CVE-2020-27152: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 5.9.2 (fixed in 5.9.2)

Published 2020-11-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.