Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting kernel-default-man package, versions <4.12.14-197.89.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELDEFAULTMAN-2683534
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed18 May 2021

Introduced: 18 May 2021

CVE-2020-36310  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-default-man to version 4.12.14-197.89.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-man package and not the kernel-default-man package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

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