CVE-2022-1852
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CVE-2022-1852
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.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
June 30, 2022
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1 explicit affected versions
2 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
PUB-A-235183128
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-1852
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/790fa51f7bd2f9e464a845bb0caabe1bf0f7fde8
- https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/e85a386df9c7e2ea302cb3c854dbe1b42ac9e441
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2022-12-01
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2089815
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/1xxx/CVE-2022-1852.json
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fee060cd52d69c114b62d1a2948ea9648b5131f9
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1852