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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-12768): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-12768): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/09/2020
Created
08/07/2020
Added
08/05/2020
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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1043-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1063-oem-osp1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1024-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1028-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1028-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1030-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1030-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1030-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1032-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-62-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-62-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-62-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-62-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1013-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1018-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1019-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1019-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1020-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-28-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-40-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-40-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-40-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke-5-0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke-5-3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop-5-3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-osp1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-18-04

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