Dirty Pipe Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Linux

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Original release date: March 10, 2022

CISA is aware of a privilege escalation vulnerability in Linux kernel versions 5.8 and later known as “Dirty Pipe” (CVE-2022-0847). A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system.

CISA encourages users and administrators to review (CVE-2022-0847) and update to Linux kernel versions 5.16.11, 5.15.25, and 5.10.102 or later.

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