vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2020-12768: kernel: memory leak in svm_cpu_init function in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 9, 2020 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 9, 2020
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 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
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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