CVE-2022-1665
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, where a set of pre-production kernel packages of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM Power architecture were signed with Red Hat's production secure boot keys. This issue allows kernel versions targeted for testing to eventually boot in PowerPC environments with the Secure Boot feature enabled. An attacker needs high privilege to install the non-production kernel packages in the target machine and make it the default boot option on grub2.
Statement
The RHEL 8 kernel SRPM has a means to build a blacklist of sha256 hashes of bad kernels that can be added to. This should prevent kexec from booting them. If it's the bootloader booting them, then that's before the kernel is even loaded and isn't a kernel problem. Such hashes may also be added to the blacklist table of a UEFI BIOS.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
Info alert:Important note
CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).
The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 8.2 | 8.2 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low | N/A |
| Privileges Required | High | High | N/A |
| User Interaction | None | None | N/A |
| Scope | Changed | Changed | N/A |
| Confidentiality | High | High | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | High | High | N/A |
| Availability Impact | High | High | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Confidentiality,Integrity,Availability,Access Control,Accountability,Authentication,Authorization,Non-Repudiation,Other
Technical Impact: Read Memory; Modify Memory; Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands; Gain Privileges or Assume Identity; Varies by Context
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