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CVE-2022-4543

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—PoC
Severity5.5Medium · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability0.95 %higher than 61% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitAvailableProof of concept on GitHub (unverified)

A flaw named "EntryBleed" was found in the Linux Kernel Page Table Isolation (KPTI). This issue could allow a local attacker to leak KASLR base via prefetch side-channels based on TLB timing for Intel systems.

CVSS

Base score
5.5
Version
3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.95 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
61
Score date
10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

⚠️ GitHub proofs of concept are not verified: some are fake or contain malware. Never run them outside an isolated lab.

Affected technologies (1)

Linux — Linux Kernel

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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