CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1. It affects Linux.
CVE
CVE-2022-49883
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.1
EPSS
0.17%
Linux
Original NVD Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: smm: number of GPRs in the SMRAM image depends on the image format On 64 bit host, if the guest doesn't have X86_FEATURE_LM, KVM will access 16 gprs to 32-bit smram image, causing out-ouf-bound ram access. On 32 bit host, the rsm_load_state_64/enter_smm_save_state_64 is compiled out, thus access overflow can't happen.
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