Summary
Linux kernel contains an improper initialization vulnerability where an unprivileged local user could escalate their privileges on the system. This vulnerability has the moniker of "Dirty Pipe."
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Kernel
- Added to KEV
- Apr 25, 2022
- Remediation due
- May 16, 2022 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-665
- EPSS
- 92.8% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References