CVE-2022-45869 — MEDIUM (5.5)

Q: How severe is CVE-2022-45869?

CVE-2022-45869 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 5.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2022-45869?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel.

Vulnerability Description

A race condition in the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash or host OS memory corruption) when nested virtualisation and the TDP MMU are enabled.

CVSS Score

5.5

MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Linux	Linux Kernel	< 6.1

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-362

References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=47ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=47ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2022-45869?

CVE-2022-45869 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). A race condition in the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash or host OS memory corruption) when nested virtualisation...

How severe is CVE-2022-45869?

CVE-2022-45869 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 5.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2022-45869?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel.