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

Severity
2
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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