Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-8966.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-8966
Upstream
Published
2022-03-03T19:15:08Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:23:36.942577Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2022-0492 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.26.1-2
Details

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel’s cgroupreleaseagentwrite in the kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c function. This flaw, under certain circumstances, allows the use of the cgroups v1 releaseagent feature to escalate privileges and bypass the namespace isolation unexpectedly.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.15.26.1-2

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-8966.json"