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CVE-2022-2905
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2022-09-09 · updated 2026-10-14
- Weakness: CWE-125
Description
An out-of-bounds memory read flaw was found in the Linux kernel's BPF subsystem in how a user calls the bpf_tail_call function with a key larger than the max_entries of the map. This flaw allows a local user to gain unauthorized access to data.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 10.0
- Linux kernel: before 6.0; 6.0-rc1, 6.0-rc2, 6.0-rc3 — fixed in 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 8.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2121800
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html
- https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/984b37f9fdf7ac36831d2137415a4a915744c1b6.1661462653.git.daniel%40iogearbox.net/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2121800
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html
- https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/984b37f9fdf7ac36831d2137415a4a915744c1b6.1661462653.git.daniel%40iogearbox.net/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html
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