CVE-2020-36311 Affecting kernel-modules package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELMODULES-1347812
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 11 Sep 2020
Introduced: 11 Sep 2020
CVE-2020-36311 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-modules.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules package and not the kernel-modules package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.9. arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) by triggering destruction of a large SEV VM (which requires unregistering many encrypted regions), aka CID-7be74942f184.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36311
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.9
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7be74942f184fdfba34ddd19a0d995deb34d4a03
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00015.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4941
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