K000132933 : Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2022-1729

Security Advisory Description

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. (CVE-2022-1729)

Impact

This vulnerability may allow an authenticated attacker with local access to the CLI to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) on the Traffix SDC system.