CVE-2020-12768

medium

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

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4699

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4413-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4412-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4411-1/

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d80b64ff297e40c2b6f7d7abc1b3eba70d22a068

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171736#c3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-05-09

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium