CVE-2020-12659

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-12659
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-05 07:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-02-01 00:50:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

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
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - All All All
Hardware Netapp Aff Baseboard Management Controller a700s All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Application Netapp Hci Baseboard Management Controller h300s All All All
Application Netapp Hci Baseboard Management Controller h410c All All All
Application Netapp Hci Baseboard Management Controller h410s All All All
Application Netapp Hci Baseboard Management Controller h500s All All All
Application Netapp Hci Baseboard Management Controller h610c All All All
Application Netapp Hci Baseboard Management Controller h610s All All All
Application Netapp Hci Baseboard Management Controller h615c All All All
Application Netapp Hci Baseboard Management Controller h700s All All All
Hardware Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.7 MISC cdn.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
xsk: Add missing check on user supplied headroom size · torvalds/linux@99e3a23 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
207225 – Malformed headroom in umem request of XDP socket could lead to out of bound write MISC bugzilla.kernel.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
USN-4388-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
May 2020 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
USN-4389-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-4387-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0801-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159684 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2020-4431)
  • 900076 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 903243 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3491)
  • 905895 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3491-1)
  • 940256 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2020:4431)
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