CVE-2022-1665
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CVE-2022-1665 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.2/10 on the CVSS scale. A set of pre-production kernel packages of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM Power architecture can be booted by the grub in Secure Boot mode even though it shouldn't. These kernel builds don't have the secure boot lockdown patches applied to it and can bypass the secure boot validations, allowing the attacker to load another non-trusted code.. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A set of pre-production kernel packages of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM Power architecture can be booted by the grub in Secure Boot mode even though it shouldn't. These kernel builds don't have the secure boot lockdown patches applied to it and can bypass the secure boot validations, allowing the attacker to load another non-trusted code.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 8.0 |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2089529Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2089529Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
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- Status
- Modified
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