CVE-2020-27673 Affecting kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_89-default package, versions <1-3.3.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELLIVEPATCH4121419789DEFAULT-2681720
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed18 May 2021

Introduced: 18 May 2021

CVE-2020-27673  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_89-default to version 1-3.3.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_89-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_89-default 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 through 5.9.1, as used with Xen through 4.14.x. Guest OS users can cause a denial of service (host OS hang) via a high rate of events to dom0, aka CID-e99502f76271.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1