TI-2022-02581 Aliases CVE-2022-2785 GHSA-xhpr-rjf3-gg6p

Arbitrary Memory read in BPF Linux Kernel

LOW 31CWE-125Published 2022-09-23 · Updated 2025-04-21

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

There exists an arbitrary memory read within the Linux Kernel BPF - Constants provided to fill pointers in structs passed in to bpf_sys_bpf are not verified and can point anywhere, including memory not owned by BPF. An attacker with CAP_BPF can arbitrarily read memory from anywhere on the system. We recommend upgrading past commit 86f44fcec22c

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00265 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Kernel (Linux Kernel): af2ac3e13e45, b1d18a7574d0Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Linux	Kernel	5.14 to before af2ac3e13e45; 5.18 to before b1d18a7574d0	af2ac3e13e45, b1d18a7574d0	Patch available	CNA

Kernel VendorLinux Affected 5.14 to before af2ac3e13e45; 5.18 to before b1d18a7574d0 Fixed in af2ac3e13e45, b1d18a7574d0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	before 5.19.4	Vulnerable	Linux

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.19.4 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

Fix · CNA Kernel (Linux Kernel) Fixed in af2ac3e13e45, b1d18a7574d0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred

Not affected: 3 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-2785
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xhpr-rjf3-gg6p

References

Patch 1

https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf/c/86f44fcec22c

Advisory 1

https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220816205517.682470-1-zhuyifei%40google.com/T/#t

TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3

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Sources

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