CVE-2022-1852

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.19 - Denial of Service via KVM x86 Emulation NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s KVM module, which can lead to a denial of service in the x86_emulate_insn in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c. This flaw occurs while executing an illegal instruction in guest in the Intel CPU.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2089815

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 5.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (3)
linux/linux_kernel < 5.19
redhat/enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 9.0
Published Jun 30, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026