NetSight
high7.0

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.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 3.2.85 before 3.3
from 3.16.40 before 3.17
from 3.18.54 before 3.19
from 4.0.0 before 4.9.316
from 4.10 before 4.14.281
from 4.15 before 4.19.245
NetappHci Baseboard Management Controller
Versions h300s, h410s, h500s, h700s

Weakness classification

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