# CVE-2022-48638: cgroup: cgroup\_get\_from\_id() must check the looked-up kn is a directory

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-04-28 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cgroup: cgroup_get_from_id() must check the looked-up kn is a directory cgroup has to be one kernfs dir, otherwise kernel panic is caused, especially cgroup id is provide from userspace.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8484a356cee8ce3d6a8e6266ff99be326e9273ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e9571887f97b17cf3ffe9aa4da89090ea60988b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df02452f3df069a59bc9e69c84435bf115cb6e37

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