CVE-2022-1651
HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: July 26, 2022 at 04:37 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:22 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelKernel
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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel in acrn_dev_ioctl in the drivers/virt/acrn/hsm.c function in how the ACRN Device Model emulates virtual NICs in VM. This flaw allows a local privileged attacker to leak unauthorized kernel information, causing a denial of service.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
5.12 ≤ v < 5.15.335.16 ≤ v < 5.16.195.17 ≤ v < 5.17.2
Affected range stops below 5.15.33, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.16.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.17.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ecd1735f14d6ac868ae5d8b7a2bf193fa11f388bx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220901-0008/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-401
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