CVE-2020-12888

Summary

CVECVE-2020-12888
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-15 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe VFIO PCI driver in the Linux kernel through 5.6.13 mishandles attempts to access disabled memory space.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-755

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Hardware Netapp A700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp A700s Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - All All All
Operating System Netapp Bootstrap Os - All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Application Netapp Element Software - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H610c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H610c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H610s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H610s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H615c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H615c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci Compute Node - All All All
Application Netapp Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire - All All All
Hardware Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller - All All All
Operating System Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: kernel-5.6.15-200.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2420-2] linux regression update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: kernel-5.6.15-200.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-4526-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[PATCH v2 0/3] vfio-pci: Block user access to disabled device MMIO - Alex Williamson MISC lore.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[PATCH v2 3/3] vfio-pci: Invalidate mmaps and block MMIO access on disabled memory - Alex Williamson MISC lore.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
May 2020 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2385-1] linux-4.19 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-4525-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[PATCH v2 3/3] vfio-pci: Invalidate mmaps and block MMIO access on disabled memory - Alex Williamson lore.kernel.org
[PATCH v2 0/3] vfio-pci: Block user access to disabled device MMIO - Alex Williamson lore.kernel.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0935-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - CVE-2020-12888 Kernel: vfio: access to disabled MMIO space of some devices may lead to DoS scenario MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: kernel-5.6.14-300.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1153-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2420-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: kernel-5.6.14-300.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 174728 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:2122-1)
  • 174729 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:2106-1)
  • 353100 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAC2012-2021-024
  • 353101 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-mlx5 : ALAC2012-2021-025
  • 353102 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-sfc : ALAC2012-2021-026
  • 353135 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-016
  • 6140068 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-c6j2-9754-jf2x)
  • 750376 OpenSUSE Security Update for RT kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:0242-1)
  • 900076 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 903619 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (1930)
  • 905943 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (1930-1)
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