# CVE-2022-1651: A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel in acrn\_dev\_ioctl in the drivers/virt/acrn/hsm.c function in how the ACRN Device Model emul

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-07-26 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a Kernel: Linux kernel version prior to kernel 5.18 rc1

## Description

A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel in acrn_dev_ioctl in the drivers/virt/acrn/hsm.c function in how the ACRN Device Model emulates virtual NICs in VM. This flaw allows a local privileged attacker to leak unauthorized kernel information, causing a denial of service.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ecd1735f14d6ac868ae5d8b7a2bf193fa11f388b
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220901-0008/

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