CVE-2022-0171
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CVE-2022-0171
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).
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
August 26, 2022
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
2 explicit affected versions
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-0171
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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).
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0171
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2038940
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=683412ccf61294d727ead4a73d97397396e69a6b
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/0xxx/CVE-2022-0171.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0171
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257