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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2020-36312

CVE-2020-36312

MEDIUM5.5

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5

Published Apr 6, 2021

Modified 1 years ago

Details

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.10. virt/kvm/kvm_main.c has a kvm_io_bus_unregister_dev memory leak upon a kmalloc failure, aka CID-f65886606c2d.

References

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.10

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f65886606c2d3b562716de030706dfe1bea4ed5e

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36312

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedApr 6, 2021

ModifiedAug 4, 2024

CVE-2020-36312 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence