CVE-2020-11669 Affecting kernel-macros package, versions <4.12.14-197.40.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELMACROS-2713337
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed29 Apr 2020

Introduced: 29 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-11669  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-macros to version 4.12.14-197.40.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-macros package and not the kernel-macros package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2 on the powerpc platform. arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S does not have save/restore functionality for PNV_POWERSAVE_AMR, PNV_POWERSAVE_UAMOR, and PNV_POWERSAVE_AMOR, aka CID-53a712bae5dd.

CVSS Scores

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