CVE-2022-45869
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CVE-2022-45869 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. A race condition in the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash or host OS memory corruption) when nested virtualisation and the TDP MMU are enabled.. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A race condition in the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash or host OS memory corruption) when nested virtualisation and the TDP MMU are enabled.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | < 6.1 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 6.1 | Rc1 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=47b0c2e4c220f2251fd8dcfbb44479819c715e15Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=47b0c2e4c220f2251fd8dcfbb44479819c715e15Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
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- Status
- Modified
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