CVE-2022-48793

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.13-5.15.25, 5.16-5.16.11 - NULL Pointer Dereference in nSVM Nested Migration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: nSVM: fix potential NULL derefernce on nested migration Turns out that due to review feedback and/or rebases I accidentally moved the call to nested_svm_load_cr3 to be too early, before the NPT is enabled, which is very wrong to do. KVM can't even access guest memory at that point as nested NPT is needed for that, and of course it won't initialize the walk_mmu, which is main issue the patch was addressing. Fix this for real.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (11)
linux/Kernel 5.13.0 - 5.15.25linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.16.11linux
Linux/Linux < 5.13
Linux/Linux 232f75d3b4b5456de6f0b671aa86345d62de1473 - 352193edda48e08e8824a7ece09aec830a603cfe
Linux/Linux 232f75d3b4b5456de6f0b671aa86345d62de1473 - 74b426bea4f7e3b081add2b88d4fba16d3af7ab6
Linux/Linux 232f75d3b4b5456de6f0b671aa86345d62de1473 - e1779c2714c3023e4629825762bcbc43a3b943df
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.15.25 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.16.11 - 5.16.*
Linux/Linux 5.17
... and 1 more
Published Jul 16, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026