CVE-2022-39189

An issue was discovered the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.18.17. Unprivileged guest users can compromise the guest kernel because TLB flush operations are mishandled in certain KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED situations.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2309	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6cd88243c7e03845a450795e134b488fc2afb736	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6cd88243c7e03845a450795e134b488fc2afb736	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.18.17	Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0007/

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2022-09-01 22:15

Updated : 2023-02-14 05:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-39189

Mitre link : CVE-2022-39189

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

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