CWE Code: 362
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 1.9
CWE Name:  Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Summary: a race condition in perf_event_open() allows local attackers to leak sensitive data from setuid programs. as no relevant locks (in particular the cred_guard_mutex) are held during the ptrace_may_access() call, it is possible for the specified target task to perform an execve() syscall with setuid execution before perf_event_alloc() actually attaches to it, allowing an attacker to bypass the ptrace_may_access() check and the perf_event_exit_task(current) call that is performed in install_exec_creds() during privileged execve() calls. this issue affects kernel versions before 4.8.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/NONE/NONE
Published Date: 2019-04-22
Last Modified Date: 2019-05-28