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Red Hat: CVE-2020-12770: CVE-2020-12770 kernel: sg_write function lacks an sg_remove_request call in a certain failure case (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-12770: CVE-2020-12770 kernel: sg_write function lacks an sg_remove_request call in a certain failure case (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/09/2020
Created
10/01/2020
Added
10/01/2020
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.6.11. sg_write lacks an sg_remove_request call in a certain failure case, aka CID-83c6f2390040.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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