CVE-2020-8834: Linux kernel Linux kernel

Linux kernel KVM Power8 conflicting use of HSTATE_HOST_R1

CVSS 6.5 MediumEPSS 0.0035 · 28th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: canonical) at 9 Apr 2020, 22:10 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Linux kernel	Linux kernel	affected 4.8 to before unspecified custom affected unspecified to before 4.18 custom

Identifiers

CVE-2020-8834

CNA

canonical

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-368

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
6.5	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H	CNA (canonical)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0035, the 28th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 9 Apr 2020. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/06/2
usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4318-1
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1867717
usn.ubuntu.com/4318-1/ vendor-advisoryubuntu
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00035.html vendor-advisorysuse

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