CVE-2022-0995
CVE-2022-0995
Vexday Risk Score
18Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Attend
PoC available → attend closely
CVSS —EPSS 6.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit simPatch —
Lifecycle
14 Mar 2022Metasploit module available
25 Mar 2022Published on NVD
Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.
An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory write flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s watch_queue event notification subsystem. This flaw can overwrite parts of the kernel state, potentially allowing a local user to gain privileged access or cause a denial of service on the system.
Affected products
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Talk to TrueHacking →References
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166770/Linux-watch_queue-Filter-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166815/Watch-Queue-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2063786https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93ce93587d36493f2f86921fa79921b3cba63fbbhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220429-0001/