What is CVE-2022-2196?

CVE-2022-2196 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8 out of 10. CVE-2022-2196 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-2196?

CVE-2022-2196 has a CVSS score of 8.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-2196?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-2196. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2022-2196 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-2196 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-2196

High

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

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2023-01-09

Last modified 2025-02-13

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

8.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-1188

CVE-2022-2196 is classified as CWE-1188

See CWE-1188 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-2196 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Security
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230223-0002/
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2e7eab81425ad6c875f2ed47c0ce01e78afc38a5
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://kernel.dance/#2e7eab81425a
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-2196

Severity High

CVSS score 8.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2023-01-09

Modified 2025-02-13

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2196?

CVE-2022-2196 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8 out of 10 . CVE-2022-2196 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-2196?

CVE-2022-2196 has a CVSS score of 8.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-2196?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-2196. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2022-2196 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-2196 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.