cve-2020-36311
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-06 23:28
Modified
2024-08-04 17:23
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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
| ▼ | URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|
| cve@mitre.org | https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.9 | Release Notes, Vendor Advisory | |
| cve@mitre.org | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7be74942f184fdfba34ddd19a0d995deb34d4a03 | Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| cve@mitre.org | https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00015.html | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| cve@mitre.org | https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4941 | Third Party Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.9 | Release Notes, Vendor Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7be74942f184fdfba34ddd19a0d995deb34d4a03 | Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00015.html | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4941 | Third Party Advisory |
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