2692AVG-2693AVG-2694

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-2022-29582 updated cvss 7.0

kernel: Race condition that allows container escape to system root

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • ruia-ruia.github.io https://ruia-ruia.github.io/2022/08/05/CVE-2022-29582-io-uring/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
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References

Sources

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