Race Condition Affecting kernel-64kb package, versions <5.14.21-150400.24.11.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-KERNEL64KB-2958595
  • published22 Jul 2022
  • disclosed21 Jul 2022

Introduced: 21 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-1729  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-64kb to version 5.14.21-150400.24.11.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64kb package and not the kernel-64kb package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 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

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