gsd-2022-0171
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:19
Details
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).
Aliases
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"lastModifiedDate": "2023-07-21T16:54Z",
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