CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It affects Linux.
CVE
CVE-2020-29568
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
0.35%
Linux
Original NVD Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. Some OSes (such as Linux, FreeBSD, and NetBSD) are processing watch events using a single thread. If the events are received faster than the thread is able to handle, they will get queued. As the queue is unbounded, a guest may be able to trigger an OOM in the backend. All systems with a FreeBSD, Linux, or NetBSD (any version) dom0 are vulnerable.
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