CVE-2020-12769 (Medium) detected in linuxv3.10

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CVE-2020-12769 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - linuxv3.10

Linux kernel source tree

Library home page: https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git

Found in HEAD commit: ac11c9631a8abeed315b67913aab3ba7a400aef3

Found in base branch: cosmic-experimental-1.6

Vulnerable Source Files (2)

android_kernel_samsung_a3xelte/drivers/spi/spi-dw.h
android_kernel_samsung_a3xelte/drivers/spi/spi-dw.h

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2020-05-09

URL: CVE-2020-12769

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-12769

Release Date: 2020-05-09

Fix Resolution: v5.5-rc6

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