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CVE-2022-25265

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-02-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-913

Description

In the Linux kernel through 5.16.10, certain binary files may have the exec-all attribute if they were built in approximately 2003 (e.g., with GCC 3.2.2 and Linux kernel 2.4.20). This can cause execution of bytes located in supposedly non-executable regions of a file.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: through 5.16.10
• NetApp Baseboard Management Controller Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H300E Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H300S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H410S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H500E Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H500S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H700E Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H700S Firmware: all versions

References

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/1c33bb0507508af24fd754dd7123bd8e997fab2f/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h#L281-L294
• https://github.com/x0reaxeax/exec-prot-bypass
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220318-0005/
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/1c33bb0507508af24fd754dd7123bd8e997fab2f/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h#L281-L294
• https://github.com/x0reaxeax/exec-prot-bypass
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220318-0005/

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