CVE-2022-0171

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The existing KVM SEV API has a vulnerability that allows a non-root (host) user-level application to crash the host kernel by creating a confidential guest VM instance in AMD CPU that supports Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV).

Score
CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium
Status
Modified - secalert@redhat.com
Published
2022-08-26
Last modified
2026-10-14
Weaknesses
CWE-212, CWE-459

Affected products

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