CVE-2022-0171 — Incomplete Cleanup in Kernel
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
CISA9.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 26
Latest updateJun 15
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).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, Enterprise Linux 8.0, 9.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
6📋Vendor Advisories
8Microsoft▶
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 ins↗2022-08-09