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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2022-09-01T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:16:58.917Z

Reserved: 2022-05-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-1729

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-01T21:15:09.057

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:41:20.517

Link: CVE-2022-1729

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2022-05-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-1729 - Bugzilla