Medium severity · published May 9, 2020
CVE-2020-12770
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.6.11
6.7
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.6.11. sg_write lacks an sg_remove_request call in a certain failure case, aka CID-83c6f2390040.
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)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
through 5.6.11 · source: NVD
AF
A700s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
BO
Bootstrap OS · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CB
Cloud Backup · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
ES
Element Software · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
30; 31; 32 · source: NVD
HF
H300e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12770
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12770
Mailing List
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=83c6f2390040f188cc25b270b4befeb5628c1aee
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ES5C6ZCMALBEBMKNNCTBSLLSYGFZG3FF/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IO5XIQSRI747P4RVVTNX7TUPEOCF4OPU/
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