Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting reiserfs-kmp-default package, versions <5.3.18-59.5.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-REISERFSKMPDEFAULT-2680073
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed15 Jun 2021

Introduced: 15 Jun 2021

CVE-2020-36310  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 reiserfs-kmp-default to version 5.3.18-59.5.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream reiserfs-kmp-default package and not the reiserfs-kmp-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 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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