CVE-2022-1729
HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: September 1, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:22 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsLinux KernelHci Baseboard Management ControllerKernel
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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
3.16.40 ≤ v < 3.173.18.54 ≤ v < 3.193.2.85 ≤ v < 3.34.0.0 ≤ v < 4.9.3164.10 ≤ v < 4.14.2814.15 ≤ v < 4.19.2454.20 ≤ v < 5.4.1965.11 ≤ v < 5.15.425.16 ≤ v < 5.17.105.5.0 ≤ v < 5.10.118
Affected range stops below 3.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.14.281, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.19.245, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.9.316, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.10.118, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.15.42, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.17.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.4.196, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3ac6487e584a1eb54071dbe1212e05b884136704PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0006/Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/20/2CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-366CWE-362
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