CVE-2022-2153

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-2153
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-08-31 16:15:10 UTC
Updated2026-10-14 13:17:20 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-476 | CWE-476 CWE-476

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 36 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Kernel affected kernel 5.18 Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux Subsystem affected V1.1 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
KVM: x86: Forbid VMM to set SYNIC/STIMER MSRs when SynIC wasn't activ… · torvalds/linux@b1e34d3 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 3173-1] linux-5.10 security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2022-2153: Linux Kernel: x86/kvm: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic_fast af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
KVM: x86: Check lapic_in_kernel() before attempting to set a SynIC irq · torvalds/linux@7ec37d1 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
2069736 – (CVE-2022-2153) CVE-2022-2153 kernel: KVM: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic_fast() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
KVM: x86: Avoid theoretical NULL pointer dereference in kvm_irq_deliv… · torvalds/linux@00b5f37 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 3131-1] linux security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160043 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9709)
  • 160045 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9710)
  • 179388 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2022-2153)
  • 180282 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 3065-1)
  • 180605 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5173-1)
  • 181091 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 3131-1)
  • 181190 Debian Security Update for linux-5.10 (DLA 3173-1)
  • 199029 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5728-1)
  • 199030 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5727-1)
  • 199036 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (GCP) Vulnerabilities (USN-5727-2)
  • 199037 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5728-2)
  • 199051 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (GCP) Vulnerabilities (USN-5728-3)
  • 199072 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Azure) Vulnerabilities (USN-5774-1)
  • 354053 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2-2022-1838
  • 354071 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS-2022-1636
  • 354075 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2-2022-1852
  • 354081 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-036
  • 354084 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-020
  • 377117 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0158)
  • 377766 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2022:0049)
  • 377871 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2023:0001)
  • 6140266 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-3rg2-x5gq-4xgg)
  • 672114 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-2292)
  • 672139 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-2428)
  • 672158 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-2415)
  • 752813 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3930-1)
  • 752839 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3929-1)
  • 752880 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4053-1)
  • 752889 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3897-1)
  • 752911 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3998-1)
  • 752913 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4072-1)
  • 752944 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4273-1)
  • 752959 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4272-1)
  • 753038 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4573-1)
  • 753039 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4574-1)
  • 753051 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4589-1)
  • 753060 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4615-1)
  • 753063 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4617-1)
  • 903738 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10801)
  • 903804 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10794)
  • 904088 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10801-1)
  • 904148 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10794-1)
  • 905932 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10801-2)
  • 906364 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (10794-2)

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