GHSA-m5gv-cmjh-79r8MediumCVSS 5.5

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s KVM when attempting to set a SynIC IRQ. This issue makes...

Published
September 1, 2022
Last Modified
October 14, 2026

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📋 Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s KVM when attempting to set a SynIC IRQ. This issue makes it possible for a misbehaving VMM to write to SYNIC/STIMER MSRs, causing a NULL pointer dereference. This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker on the host to issue specific ioctl calls, causing a kernel oops condition that results in a denial of service.

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