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.
Exploits (1)
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5173
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167386/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0086-1.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170362/Linux-PT_SUSPEND_SECCOMP-Permission-Bypass-Ptracer-Death-Race.html
Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2276
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.2
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ee1fee900537b5d9560e9f937402de5ddc8412f3
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee1fee900537b5d9560e9f937402de5ddc8412f3
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220707-0001/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
5.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-862
Status
published
Products (14)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
debian/debian_linux
10.0
linux/linux_kernel
< 4.19.238
netapp/8300_firmware
netapp/8700_firmware
netapp/a400_firmware
netapp/h300s_firmware
netapp/h410c_firmware
netapp/h410s_firmware
netapp/h500s_firmware
... and 4 more
Published
May 12, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026