What is CVE-2022-45869?

CVE-2022-45869 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Race Condition flaw (CWE-362). CVE-2022-45869 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-45869?

CVE-2022-45869 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-45869?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2022-45869 patch availability.

Is CVE-2022-45869 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-45869 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Race Condition (CWE-362)?

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, creating unexpected states. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html

CVE-2022-45869

Medium

A race condition in the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash or host OS memory corruption) when nested virtualisation and the TDP MMU are enabled.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2022-11-30

Last modified 2025-04-24

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-362

CVE-2022-45869 is a Race Condition vulnerability

What is Race Condition?

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, creating unexpected states. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

1 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=47b0c2e4c220f2251fd8dcfbb44479819c715e15

Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-45869

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2022-11-30

Modified 2025-04-24

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-45869?

CVE-2022-45869 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a Race Condition flaw (CWE-362) . CVE-2022-45869 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-45869?

CVE-2022-45869 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-45869?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2022-45869 patch availability.
Is CVE-2022-45869 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2022-45869 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.