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A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Jul 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s KVM module, which can lead to a denial of service in the x86_emulate_insn in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c. This flaw occurs while executing an illegal instruction in guest in the Intel CPU.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 30, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 1, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Moderate
5.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-1852

GHSA ID

GHSA-xwhg-vr3r-8xvq

Source code

No known source code

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