Vulnerability · Published May 9, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-12769
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 0.7% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 48.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.4.17. drivers/spi/spi-dw.c allows attackers to cause a panic via concurrent calls to dw_spi_irq and dw_spi_transfer_one, aka CID-19b61392c5a8.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.4.19-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12769 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.4.19-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12769 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.4.19-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12769 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12769 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12769 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12769 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12769 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/2/3/559 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=19b61392c5a852b4e8a0bf35aecb969983c5932d x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.17 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200609 [SECURITY] [DLA 2241-1] linux security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200610 [SECURITY] [DLA 2241-2] linux security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0801 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- USN-4391-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0935 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE