Bug 2089529 (CVE-2022-1665) - CVE-2022-1665 Kernel for IBM Power: Signed build of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM Power can boot pre-production kernels
Summary: CVE-2022-1665 Kernel for IBM Power: Signed build of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-1665
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2098231
Blocks: 2069244
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Reported: 2022-05-23 22:49 UTC by Marco Benatto
Modified: 2023-07-07 08:33 UTC (History)
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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.
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Description Marco Benatto 2022-05-23 22:49:51 UTC
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.

Comment 5 Marco Benatto 2022-08-17 18:30:01 UTC
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.


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