{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"CVE-2022-0492","published":"2022-03-03T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:37.089271860Z","aliases":["A-224859358","PUB-A-224859358"],"related":["ALSA-2022:0825","SUSE-SU-2022:0755-1","SUSE-SU-2022:0756-1","SUSE-SU-2022:0757-1","SUSE-SU-2022:0759-1","SUSE-SU-2022:0760-1","SUSE-SU-2022:0761-1","SUSE-SU-2022:0762-1","SUSE-SU-2022:0765-1","SUSE-SU-2022:0766-1","SUSE-SU-2022:0767-1","SUSE-SU-2022:0768-1","SUSE-SU-2022:0978-1","SUSE-SU-2022:0984-1","SUSE-SU-2022:0991-1","SUSE-SU-2022:0998-1","SUSE-SU-2022:1012-1","SUSE-SU-2022:1035-1","SUSE-SU-2022:1036-1","SUSE-SU-2022:1038-1","SUSE-SU-2022:1257-1","SUSE-SU-2022:14905-1","openSUSE-SU-2022:0755-1","openSUSE-SU-2022:0760-1","openSUSE-SU-2022:0768-1"],"details":"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.","affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"dfd42facf1e4ada021b939b4e19c935dcdd55566"},{"last_affected":"dfd42facf1e4ada021b939b4e19c935dcdd55566"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"kernel 5.17 rc3"},{"last_affected":"kernel 5.17 rc3"}],"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD"}}],"versions":["kernel 5.17 rc3","v5.17-rc3"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-0492.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166444/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0085-1.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167386/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0086-1.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176099/Docker-cgroups-Container-Escape.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=24f6008564183aa120d07c03d9289519c2fe02af"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-0492"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/0xxx/CVE-2022-0492.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0492"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220419-0002/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5095"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2051505"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00011.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html"}],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"redhat","cwe_ids":["CWE-287"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/0xxx/CVE-2022-0492.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}