net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel through 5.18.1 allows a local user (able to create user/net namespaces) to escalate privileges to root because an incorrect NFT_STATEFUL_EXPR check leads to a use-after-free.
CVE-2022-32250
Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-06-03. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.8
- EG Score
- 7.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 56(Track)EG Risk 56/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity78% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 85.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 2, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (36)
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/03/1
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/04/1
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/20/1
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/03/5
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/03/6
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/25/1
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/02/9
- cve@mitrehttps://blog.theori.io/research/CVE-2022-32250-linux-kernel-lpe-2022/
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2092427
- cve@mitrehttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/net/netfilter?id=520778042ccca019f3ffa136dd0ca565c486cedd
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/theori-io/CVE-2022-32250-exploit
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MO6Y3TC4WUUNKRP7OQA26OVTZTPCS6F2/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UIZTJOJCVVEJVOQSCHE6IJQKMPISHQ5L/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220715-0005/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-32250(14)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2022:5819Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2022:5802Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update
- RHSA-2022:5834Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2022:5805Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update
- RHSA-2022:5806Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update
- RHSA-2022:5626Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2022:5633Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2022:5439Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHV-H security update (redhat-virtualization-host) 4.3.23
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Patch Availability(18)
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(11)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2022-322502022-06-12
net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel through 5.18.1 allows a local user (able to create user/net namespaces) to escalate privileges to root because an incorrect NFT_STATEFUL_EXPR check leads to a use-after-free.
- Red HatRHSA-2022:5214IMPORTANT2022-05-31
RHSA-2022:5214 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:5216IMPORTANT2022-05-31
RHSA-2022:5216 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:5476IMPORTANT2022-05-31
RHSA-2022:5476 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:5636IMPORTANT2022-05-31
RHSA-2022:5636 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:5641IMPORTANT2022-05-31
RHSA-2022:5641 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:5648IMPORTANT2022-05-31
RHSA-2022:5648 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:5804IMPORTANT2022-05-31
RHSA-2022:5804 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:5839IMPORTANT2022-05-31
RHSA-2022:5839 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:6073IMPORTANT2022-05-31
RHSA-2022:6073 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2022:6075IMPORTANT2022-05-31
RHSA-2022:6075 — Important
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Publicly available exploits
(5 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (5 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Open source ↗GitHub PoCseadragnol/CVE-2022-32250First seen Dec 6, 2024
- GitHub PoCKristal-g/CVE-2022-32250First seen Jun 9, 2024
My exploit for CVE-2022-32250 for linux kernel 5.18
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCDecstor5/2022-32250LPEFirst seen Nov 9, 2023
CVE-2022-32250-LPE
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCysanatomic/CVE-2022-32250-LPEFirst seen Jan 27, 2023
LPE PoC of a user-after-free vulnerability in the Linux netfilter subsystem.
Open source ↗ - Open source ↗GitHub PoCtheori-io/CVE-2022-32250-exploitFirst seen Aug 24, 2022
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