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Red Hat: CVE-2022-1263: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_dirty_ring_push in virt/kvm/dirty_ring.c (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2022-1263: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_dirty_ring_push in virt/kvm/dirty_ring.c (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/31/2022
Created
05/08/2023
Added
05/08/2023
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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