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CVE-2022-3623

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-3623 is a high-severity race condition vulnerability affecting the Linux Kernel, specifically within the follow_page_pte function of the mm/gup.c component related to BPF. This flaw impacts various Debian Linux distributions and can be exploited remotely by an attacker with low privileges. The CVSS score of 7.5 indicates a high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise due to the high impact and high attack complexity. Currently, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and the vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not under active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.1, < 5.4.228CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.159CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.78CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 5.19.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.0, < 6.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.0MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0075 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 1,162 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-3623Moderate

kernel: denial of service in follow_page_pte in mm/gup.c due to poisoned pte entry

Sep 1, 2022

References

git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next.git/commit
Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
vuldb.com
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5324
Third Party Advisory