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Vulnerability · Published May 9, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-12768

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 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.5% 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 5.6. svm_cpu_uninit in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c has a memory leak, aka CID-d80b64ff297e. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue because it's a one-time leak at the boot, the size is negligible, and it can't be triggered at will

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.6.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12768
Debian:13linux5.6.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12768
Debian:14linux5.6.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-12768
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-12768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-12768
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-12768

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References