CVE-2020-36310 Information

Description

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 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e72436bc3a5206f95bb384e741154166ddb3202e https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8 https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5095

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5