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CVE-2022-0171
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-08-26T18:15:08.603 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:20:05.553

Summary

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).

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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