VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-1852

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.33%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-06-30
Last modified2026-10-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-476
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-476

Primary references