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CVE-2022-1263
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-08-31T16:15:09.290 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:22:06.800

Summary

A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in KVM when releasing a vCPU with dirty ring support enabled. 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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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