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CVE-2022-0171

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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).

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CVE-2022-0171

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2022-0171

kernel

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Structured affected-version data

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[
  {
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "product": "kernel",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "Fixed in kernel 5.18-rc4"
      }
    ]
  }
]
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CVE-2022-0171

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Event
#21794 · Revision 1
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