Alma Linux: CVE-2022-0492: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2022-0825)
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(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
03/03/2022
05/05/2022
05/04/2022
04/24/2023
Description
A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel’s cgroup_release_agent_write in the kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c function. This flaw, under certain circumstances, allows the use of the cgroups v1 release_agent feature to escalate privileges and bypass the namespace isolation unexpectedly.
Solution(s)
- alma-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel
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