Race Condition Vulnerability in x86 KVM Subsystem Allows Denial of Service in Linux Kernel

Race Condition Vulnerability in x86 KVM Subsystem Allows Denial of Service in Linux Kernel

CVE-2022-45869 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A race condition in the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash or host OS memory corruption) when nested virtualisation and the TDP MMU are enabled.

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