CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-4994

Low risk· EPSS 8%
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the fast PIO handling in KVM was improved by replacing emulator_pio_in() with a direct call to __emulator_pio_in(). No functional change.

Risk Assessment

No direct risk, as the change is purely cosmetic and does not affect functionality.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing this fix to maintain code consistency.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: wean fast IN from emulator_pio_in Use __emulator_pio_in() directly for fast PIO instead of bouncing through emulator_pio_in() now that __emulator_pio_in() fills "val" when handling in-kernel PIO. vcpu->arch.pio.count is guaranteed to be '0', so this a pure nop. emulator_pio_in_emulated is now the last caller of emulator_pio_in. No functional change intended.

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