Bash script to check for CVE-2022-0847 Dirty Pipe
This is the story of CVE-2022-0847, a vulnerability in the Linux kernel since 5.8 which allows overwriting data in arbitrary read-only files. This leads to privilege escalation because unprivileged processes can inject code into root processes.
It is similar to CVE-2016-5195 “Dirty Cow” but is easier to exploit.
The vulnerability was fixed in Linux 5.16.11, 5.15.25 and 5.10.102.
git clone https://github.com/muhammad1596/CVE-2022-0847-dirty-pipe-checker.git
cd CVE-2022-0847-dirty-pipe-checker
chmod +x dpipe.sh
Check current kernel version
./dpipe.sh
Check specific kernel version
./dpipe.sh 5.10.11