CVE-2020-36310 — Infinite Loop in Kernel

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 72.10%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Linux KernelDebian LinuxDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedApr 7
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8. arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c allows a set_memory_region_test infinite loop for certain nested page faults, aka CID-e72436bc3a52.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.103-1+3
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 5.16.7-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-jhhp-vmj5-g65v: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-36310: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5↗2021-04-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: infinite loop in set_memory_region_test in arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c for certain nested page faults↗2020-04-21
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Debian
CVE-2020-36310: linux - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8. arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c a...↗2020
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