CVE-2022-0171
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 26, 2022
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 10, 2022
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).
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
- CWE-459 Incomplete Cleanup.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
kerneln/a |
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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
- DSA-5257vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221101 [SECURITY] [DLA 3173-1] linux-5.10 security updatemailing-list
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
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