CVE-2022-21166

Public on 2022-06-15
Modified on 2022-10-25
Description
A flaw was found in hw. Incomplete cleanup in specific special register write operations for some Intel® Processors may allow an authenticated user to enable information disclosure via local access.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2022-07-06 ALAS2-2022-1813 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2022-06-30 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-015 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel 2022-06-30 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-002 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2022-06-30 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-028 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel 2023-02-17 ALAS2023-2023-070 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 microcode_ctl 2022-06-30 ALAS-2022-1606 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N