Race Condition Affecting kernel-zfcpdump-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-193.87.1.el8_2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELZFCPDUMPDEVEL-4050936
- published 4 Jun 2022
- disclosed 20 May 2022
Introduced: 20 May 2022
CVE-2022-1729 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-zfcpdump-devel to version 0:4.18.0-193.87.1.el8_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:5220.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-zfcpdump-devel package and not the kernel-zfcpdump-devel package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 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.