Medium severity6.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 2, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-1789

Description

With shadow paging enabled, the INVPCID instruction results in a call to kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva. If INVPCID is executed with CR0.PG=0, the invlpg callback is not set and the result is a NULL pointer dereference.

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Affected products

Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Fedoraproject/Fedora3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Linux/Kernel
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <5.8
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords93 versions
pkg:rpm/almalinux/bpftool pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-core pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-core pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-devel pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-modules pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-modules-core pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-devel pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-devel-matched pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-modules pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-modules-core pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-modules-extra pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-abi-stablelists pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-core pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-cross-headers pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-core pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-devel pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-devel-matched pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modules pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modules-core pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modules-extra pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-uki-virt pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-devel pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-devel-matched pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-doc pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules-core pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules-extra pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-core pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-core pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-devel pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-kvm pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-modules pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-modules-core pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-devel pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-kvm pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-modules pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-modules-core pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-modules-extra pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools-libs pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools-libs-devel pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-uki-virt pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-core pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-devel pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-modules pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core pkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra pkg:rpm/almalinux/perf pkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-perf pkg:rpm/almalinux/rtla pkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-debug&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_1&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4
< 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2+ 92 more
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- (no CPE)range: < 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2
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Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5161nvdThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdNot Applicable
francozappa.github.io/about-bias/nvdNot Applicable
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/647177/nvdNot Applicable
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H6JP355XFVAB33X4BNO3ERVTURFYEDB7/nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IBUOQTNTQ4ZCXHOCNKYIL2ZUIAZ675RD/nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KCEAPIVPRTJHKPF2A2HVF5XHD5XJT3MN/nvd

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