CVE-2020-12768
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12768
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-12768.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-12768
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2020-07-15T18:06:23Z
- Published
- 2020-05-09T21:15:11Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Severity
-
- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6. svmcpuuninit 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
- Database specific
{ "isDisputed": true }- References
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- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171736#c3
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d80b64ff297e40c2b6f7d7abc1b3eba70d22a068
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4411-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4412-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4413-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4699
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-12768
Affected packages
Debian:11 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:12 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:13 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:14 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source