Improper Cross-boundary Removal of Sensitive Data Affecting kernel-rt-modules-extra package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELRTMODULESEXTRA-2824251
  • published13 May 2022
  • disclosed21 Apr 2022

Introduced: 21 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-0171  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-212  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-rt-modules-extra.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-modules-extra package and not the kernel-rt-modules-extra package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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).

CVSS Scores

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