Expected Behavior Violation Affecting kernel-debug-uki-virt package, versions <0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELDEBUGUKIVIRT-5504913
  • published7 Sept 2022
  • disclosed30 May 2022

Introduced: 30 May 2022

CVE-2022-39189  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-440  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-debug-uki-virt to version 0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:2458.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-uki-virt package and not the kernel-debug-uki-virt package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.18.17. Unprivileged guest users can compromise the guest kernel because TLB flush operations are mishandled in certain KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED situations.

CVSS Scores

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