CVE-2022-0171
At a glance
- Severity
- Not available
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.30 % · percentile 23 (2026-10-28)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
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).
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-15379
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-0171
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0453 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0147 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0027 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-984 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-941 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 5.18cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| kernel | affected Fixed in kernel 5.18-rc4 |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2038940
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=683412ccf61294d727ead4a73d97397396e69a6b
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0171
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |