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CVE-2022-0171

MEDIUM

5.5

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).

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.5

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published8/26/2022

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxlinux:linux_kernelredhat:enterprise_linux

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-459CWE-212

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0171(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2038940(secalert@redhat.com)

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=683412ccf61294d727ead4a73d97397396e69a6b(secalert@redhat.com)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html(secalert@redhat.com)

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0171(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2038940(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=683412ccf61294d727ead4a73d97397396e69a6b(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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