Vulnerability · Published Apr 10, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-11669
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the linux package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2 on the powerpc platform. arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S does not have save/restore functionality for PNV_POWERSAVE_AMR, PNV_POWERSAVE_UAMOR, and PNV_POWERSAVE_AMOR, aka CID-53a712bae5dd.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.2.6-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11669 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.2.6-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11669 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.2.6-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11669 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11669 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11669 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11669 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11669 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- RHSA-2019:3517 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2 x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2020-April/208663.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2020-April/208660.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2020-April/208661.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/53a712bae5dd919521a58d7bad773b949358add0 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=53a712bae5dd919521a58d7bad773b949358add0 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0543 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0001/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- USN-4368-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- USN-4363-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU