CVE-2022-1263CWE-476

A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in KVM when releasing a vCPU with dirty ring support enabled

published August 31, 2022

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
37.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in KVM when releasing a vCPU with dirty ring support enabled. This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker on the host to issue specific ioctl calls, causing a kernel oops condition that results in a denial of service.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00438 · 37.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2022-08-31T15:33Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 31 AUG 15:33Z
    A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in KVM when releasing a vCPU with dirty ring support enabled
    cvelistv5