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CVE-2022-0171

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).

Published

2022-08-26T18:15:08.603

Last Modified

2024-11-21T06:38:04.013

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-459
Type: Primary
CWE-212

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 5.18	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	5.18	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	5.18	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	5.18	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	5.18	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	11.0	Yes

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0171 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2038940 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=683412ccf61294d727ead4a73d97397396e69a6b Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0171 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2038940 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=683412ccf61294d727ead4a73d97397396e69a6b Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)