Improper Input Validation Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.4.17)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006640
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 May 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 May 2020

CVE-2020-12769  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.4.17 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.4.17. drivers/spi/spi-dw.c allows attackers to cause a panic via concurrent calls to dw_spi_irq and dw_spi_transfer_one, aka CID-19b61392c5a8.

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