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Full vulnerability report · 2022
CVE-2022-1158High confidence

A flaw was found in KVM

n/a · kernel

7.8HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days

High technical severity with public exploit material referenced by a structured source; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Fix not verified
Distribution package intelligence

Ubuntu vendor package status

Canonical’s release and source-package findings are shown separately from local repository availability.

1 package state
Repository candidate not checked

A published vendor fix does not prove that a matching update is enabled and installable on a particular asset. Confirm the local package candidate before scheduling remediation.

Ubuntu releaseSource packageVendor stateFixed versionEvidence
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-raspi-realtimeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
Optional official sources

National CERT insights
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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2022-24500

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

High technical severity with public exploit material referenced by a structured source; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Fix not verified
01

What, why and how

A flaw was found in KVM. When updating a guest's page table entry, vm_pgoff was improperly used as the offset to get the page's pfn. As vaddr and vm_pgoff are controllable by user-mode processes, this flaw allows unprivileged local users on the host to write outside the userspace region and potentially corrupt the kernel, resulting in a denial of service condition.

What

A flaw was found in KVM. When updating a guest's page table entry, vm_pgoff was improperly used as the offset to get the page's pfn. As vaddr and vm_pgoff are controllable by user-mode processes, this flaw allows unprivileged local users on the host to write outside the userspace region and potentially corrupt the kernel, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Why

The program can continue using memory after it has been released, producing unsafe and attacker-influenceable behaviour.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

What

A flaw was found in KVM. When updating a guest's page table entry, vm_pgoff was improperly used as the offset to get the page's pfn. As vaddr and vm_pgoff are controllable by user-mode processes, this flaw allows unprivileged local users on the host to write outside the userspace region and potentially corrupt the kernel, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Why

The program can continue using memory after it has been released, producing unsafe and attacker-influenceable behaviour.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
Reference recorded

A structured CVE source labels at least one public reference as exploit material. BlackTree has not independently validated that it is safe, reliable or weaponised.

Likely attack path
local access → Use After Free → disrupt the affected service
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-416

CWE-416: Use After Free. The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
Denial of serviceCWE-416Public exploit reference
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2022-0164Linux Kernel: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Privilegieneskalation

Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen oder einen Denial of Service zu verursachen.

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-567Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

ecord?id=CVE-2020-26541 Référence CVE CVE-2021-20292 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20292 Référence CVE CVE-2021-20321 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20321 Référence CVE CVE-2021-33061 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-33061 Référence CVE CVE-2021-38208 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38208 Référence CVE CVE-2021-39711 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39711 Référence CVE CVE-2021-43389 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43389 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0168 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0168 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1011 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1011 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1158 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1158 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1184 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1184 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1353 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1353 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1419 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1419 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1516 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1516 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1652 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1652 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1729 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1729 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1734 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1734 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1966 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1966 Ré

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-527Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu

ve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3772 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4149 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4149 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4197 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4197 Référence CVE CVE-2021-46790 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46790 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0168 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0168 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1011 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1011 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1012 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1012 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1016 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1016 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1048 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1048 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1158 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1158 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1195 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1195 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1198 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1198 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1199 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1199 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1204 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1204 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1205 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1205 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1263 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1263 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1353 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1353 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1419 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1419 Ré

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-451Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans le noyau Linux de SUSE. Elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer un problème de sécurité non spécifié par l'éditeur, un déni de service et une élévation de privilèges.

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-452Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu

2022 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5416-1 Bulletin de sécurité Ubuntu USN-5417-1 du 11 mai 2022 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5417-1 Bulletin de sécurité Ubuntu USN-5418-1 du 11 mai 2022 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5418-1 Référence CVE CVE-2020-27820 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27820 Référence CVE CVE-2021-26401 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-26401 Référence CVE CVE-2021-39713 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39713 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4157 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4157 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1016 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1016 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1158 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1158 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1516 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1516 Référence CVE CVE-2022-20008 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-20008 Référence CVE CVE-2022-23036 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23036 Référence CVE CVE-2022-23037 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23037 Référence CVE CVE-2022-23038 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23038 Référence CVE CVE-2022-23039 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23039 Référence CVE CVE-2022-23040 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23040 Référence CVE CVE-2022-23042 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-437Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans le noyau Linux de SUSE. Certaines d'entre elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer un problème de sécurité non spécifié par l'éditeur, un déni de service et une atteinte à l'intégrité des données.

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-432Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans le noyau Linux de SUSE. Certaines d'entre elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer un problème de sécurité non spécifié par l'éditeur, un déni de service et une atteinte à l'intégrité des données.

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-426Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans le noyau Linux de SUSE. Elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer un problème de sécurité non spécifié par l'éditeur, un déni de service et une élévation de privilèges.

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-415Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans le noyau Linux de Debian. Elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer un déni de service, une atteinte à la confidentialité des données et une élévation de privilèges.

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-1114Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Red Hat

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été corrigées dans le noyau Linux de Red Hat . Certaines d'entre elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire, un déni de service et une atteinte à l'intégrité des données.

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-1063Vulnérabilité dans le noyau Linux de Red Hat

Une vulnérabilité a été corrigée dans le noyau Linux de Red Hat . Elle permet à un attaquant de provoquer une atteinte à l'intégrité des données, et un déni de service.

Official advisory
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Fix not verified
Affected
kernel 5.18
Fixed
No fixed version is explicitly recorded in the structured CVE data.
Action
No verified patch reference is present in the current structured sources. Check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 5 Aug 2022 · Last source change 2 Aug 2024, 23:55 UTC · CWE-416 · Use After Free

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceNIST NVD
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-24500
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceCNA
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.

Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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