vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2022-0492: ELSA-2022-0825: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 7, 2022
Added
Feb 9, 2022
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

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.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-kerneloracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek

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