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prionPRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2022-1729
HistorySep 01, 2022 - 9:15 p.m.

Race condition

2022-09-0121:15:00
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linux kernel
race condition
root privilege escalation
perf_event_open
exploit
unprivileged user

AI Score

7.1

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

15.7%

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.