CVE - CVE-2022-0171

CVE-ID
CVE-2022-0171	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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).
References
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DEBIAN:DSA-5257 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257 MISC:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0171 URL:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0171 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2038940 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2038940 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=683412ccf61294d727ead4a73d97397396e69a6b URL:https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=683412ccf61294d727ead4a73d97397396e69a6b MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20221101 [SECURITY] [DLA 3173-1] linux-5.10 security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20220110	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20220110)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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