CVE-2020-36311

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

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Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-36311

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36311.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`5.9.1-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`5.9.1-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`5.9.1-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`5.9.1-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`5.9.1-1`

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36311.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-36311

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.