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Status published
Medium
CVE-2022-0171
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The existing...
Vulnerability Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The existing KVM SEV API has a vulnerability that allows a non-root (host) user-level application to crash the host kernel by creating a confidential guest VM instance in AMD CPU that supports Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV).
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2038940
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=683412ccf61294d727ead4a73d97397396e69a6b
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0171
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
kernel
Vulnerable Versions:
Fixed in kernel 5.18-rc4
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 26th, 2022
Last Modified:
August 2nd, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.