What is CVE-2022-1665?

CVE-2022-1665 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.2 out of 10. CVE-2022-1665 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-1665?

CVE-2022-1665 has a CVSS score of 8.2 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-1665?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-1665. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2022-1665 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-1665 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-1665

High

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2022-06-21

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

8.2

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-1291

CVE-2022-1665 is classified as CWE-1291

See CWE-1291 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-1665 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2089529

Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-1665

Severity High

CVSS score 8.2 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2022-06-21

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1665?

CVE-2022-1665 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.2 out of 10 . CVE-2022-1665 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-1665?

CVE-2022-1665 has a CVSS score of 8.2 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-1665?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-1665. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2022-1665 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-1665 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.