CVE-2022-0492

UNKNOWNKnown Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. Please check with specific vendors for information on patching status. For more information, please see: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=24f6008564183aa120d07c03d9289519c2fe02af ; https://www.kernel.org/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0492

Remediation deadline: June 5, 2026

Description

Linux Kernel contains an improper authentication vulnerability which could allow for privilege escalation via the cgroups v1 release_agent feature.

Timeline

Published:June 2nd, 2026 12:00 AM

Last modified:June 2nd, 2026 12:00 AM

Added to KEV:June 2nd, 2026

CVSS Scoring

No CVSS v3 score available

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

Linux

Products

Kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287 CWE-862

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