CVE-2020-12888
The VFIO PCI driver in the Linux kernel through 5.6.13 mishandles attempts to access disabled memory space.
02 Description
The VFIO PCI driver in the Linux kernel through 5.6.13 mishandles attempts to access disabled memory space.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-05-15 17:02Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 12:11Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-05-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4d4e3cb6c50491ddc327cb82f6c92772c5231080249a53496c1bd9116e6bc28f
05 Affected products
06 References
- lore.kernel.orghttps://lore.kernel.org/kvm/158871570274.15589.10563806532874116326.stgit%40gimli.home/
- lore.kernel.orghttps://lore.kernel.org/kvm/158871401328.15589.17598154478222071285.stgit%40gimli.home/
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200519 CVE-2020-12888 Kernel: vfio: access to disabled MMIO space of some devices may lead to DoS scenariohttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/6
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-57bf620276https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXGMJHWTMQI34NJZ4BHL3ZVF264AWBF2/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-5436586091https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBEHRQQZTKJTPQFPY3JAO7MQ4JAFEQNW/
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0935http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1153http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4526-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4525-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200928 [SECURITY] [DLA 2385-1] linux-4.19 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201030 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201031 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-2] linux regression updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 5.8.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 5.8.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 5.8.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- linux-aws-hwe Fixed in 4.15.0-1083.87~16.04.1
- linux-azure Fixed in 4.15.0-1096.106~16.04.1
- linux-gcp Fixed in 4.15.0-1084.95~16.04.1
- linux-hwe Fixed in 4.15.0-118.119~16.04.1
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
- linux-oracle Fixed in 4.15.0-1054.58~16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 4.15.0-118.119
- linux-aws Fixed in 4.15.0-1083.87
- linux-aws-5.0 No fix yet
- linux-aws-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-aws-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1025.25~18.04.1
- linux-azure No fix yet
- linux-azure-4.15 Fixed in 4.15.0-1096.106
- linux-azure-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-azure-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1026.26~18.04.1
- linux-azure-edge No fix yet
- linux-gcp No fix yet
- linux-gcp-4.15 Fixed in 4.15.0-1084.95
- linux-gcp-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1025.25~18.04.1
- linux-gcp-edge No fix yet
- linux-gke-4.15 Fixed in 4.15.0-1070.73
- linux-hwe No fix yet
- linux-hwe-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-48.52~18.04.1
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
- linux-kvm Fixed in 4.15.0-1075.76
- linux-oem Fixed in 4.15.0-1097.107
- linux-oracle Fixed in 4.15.0-1054.58
- linux-oracle-5.0 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1025.25~18.04.1
- linux-raspi-5.4 Fixed in 5.4.0-1019.21~18.04.1
- linux-raspi2 Fixed in 4.15.0-1071.75
- linux-snapdragon Fixed in 4.15.0-1087.95
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 5.4.0-48.52
- linux-aws Fixed in 5.4.0-1025.25
- linux-azure Fixed in 5.4.0-1026.26
- linux-gcp Fixed in 5.4.0-1025.25
- linux-kvm Fixed in 5.4.0-1024.24
- linux-oem-5.6 Fixed in 5.6.0-1028.28
- linux-oracle Fixed in 5.4.0-1025.25
- linux-raspi Fixed in 5.4.0-1019.21
- linux-raspi2 No fix yet
- linux-riscv Fixed in 5.4.0-34.38
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- linux-intel-iot-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- linux No fix yet
- linux-aws Fixed in 4.4.0-1103.108Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-azure Fixed in 4.15.0-1096.106~14.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-lts-xenial Fixed in 4.4.0-223.256~14.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 4.4.0-223.256Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-aws Fixed in 4.4.0-1139.153Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-kvm Fixed in 4.4.0-1104.113Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde-5.15 Fixed in 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS
- linux-fips Fixed in 4.4.0-1073.79Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-2027.27Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-azure-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-2009.10Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-1041.46Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips Fixed in 5.4.0-1069.73+fips2Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-azure-fips Fixed in 5.4.0-1073.76+fips1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-gcp-fips Fixed in 5.4.0-1067.71~20.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS
- linux-fips No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips No fix yet
- linux-azure-fips No fix yet
- linux-fips No fix yet
- linux-gcp-fips No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips No fix yet
- linux-azure-fips No fix yet
- linux-gcp-fips No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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