{"cve":"CVE-2022-49610","nvd":{"published":"2025-02-26T07:01:36.463","modified":"2026-06-17T05:18:37.410","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: VMX: Prevent RSB underflow before vmenter\n\nOn VMX, there are some balanced returns between the time the guest's\nSPEC_CTRL value is written, and the vmenter.\n\nBalanced returns (matched by a preceding call) are usually ok, but it's\nat least theoretically possible an NMI with a deep call stack could\nempty the RSB before one of the returns.\n\nFor maximum paranoia, don't allow *any* returns (balanced or otherwise)\nbetween the SPEC_CTRL write and the vmenter.\n\n  [ bp: Fix 32-bit build. ]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07853adc29a058c5fd143c14e5ac528448a72ed9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afd743f6dde87296c6f3414706964c491bb85862"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:59:48.811064707+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49610","score":0.0023,"percentile":0.13933,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}