Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-1852 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
linux
redhat
CWE-476

Summary

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s KVM module, which can lead to a denial of service in the x86_emulate_insn in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c. This flaw occurs while executing an illegal instruction in guest in the Intel CPU.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Linux
5235
OS
Redhat
2

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)