CVE-2022-0185

UNKNOWNKnown Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=722d94847de2; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0185

Remediation deadline: September 11, 2024

Description

Linux kernel contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the legacy_parse_param function in the Filesystem Context functionality. This allows an attacker to open a filesystem that does not support the Filesystem Context API and ultimately escalate privileges.

Timeline

Published:August 21st, 2024 12:00 AM

Last modified:August 21st, 2024 12:00 AM

Added to KEV:August 21st, 2024

CVSS Scoring

No CVSS v3 score available

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

Linux

Products

Kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-190

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

No references available.

Source: CISA KEV + NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute