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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Remediation Deadline: May 2, 2022

CVE-2021-22600

High
EPSS 0.1%CISA KEV
Linux/Kernel

Description

Linux Kernel contains a flaw in the packet socket (AF_PACKET) implementation which could lead to incorrectly freeing memory. A local user could exploit this for denial-of-service (DoS) or possibly for privilege escalation.

EPSS — Exploit Probability

0.1%

Higher than 34.0% of all CVEs

Required Action

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22600

Risk Assessment

ELEVATED
In CISA KEV

Details

Severity
High
EPSS
0.1%
CISA KEV
Yes
Ransomware
Unknown
Articles
0

Timeline

Published

Apr 11, 2022

Added to KEV

Apr 11, 2022

Remediation Due

May 2, 2022

Affected Product

Linux

Kernel

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