VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-39189

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-09-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

An issue was discovered the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.18.17. Unprivileged guest users can compromise the guest kernel because TLB flush operations are mishandled in certain KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED situations.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references