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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 12, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in hw. Incomplete cleanup in specific special register write operations for some Intel® Processors may allow an authenticated user to enable information disclosure via local access.

Solutions

redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

References

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