vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2022-1729
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 1, 2022 | Jan 20, 2025 | Feb 9, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 1, 2022
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Feb 9, 2026
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.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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