Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-4994

 

Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-4994

Published: August 14, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU142478
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4994
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an unspecified error in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c. A local user can perform a denial of service attack. 


Affected software

Linux kernel

How to mitigate CVE-2022-4994

Install updates from vendor's website.


External References

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