CVE-2022-1852

Published: Jun 30, 2022Modified: Nov 21, 2024

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (3)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel · Redhat: Enterprise Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Before 5.19

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 8.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 9.0

Related CWEs

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (4)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2089815

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fee060cd52d69c114b62d1a2948ea9648b5131f9

Source: secalert@redhat.com

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2089815

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fee060cd52d69c114b62d1a2948ea9648b5131f9

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchThird Party Advisory

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