vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2020-12768: ELSA-2020-5714: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
1
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 21, 2020
Added
Oct 5, 2022
Modified
Jan 23, 2025

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
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A memory leak in svm_cpu_init() is possible leading to a system crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
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