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CVE-2022-1729A race condition was found the Linux kernel in perf_event_open() which can be exploited by an unprivileged user to gain root privileges.…
- 7.0HighCVSS base score
- 0.33%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 73% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 23 months later
· 23 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 73% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.0.
Affected products
linux kernel
- affected linux kernel 5.18 rc9
References
References3
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3ac6487e584a1eb54071dbe1212e05b884136704 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/20/2 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0006/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-25010 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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