CVE-2020-12770

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.6.11. sg_write lacks an sg_remove_request call in a certain failure case, aka CID-83c6f2390040.

6.7

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.05%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/4/13/870	mailing list third party advisory patch
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=83c6f2390040f188cc25b270b4befeb5628c1aee	mailing list patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R54VC7B6MDYKP57AWC2HN7AUJYH62RKI/	vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ES5C6ZCMALBEBMKNNCTBSLLSYGFZG3FF/	vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IO5XIQSRI747P4RVVTNX7TUPEOCF4OPU/	vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/	third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html	mailing list third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html	mailing list third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html	mailing list third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698	vendor advisory third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4699	vendor advisory third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4413-1/	vendor advisory third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4411-1/	vendor advisory third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4412-1/	vendor advisory third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4419-1/	vendor advisory third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4414-1/	vendor advisory third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-12770?: CVE-2020-12770 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-12770?: To fix CVE-2020-12770, 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-2020-12770 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-12770 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.