Race Condition Affecting kernel-rt-trace-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.71.1.rt56.1212.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTTRACEDEVEL-2858983
  • published 4 Jun 2022
  • disclosed 20 May 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-trace-devel to version 0:3.10.0-1160.71.1.rt56.1212.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-trace-devel package and not the kernel-rt-trace-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7 high
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SUSE

8.2 high
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Red Hat

7.4 high