Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-39189
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
An issue was discovered the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.18.17. Unprivileged guest users can compromise the guest kernel because TLB flush operations are mishandled in certain KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED situations.
Vulnerable Configurations
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2309
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2309
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.18.17
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.18.17
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6cd88243c7e03845a450795e134b488fc2afb736
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6cd88243c7e03845a450795e134b488fc2afb736
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6cd88243c7e03845a450795e134b488fc2afb736
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6cd88243c7e03845a450795e134b488fc2afb736
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0007/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0007/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480