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Medium 5.5Published Feb 4, 2022

CVE-2022-0264A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's eBPF verifier when handling internal data structures.

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's eBPF verifier when handling internal data structures. Internal memory locations could be returned to userspace. A local attacker with the permissions to insert eBPF code to the kernel can use this to leak internal kernel memory details defeating some of the exploit mitigations in place for the kernel. This flaws affects kernel versions < v5.16-rc6

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-755
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
redhat
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Oct 8, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
linux linux_kernel
linux:linux_kernel
before 5.16; 5.16; 5.16; 5.16; 5.16; 5.16; 5.16
NVD

References

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