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).
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2022-08-26T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:18:41.799Z

Reserved: 2022-01-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-0171

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-26T18:15:08.603

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:38:04.013

Link: CVE-2022-0171

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-04-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-0171 - Bugzilla