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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
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2022-07-06 03:13 ALAS2-2022-1813
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2022-06-30 22:29 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-015
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel 2022-06-30 22:29 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-002
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2022-06-30 22:29 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-028
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel 2023-02-17 20:46 ALAS2023-2023-070
Amazon Linux 1 microcode_ctl 2022-06-30 23:38 ALAS-2022-1606

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