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CVE-2020-12888

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-05-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-755

Description

The VFIO PCI driver in the Linux kernel through 5.6.13 mishandles attempts to access disabled memory space.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
• Debian Linux: 9.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 31, 32
• Linux kernel: through 5.6.13
• NetApp A700S Firmware: all versions
• Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows: all versions
• NetApp Bootstrap Os: all versions
• NetApp Cloud Backup: all versions
• NetApp Element Software: all versions
• NetApp H300E Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H300S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H410C Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H410S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H500E Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H500S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H610C Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H610S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H615C Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H700E Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H700S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp Hci Management Node: all versions
• NetApp Solidfire: all versions
• NetApp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware: all versions
• NetApp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage: all versions
• openSUSE Leap: 15.1, 15.2

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/6
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBEHRQQZTKJTPQFPY3JAO7MQ4JAFEQNW/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXGMJHWTMQI34NJZ4BHL3ZVF264AWBF2/
• https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/158871401328.15589.17598154478222071285.stgit%40gimli.home/
• https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/158871570274.15589.10563806532874116326.stgit%40gimli.home/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1/

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