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CVE-2022-24122

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.01% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-01-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2022-24122
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.01%
Linux

Original NVD Description

kernel/ucount.c in the Linux kernel 5.14 through 5.16.4, when unprivileged user namespaces are enabled, allows a use-after-free and privilege escalation because a ucounts object can outlive its namespace.