Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference Affecting perf package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-PERF-2885646
  • published22 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Jan 2022

Introduced: 14 Jan 2022

CVE-2022-23222  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-763  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 perf.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 5.15.14 allows local users to gain privileges because of the availability of pointer arithmetic via certain *_OR_NULL pointer types.

CVSS Scores

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