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CVE-2020-12657
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2020-05-05 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-416
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.5. There is a use-after-free in block/bfq-iosched.c related to bfq_idle_slice_timer_body.
Affected products
- Linux kernel: before 5.6.5 — fixed in 5.6.5
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.6.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.5
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2f95fa5c955d0a9987ffdc3a095e2f4e62c5f2a9
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2f95fa5c955d0a9987ffdc3a095e2f4e62c5f2a9
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11447049/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4363-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4367-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4368-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4369-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.5
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