Known exploited · Linux
CVE-2022-0185: Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
What it is
Linux kernel contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the legacy_parse_param function in the Filesystem Context functionality. This allows an attacker to open a filesystem that does not support the Filesystem Context API and ultimately escalate privileges.
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Kernel
- Added to KEV
- August 21, 2024
- CISA due date
- September 11, 2024
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
What CISA requires
Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.
Forensic triage
No
What to do now
- Find every instance of Kernel you run, including the forgotten ones, and check its version against the vendor advisory.
- Apply the vendor's fix or mitigation, before September 11, 2024 if you are bound by CISA's deadline, sooner if it faces the internet.
- Assume it was tried against you already: look for signs of exploitation from the date it was added, not from the day you patched.
References
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Start freeSource: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog (public domain), catalog version 2026.10.01.