Medium severity · published Apr 29, 2020
CVE-2020-12464
usb_sg_cancel in drivers/usb/core/message.c in the Linux kernel before 5.6.8 has a use-after-free because a transfer occurs without a reference, aka CID-056ad39ee925
6.7
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
usb_sg_cancel in drivers/usb/core/message.c in the Linux kernel before 5.6.8 has a use-after-free because a transfer occurs without a reference, aka CID-056ad39ee925.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 56% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 3.16.85; 3.17 before 4.4.221; 4.5 before 4.9.221; 4.10 before 4.14.178; 4.15 before 4.19.119; 4.20 before 5.4.36; +1 more · source: NVD
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
AA
Aff A700s · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CB
Cloud Backup · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HB
Hci Baseboard Management Controller · Netapp
h300s; h410c; h410s; h500s; h610c; h610s; +2 more · source: NVD
HC
Hci Compute Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HS
Hci Storage Nodes · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SH
Solidfire & Hci Storage Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SB
Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SC
Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12464
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12464
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
Release Notes
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.8
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=056ad39ee9253873522f6469c3364964a322912b
Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/056ad39ee9253873522f6469c3364964a322912b
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
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