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CVE-2020-27152 json

An issue was discovered in ioapic_lazy_update_eoi in arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c in the Linux kernel before 5.9.2.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-19676

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An 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.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 5.9.2
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.9.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27152

  • linux-hwe-5.8 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.8.0-31.33~20.04.1
  • linux-oem-5.6 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.6.0-1048.52

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27152

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel RHEL 8 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3
  • perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3
  • bpftool RHEL 8 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3
  • kernel-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3
  • kernel-tools RHEL 8 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3
  • python3-perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3
  • kernel-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3
  • kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 8 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2021:1093RHSA-2021:1081

  • kernel-abi-whitelists AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3

almalinux advisories ALSA-2021:1093

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-27152 updated cvss 5.3

Kernel: KVM: host stack overflow due to lazy update IOAPIC

  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3, kernel 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3, bpftool 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3, kernel-core 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3, kernel-tools 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3, python3-perf 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Disabling APICV by setting the kvm_intel.enable_apicv=0 parameter helps to avoid this situation.” RHSA-2021:1093
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-240.22.1.rt7.77.el8_3, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Disabling APICV by setting the kvm_intel.enable_apicv=0 parameter helps to avoid this situation.” RHSA-2021:1081
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-alt, python-perf, +9 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.kernel.org https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208767 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition
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References

Sources

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