CVE-2022-23222: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 5.15.14 allows local users to gain privileges because of the availability of pointer arithmetic via certain *_OR_NULL pointer types.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 11.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 34 only; version 35 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.8.0, before 5.15.37 (fixed in 5.15.37); from 5.16, before 5.16.11 (fixed in 5.16.11)
• Netapp h300e Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Netapp h300s Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Netapp h410c Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Netapp h410s Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Netapp h500e Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Netapp h500s Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Netapp h700e Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Netapp h700s Firmware: affected versions not specified

Published 2022-01-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.