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kernel CVE-2022-1852

Moderate
rpkelly published GHSA-77rh-vcmj-rfw3 Jul 29, 2022

Package

kernel-5.15 (bottlerocket)

Affected versions

< 1.9.0

Patched versions

1.9.0

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.

Severity

Moderate

CVE ID

CVE-2022-1852

Weaknesses

No CWEs