Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Sep 23, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-2785
CVE-2022-2785
Description
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
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Affected products
61- osv-coords59 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/hyperv-daemonspkg:apk/chainguard/hyperv-daemons-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/hyperv-daemons-genericpkg:apk/chainguard/linuxpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.12-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.12-fips-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.12-headerspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.12-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18-fips-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18-headerspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-genericpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-generic-boot-configurationpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-generic-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-generic-fips-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-generic-headerspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-generic-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18-fips-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18-headerspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-genericpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-generic-boot-configurationpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-generic-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-generic-fips-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-generic-headerspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-generic-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-boot-configurationpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-fips-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-headerspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-genericpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-generic-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-generic-fips-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-generic-headerspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-generic-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-genericpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-generic-bootc-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-melangepkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-rcpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-rc-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-rc-fips-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-rc-headerspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-rc-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-generic
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Patches
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References
1- lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220816205517.682470-1-zhuyifei%40google.com/T/nvdVendor Advisory
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