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).

CVSS v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2038940	Issue Tracking Patch
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=683412ccf61294d727ead4a73d97397396e69a6b	Mailing List Patch
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0171	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

24 Jan 2023, 16:19

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:predictapp_project:predictapp::::::::
References	~~(MISC) https://github.com/abhilash1985/PredictApp/commit/b067372f3ee26fe1b657121f0f41883ff4461a06 -~~	(MISC) https://github.com/abhilash1985/PredictApp/commit/b067372f3ee26fe1b657121f0f41883ff4461a06 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://github.com/abhilash1985/PredictApp/pull/73 -~~	(MISC) https://github.com/abhilash1985/PredictApp/pull/73 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://vuldb.com/?id.218387 -~~	(MISC) https://vuldb.com/?id.218387 - Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218387 -~~	(MISC) https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218387 - Third Party Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 9.8
First Time		Predictapp Project predictapp Predictapp Project

16 Jan 2023, 13:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-08-26 06:15

Updated : 2022-12-03 02:50

NVD link : CVE-2022-0171

Mitre link : CVE-2022-0171

Products Affected

Linux

Linux Kernel

CWE

CWE-459