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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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2022-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-14T13:07:01.983Z

Reserved: 2022-06-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2153

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-31T16:15:10.837

Modified: 2026-10-14T13:17:20.760

Link: CVE-2022-2153

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-03-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-2153 - Bugzilla