CVE-2022-0171CWE-212CWE-459

CVE-2022-0171

Medium · published August 26, 2022

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
21.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00299 · 21.4th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-212 · Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer; CWE-459 · Incomplete Cleanup
Published
2022-08-26T22:15Z
Affected products (9)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel< 5.185.18
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debian/debian_linuxall versions—
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References (11)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0171 · [email protected]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2038940 · [email protected]https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=683412ccf61294d727ead4a73d97397396e69a6b · [email protected]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html · [email protected]https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257 · [email protected]https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0171 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2038940 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=683412ccf61294d727ead4a73d97397396e69a6b · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html · 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 AUG 00:00Z
    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel
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