CVE-2020-12659
Severity
6.7MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 5
Latest updateMay 24
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:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages4 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3📋Vendor Advisories
6Microsoft▶
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 vali↗2020-05-12
Red Hat▶
kernel: xdp_umem_reg in net/xdp/xdp_umem.c has an out-of-bounds write which could result in crash and data coruption↗2020-05-05
💬Community
2Bugzilla▶
CVE-2020-12659 kernel: xdp_umem_reg in net/xdp/xdp_umem.c has an out-of-bounds write which could result in crash and data coruption [fedora-all]↗2020-05-07
Bugzilla▶
CVE-2020-12659 kernel: xdp_umem_reg in net/xdp/xdp_umem.c has an out-of-bounds write which could result in crash and data coruption↗2020-05-07