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Medium
CVE-2020-12659
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.7....
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207225
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/99e3a236dd43d06c65af0a2ef9cb44306aef6e02
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=99e3a236dd43d06c65af0a2ef9cb44306aef6e02
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.7
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4388-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4389-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4387-1/
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
linux kernel, active iq unified manager, cloud backup, hci baseboard management controller, solidfire \& hci management node, steelstore cloud integrated storage, aff baseboard management controller, solidfire baseboard management controller
Vulnerable Versions:
4.18, 4.20, 5.5, h300s, h410c, h410s, h500s, h610c, h610s, h615c, h700s, a700s
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 5th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.