CVE-2022-45869

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 v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=47b0c2e4c220f2251fd8dcfbb44479819c715e15	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2:::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc3:::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc4:::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc5:::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc6:::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1:::::*

Information

Published : 2022-11-29 21:15

Updated : 2022-12-05 12:23

NVD link : CVE-2022-45869

Mitre link : CVE-2022-45869

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

linux

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5.5 /10