CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-1852

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.31%

22th percentile - higher than 22% of all known CVEs

Summary

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's KVM module, which can lead to a denial of service in the x86_emulate_insn in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c. This flaw occurs while executing an illegal instruction in a guest on an Intel CPU.

Risk Assessment

It may lead to a host kernel crash and denial of service. It requires the ability to run a KVM virtual machine.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2022-1852. Restrict the ability to create KVM virtual machines to trusted users.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s KVM module, which can lead to a denial of service in the x86_emulate_insn in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c. This flaw occurs while executing an illegal instruction in guest in the Intel CPU.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS