CVE detail

CVE-2021-22600 — Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published 2022-04-11 · Modified 2022-04-11 · Source kev

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

n/a

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0587

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

92.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

LISTED

CISA KEV

due 2022-05-02

Description

Linux Kernel contains a flaw in the packet socket (AF_PACKET) implementation which could lead to incorrectly freeing memory. A local user could exploit this for denial-of-service (DoS) or possibly for privilege escalation.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

cvedb.io · NVD · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS · vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5). Informational only, no warranty — verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting on it. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD, CISA, FIRST.org or any vendor named. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.