CVE-2020-36311

Public on 2021-04-07
Modified on 2022-01-10
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) by triggering the destruction of a large SEV VM, which requires unregistering many encrypted regions. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Severity
Low severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
2.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2022-01-20 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-006 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 2.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD CVSSv2 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H