Race Condition Affecting kernel package, versions <0:5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-KERNEL-5639566
- published 28 May 2023
- disclosed 1 Jul 2022
Introduced: 1 Jul 2022
CVE-2022-1729 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 kernel to version 0:5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2022:5249.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by AlmaLinux.
See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-5249.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-5267.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-5564.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-5565.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1729
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5249
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5267
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5564
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5565
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3ac6487e584a1eb54071dbe1212e05b884136704
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0006/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/20/2