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CVE-2022-30594
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2022-05-12 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-862
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.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
- Linux kernel: before 4.19.238; from 4.20 before 5.4.189; from 5.5.0 before 5.10.110; from 5.11 before 5.15.33; from 5.16.0 before 5.16.19; from 5.17 before 5.17.2 — fixed in 4.19.238, 5.10.110, 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2, 5.4.189
- NetApp 8300 Firmware: all versions
- NetApp 8700 Firmware: all versions
- NetApp A400 Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H300S Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H410C Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H410S Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H500S Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H700S Firmware: all versions
- NetApp Hci Compute Node: all versions
- NetApp Solidfire, Enterprise Sds & Hci Storage Node: all versions
- NetApp Solidfire & Hci Management Node: all versions
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.19.238, 5.10.110, 5.15.33, 5.16.19. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167386/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0086-1.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170362/Linux-PT_SUSPEND_SECCOMP-Permission-Bypass-Ptracer-Death-Race.html
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2276
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.2
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ee1fee900537b5d9560e9f937402de5ddc8412f3
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee1fee900537b5d9560e9f937402de5ddc8412f3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220707-0001/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5173
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167386/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0086-1.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170362/Linux-PT_SUSPEND_SECCOMP-Permission-Bypass-Ptracer-Death-Race.html
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2276
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