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Debian: CVE-2022-0171: linux, linux-5.10 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2022-0171: linux, linux-5.10 -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/26/2022
Created
11/02/2022
Added
11/01/2022
Modified
11/04/2022

Description

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).

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux
  • debian-upgrade-linux-5-10

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