🛡️ CVE-2022-0480 on Ubuntu — linux

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-0480 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package linux. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0480 is classified as CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits. Resources are allocated on request with no cap, so a client can exhaust them.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0480 is recorded against 164 packages.

• linux
• linux-allwinner-5.19
• linux-aws
• linux-aws-5.0
• linux-aws-5.11
• linux-aws-5.13
• linux-aws-5.15
• linux-aws-5.19
• linux-aws-5.3
• linux-aws-5.4
• linux-aws-5.8
• linux-aws-6.14
• linux-aws-6.17
• linux-aws-6.2
• linux-aws-6.5
• linux-aws-6.8
• linux-aws-7.0
• linux-aws-fips
• linux-aws-hwe
• linux-azure
• linux-azure-4.15
• linux-azure-5.11
• linux-azure-5.13
• linux-azure-5.15

Timeline and source

Published on 29 August 2022 and last revised on 20 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
git.kernel.org (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)

Other advisories for this package

linux has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4994 (published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-35233 (4.4 Medium, published 1 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-21996 (3.3 Low, published 1 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-21991 (5.5 Medium, published 16 Mar 2026)
• CGA-mcwh-q4vm-9f29 (published 29 Jan 2026)
• CGA-w6xv-3fg4-grm5 (published 29 Jan 2026)
• CGA-6r54-3qmc-w3j9 (published 7 Jan 2026)
• CGA-hfxr-6hw6-cf36 (published 7 Jan 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits) in other software:

• CVE-2026-49870 (5.9 Medium, published 19 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-13076 (8.0 High, published 19 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-13075 (8.0 High, published 19 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-13074 (5.0 Medium, published 19 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-53423 (published 18 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-39904 (8.0 High, published 18 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-52732 (5.3 Medium, published 18 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-57497 (published 18 Aug 2026)

CVE-2022-0480 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

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