CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-2153

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.47%

39th percentile - higher than 39% of all known CVEs

Summary

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's KVM when attempting to set a SynIC IRQ. A misbehaving VMM can write to SYNIC/STIMER MSRs, causing a NULL pointer dereference. This allows an unprivileged local attacker on the host to issue specific ioctl calls, causing a kernel oops and denial of service.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker on the host can trigger a kernel oops and denial of service, affecting all virtual machines on that host. This may disrupt the virtualization infrastructure.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2022-2153. Restrict the ability of untrusted local users to issue ioctl calls.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s KVM when attempting to set a SynIC IRQ. This issue makes it possible for a misbehaving VMM to write to SYNIC/STIMER MSRs, causing a NULL pointer dereference. This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker on the host to issue specific ioctl calls, causing a kernel oops condition that results in a denial of service.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS