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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2022-1651

A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel in acrn_dev_ioctl in the drivers/virt/acrn/hsm.c function in how the ACRN Device Model emulates virtual NICs in VM. This flaw allows a local privileged attacker to leak unauthorized kernel information, causing a denial of service.

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7 Nov 2026, 03:44 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2022-1651

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Jul 2022, 16:37 UTC

A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel in acrn_dev_ioctl in the drivers/virt/acrn/hsm.c function in how the ACRN Device Model emulates virtual NICs in VM. This flaw allows a local privileged attacker to leak unauthorized kernel information, causing a denial of service.

osv:CVE-2022-1651
Complete source record
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