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CVE-2022-25265
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-02-16T21:15:08.017 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:33:18.143

Summary

In the Linux kernel through 5.16.10, certain binary files may have the exec-all attribute if they were built in approximately 2003 (e.g., with GCC 3.2.2 and Linux kernel 2.4.20). This can cause execution of bytes located in supposedly non-executable regions of a file.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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