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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-0171): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-0171): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/26/2022
Created
01/10/2023
Added
01/07/2023
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The existing KVM SEV API has a vulnerability that allows a non-root (host) user-level application to crash the host kernel by creating a confidential guest VM instance in AMD CPU that supports Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV).

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1012-gkeop
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1022-ibm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1022-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1022-raspi-nolpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1024-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1025-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1026-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1026-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1027-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1027-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1030-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1030-azure-fde
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-57-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-57-generic-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-57-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-57-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-57-lowlatency-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-lts-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-fde
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-lts-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke-5-15
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop-5-15
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi-nolpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-22-04

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