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Debian: CVE-2020-12768: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-12768: linux -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/09/2020
Created
06/11/2020
Added
06/11/2020
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6. svm_cpu_uninit in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c has a memory leak, aka CID-d80b64ff297e. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue because it's a one-time leak at the boot, the size is negligible, and it can't be triggered at will

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

References

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