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CVE-2022-1729

Published: Sep 1, 2022

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

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Description

A race condition was found the Linux kernel in perf_event_open() which can be exploited by an unprivileged user to gain root privileges. The bug allows to build several exploit primitives such as kernel address information leak, arbitrary execution, etc.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	linux kernel	affected `linux kernel 5.18 rc9`

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3ac6487e584a1eb54071dbe1212e05b884136704

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/20/2

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0006/

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