High severity · published May 12, 2022
CVE-2022-30594
The Linux kernel before 5.17.2 mishandles seccomp permissions
7.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Linux kernel before 5.17.2 mishandles seccomp permissions. The PTRACE_SEIZE code path allows attackers to bypass intended restrictions on setting the PT_SUSPEND_SECCOMP flag.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 56% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 4.19.238; 4.20 before 5.4.189; 5.5.0 before 5.10.110; 5.11 before 5.15.33; 5.16.0 before 5.16.19; 5.17 before 5.17.2 · source: NVD
8F
8300 Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
8F
8700 Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
AF
A400 Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H700s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HC
Hci Compute Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SH
Solidfire & Hci Management Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30594
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-30594
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167386/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0086-1.html
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170362/Linux-PT_SUSPEND_SECCOMP-Permission-Bypass-Ptracer-Death-Race.html
Exploit
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2276
Mailing List
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.2
Mailing List
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ee1fee900537b5d9560e9f937402de5ddc8412f3
Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee1fee900537b5d9560e9f937402de5ddc8412f3
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