Memory Leak Affecting kernel-azure-devel package, versions <5.14.21-150400.14.7.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-KERNELAZUREDEVEL-2965154
  • published2 Aug 2022
  • disclosed1 Aug 2022

Introduced: 1 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-1651  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-azure-devel to version 5.14.21-150400.14.7.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-azure-devel package and not the kernel-azure-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel in acrn_dev_ioctl in the drivers/virt/acrn/hsm.c function in how the ACRN Device Model emulates virtual NICs in VM. This flaw allows a local privileged attacker to leak unauthorized kernel information, causing a denial of service.

CVSS Scores

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