CVE-2019-20908
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20908
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-20908.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-20908
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2020-07-15T22:15:13.780Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-12T23:13:04.190786Z
- Severity
-
- 6.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
An issue was discovered in drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c in the Linux kernel before 5.4. Incorrect access permissions for the efivar_ssdt ACPI variable could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown or secure boot restrictions, aka CID-1957a85b0032.
- References
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/20/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/30/3
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4440-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/30/2
- https://mailarchives.bentasker.co.uk/Mirrors/OSSSec/2020/06-Jun/msg00035.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4426-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4427-1/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1957a85b0032a81e6482ca4aab883643b8dae06e
- https://git.zx2c4.com/american-unsigned-language/tree/american-unsigned-language.sh
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-20908.json"
unresolved_ranges
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},
{
"fixed": "5.4"
}
]
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},
{
"last_affected": "15.1"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "16.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "18.04"
}
]
}
]