CVE-2022-29581
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.9%
Improper Update of Reference Count vulnerability in net/sched of Linux Kernel allows local attacker to cause privilege escalation to root. This issue affects: Linux Kernel versions prior to 5.18; version 4.14 and later versions.
- Affected
- Linux · Kernel
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 60th percentile
- Published
- 2022-05-17
- Updated
- 2025-04-21
Proof-of-concept exploits (3)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168191/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0089-1…
- Nidhi77777/linux-4.19.72_CVE-2022-295810★ · 2026-09-12
- nidhihcl/linux-4.19.72_CVE-2022-295810★ · 2026-05-28
Security advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3db09e762dc…
- https://kernel.dance/#3db09e762dc79584a69c10d74a6b98f89a9979f8
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167386/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0086-1…
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/18/2
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220629-0005
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5173