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CVE-2022-1263 (GCVE-0-2022-1263)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-31 15:33 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:55
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Summary
A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in KVM when releasing a vCPU with dirty ring support enabled. This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker on the host to issue specific ioctl calls, causing a kernel oops condition that results in a denial of service.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-476 - - NULL Pointer Dereference.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Kernel:KVM Affected: Fixed in kernel v5.18-rc3
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