CVE-2022-2196 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-2196: Speculative execution attacks in KVM VMX

Vendor Linux
Product Linux Kernel
Weakness CWE-1188
Published January 9, 2023
Last update February 13, 2025

CVSS base score

5.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 9, 2023 CVE published
February 13, 2025 Record updated