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CVE-2022-1852

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/emula…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
before 5.19
RedhatEnterprise Linux
Versions 8.0, 9.0

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