CVE-2022-1729 — Race Condition within a Thread in Kernel
Severity
7.0HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 80.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 1
Latest updateOct 6
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages4 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2022-1729: A race condition was found the Linux kernel in perf_event_open() which can be exploited by an unprivileged user to gain root privileges↗2022-09-01
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CVE-2022-1729: A race condition was found the Linux kernel in perf_event_open() which can be exploited by an unprivileged user to gain root privileges↗2022-09-01