CVE-2020-12769

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory kernel.org Vendor Advisory kernel.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/2/3/559 mailing list patch exploit technical description
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=19b61392c5a852b4e8a0bf35aecb969983c5932d mailing list patch vendor advisory exploit
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.17 mailing list patch vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/ third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4391-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-12769?
CVE-2020-12769 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-12769?
To fix CVE-2020-12769, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-12769 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-12769 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
This platform uses data from the NIST NVD, MITRE CVE, MITRE CWE, First.org and CISA KEV but is not endorsed or certified by these entities. CVE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. CWE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CWE content is MITRE's CWE web site.
© 2025 Under My Watch. All Rights Reserved.