Improper Cross-boundary Removal of Sensitive Data Affecting kernel-core package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-KERNELCORE-2879709
- published 13 May 2022
- disclosed 21 Apr 2022
Introduced: 21 Apr 2022
CVE-2022-0171 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 kernel-core.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-core package and not the kernel-core package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:9 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).
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0171
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2038940
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=683412ccf61294d727ead4a73d97397396e69a6b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257
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