CVE-2020-27152

Summary

CVECVE-2020-27152
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-11-06 08:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-11-16 15:14:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in ioapic_lazy_update_eoi in arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c in the Linux kernel before 5.9.2. It has an infinite loop related to improper interaction between a resampler and edge triggering, aka CID-77377064c3a9.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.9.2 CONFIRM cdn.kernel.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
208767 – kernel stack overflow due to Lazy update IOAPIC on an x86_64 *host*, when gpu is passthrough to macos guest vm MISC bugzilla.kernel.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2020-27152 Kernel: KVM: host stack overflow via loop due to lazy update IOAPIC MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159144 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2021-1093)
  • 239202 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:1093)
  • 239204 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:1081)
  • 900040 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 903635 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3596)
  • 906008 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3596-1)
  • 940387 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2021:1093)
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