Medium severity · published May 5, 2020
CVE-2020-12659
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.7
6.7
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.7. xdp_umem_reg in net/xdp/xdp_umem.c has an out-of-bounds write (by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability) because of a lack of headroom validation.
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)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
4.18 before 4.19.118; 4.20 before 5.4.35; 5.5 before 5.6.7 · source: NVD
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
AB
Aff Baseboard Management Controller · Netapp
a700s · 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
SH
Solidfire & Hci Management 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-2020-12659
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12659
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
Exploit
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207225
Release Notes
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.7
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=99e3a236dd43d06c65af0a2ef9cb44306aef6e02
Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/99e3a236dd43d06c65af0a2ef9cb44306aef6e02
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/
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