CVE detail
CVE-2022-0847 — Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Published 2022-04-25 · Modified 2022-04-25 · Source kev
HIGH
severity
CVSS-derived band
0.8861
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
100.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
LISTED
CISA KEV
due 2022-05-16
⚠ Actively exploited in the wild — CISA KEV listed 2022-04-25, federal remediation due 2022-05-16.
Description
Linux kernel contains an improper initialization vulnerability where an unprivileged local user could escalate their privileges on the system. This vulnerability has the moniker of "Dirty Pipe."
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