CVE-2022-0171

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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).
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2022-0171
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-08-26T18:15:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-12-03T02:50:51
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-459 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/459.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.18
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0171 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2038940 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=683412ccf61294d727ead4a73d97397396e69a6b Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0171
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0171
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-08-26 19:00:09 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 14:35:06 2022-12-03T02:50:51 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 14:35:06 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated