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Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9410)

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9410 advisory. - 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) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.


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