Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.6.19)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006689
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 May 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 May 2020

CVE-2020-12888  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-755  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.6.19 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. The VFIO PCI driver in the Linux kernel through 5.6.13 mishandles attempts to access disabled memory space.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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