CVE-2022-23222 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2022-23222?

CVE-2022-23222 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 14 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 5.15.14 allows local users to gain privileges because of the availability of pointer arithmetic via certain *_OR_NULL pointer types.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23222?

It affects 11 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Linux kernel, Netapp H300e Firmware, Netapp H300s Firmware, Netapp H410c Firmware and 5 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-23222?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-23222 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23222 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 4 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as A-215814262, AZL-7534, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23222, GHSA-jjwq-78g3-m34w, PUB-A-215814262, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23222.