CVE-2022-1729 (GCVE-0-2022-1729)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-01 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:16
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Summary
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.
Severity
7.0 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a linux kernel Affected: linux kernel 5.18 rc9
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