CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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.
Author | Note |
---|---|
sbeattie | break commit 5dd0a57cf38ee is when SEV was introduced, actual break may be more recent. |
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-azure-5.8 | < 5.8.0-1043.46~20.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-aws | < 5.4.0-1056.59 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-azure | < 5.4.0-1058.60 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-gcp | < 5.4.0-1052.56 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-bluefield | < 5.4.0-1019.22 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | linux-azure-5.4 | < 5.4.0-1058.60~18.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | linux-gcp-5.4 | < 5.4.0-1052.56~18.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | linux-gke-5.4 | < 5.4.0-1052.55~18.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-gkeop | < 5.4.0-1023.24 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | linux-gkeop-5.4 | < 5.4.0-1023.24~18.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.9
git.kernel.org/linus/7be74942f184fdfba34ddd19a0d995deb34d4a03
git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7be74942f184fdfba34ddd19a0d995deb34d4a03
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2020-36311
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36311
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-36311
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5071-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5071-2
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5120-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36311
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%