High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 31, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-15687
CVE-2020-15687
Description
Missing access control restrictions in the Hypervisor component of the ACRN Project (v2.0 and v1.6.1) allow a malicious entity, with root access in the Service VM userspace, to abuse the PCIe assign/de-assign Hypercalls via crafted ioctls and payloads. This attack results in a corrupt state and Denial of Service (DoS) for previously assigned PCIe devices to the Service VM at runtime.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:o:linuxfoundation:acrn:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linuxfoundation:acrn:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linuxfoundation:acrn:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ACRN Project/ACRN Projectdescription
- Range: v2.0 and v1.6.1
Patches
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References
3- projectacrn.github.io/2.1/asa.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- projectacrn.github.io/latest/nvdThird Party Advisory
- projectacrn.github.io/latest/developer-guides/hld/split-dm.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
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