vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2022-1789: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jun 2, 2022 | May 15, 2023 | Aug 21, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 2, 2022
Added
May 15, 2023
Modified
Aug 21, 2025
Description
With shadow paging enabled, the INVPCID instruction results in a call to kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva. If INVPCID is executed with CR0.PG=0, the invlpg callback is not set and the result is a NULL pointer dereference.
Solutions
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