description: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The existing KVM SEV API has a vulnerability that allows a non-root (host) user-level application to crash the host kernel by creating a confidential guest VM instance in AMD CPU that supports Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV).
problem types: CWE-459 - Incomplete Cleanup.
affected:
{
vendor: n/a
product: kernel
versions:
version: Fixed in kernel 5.18-rc4, status: affected
}