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Red Hat: CVE-2022-21166: incomplete clean-up in specific special register write operations (aka DRPW) (Multiple Advisories)

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2022-21166: incomplete clean-up in specific special register write operations (aka DRPW) (Multiple Advisories)
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2022-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, CWE-459, Red Hat, 2022, 21166, incomplete clean, redhat-upgrade-kernel, redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt, Severity 2

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Published

Jun 15, 2022

Added

Aug 11, 2022

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Incomplete cleanup in specific special register write operations for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Solutions

redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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