CVE-2020-11669

Summary

CVECVE-2020-11669
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-10 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-28 15:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2 on the powerpc platform. arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S does not have save/restore functionality for PNV_POWERSAVE_AMR, PNV_POWERSAVE_UAMOR, and PNV_POWERSAVE_AMOR, aka CID-53a712bae5dd.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-4363-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4368-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
powerpc/powernv/idle: Restore AMR/UAMOR/AMOR after idle · torvalds/linux@53a712b · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0543-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[PATCH 4.19] powerpc/powernv/idle: Restore AMR/UAMOR/AMOR after idle MISC lists.ozlabs.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2 MISC cdn.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CVE-2020-11669: Linux kernel 4.10 to 5.1: powerpc: guest can cause DoS on POWER9 KVM hosts MISC lists.ozlabs.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[PATCH 4.14] powerpc/powernv/idle: Restore AMR/UAMOR/AMOR after idle MISC lists.ozlabs.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2020-11669 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 239253 Red Hat Update for kernel-alt (RHSA-2021:1379)
  • 239271 Red Hat Update for kernel-alt (RHSA-2021:1379)
  • 750691 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:1141-1)
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