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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2022-2196 Detail

Current Description

A regression exists in the Linux Kernel within KVM: nVMX that allowed for speculative execution attacks. L2 can carry out Spectre v2 attacks on L1 due to L1 thinking it doesn't need retpolines or IBPB after running L2 due to KVM (L0) advertising eIBRS support to L1. An attacker at L2 with code execution can execute code on an indirect branch on the host machine. We recommend upgrading to Kernel 6.2 or past commit 2e7eab81425a


View Analysis Description

Metrics

 
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  8.8 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  Google Inc.
Base Score:  5.8 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2e7eab81425ad6c875f2ed47c0ce01e78afc38a5 Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2e7eab81425ad6c875f2ed47c0ce01e78afc38a5 Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://kernel.dance/#2e7eab81425a Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://kernel.dance/#2e7eab81425a Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230223-0002/

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-1188 Insecure Default Initialization of Resource cwe source acceptance level NIST   Google Inc.  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
5.4.47		Up to (excluding)
5.4.233
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
5.6.19		Up to (excluding)
5.7
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
5.7.3		Up to (excluding)
5.10.170
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
5.11		Up to (excluding)
5.15.96
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
5.16		Up to (excluding)
6.1.14

Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Denotes Vulnerable Software
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-2196
NVD Published Date:
01/09/2023
NVD Last Modified:
02/13/2025
Source:
Google Inc.