CVE-2022-50014Public exploit

Local privilege escalation via dirty COW bypass

Published Jun 18, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026

Race condition in mm/gup in Linux 5.16 through 5.19.5 allows local users to escalate privileges by modifying read-only shmem pages. FOLL_FORCE treats a dirty page-table entry installed by UFFDIO_CONTINUE as proof that copy-on-write completed, so /proc/self/mem writes reach protected tmpfs or shmem content. Exploitation requires low-privileged local code, a controllable race, and an x86_64 or arm64 kernel with minor-fault userfaultfd support; it bypasses file permissions and memfd write seals.

CVSS severity7.0
High
EPSS probability0.16%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Race condition in mm/gup in Linux 5.16 through 5.19.5 allows local users to escalate privileges by modifying read-only shmem pages. FOLL_FORCE treats a dirty page-table entry installed by UFFDIO_CONTINUE as proof that copy-on-write completed, so /proc/self/mem writes reach protected tmpfs or shmem content. Exploitation requires low-privileged local code, a controllable race, and an x86_64 or arm64 kernel with minor-fault userfaultfd support; it bypasses file permissions and memfd write seals.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-50014
Published
Jun 18, 2025
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
Vendor
The Linux Kernel Organization
Product
Linux
Classifications
CWE-362, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jun 18, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=5.16
  2. Affected versionversion=9ae0f87d009ca6c4aab2882641ddfc319727e3db <5535be3099717646781ce1540cf725965d680e7b
  3. Affected versionversion=9ae0f87d009ca6c4aab2882641ddfc319727e3db <9def52eb10baab3b700858003d462fcf17d62873

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

The Linux Kernel Organization · Linuxversion=5.16; version=9ae0f87d009ca6c4aab2882641ddfc319727e3db <5535be3099717646781ce1540cf725965d680e7b; version=9ae0f87d009ca6c4aab2882641ddfc319727e3db <9def52eb10baab3b700858003d462fcf17d62873

Published CVSS scores

7.0Canonical UbuntuCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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