CVE-2022-0500

A flaw was found in unrestricted eBPF usage by the BPF_BTF_LOAD, leading to a possible out-of-bounds memory write in the Linux kernel’s BPF subsystem due to the way a user loads BTF. This flaw allows a local user to crash or escalate their privileges on the system.

CVSS 3.1

7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 28% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWEs

CWE-787, CWE-119

Published

2022-03-25

Modified

2026-10-08

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• fedoraproject:fedora
• linux:linux_kernel
• netapp:h300e_firmware
• netapp:h300s_firmware
• netapp:h410c_firmware
• netapp:h410s_firmware
• netapp:h500e_firmware
• netapp:h500s_firmware
• netapp:h700e_firmware
• netapp:h700s_firmware

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044578
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20b2aff4bc15bda809f994761d5719827d66c0b4
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=216e3cd2f28dbbf1fe86848e0e29e6693b9f0a20
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34d3a78c681e8e7844b43d1a2f4671a04249c821
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3c4807322660d4290ac9062c034aed6b87243861

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