MEDIUM 6.7 Microsoft

CVE-2020-12659

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.7. xdp_umem_reg in net/xdp/xdp_umem.c has an out-of-bounds write (by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability) because of a lack of headroom validation.

Microsoft Security Update 2020-May: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.7. xdp_umem_reg in net/xdp/xdp_umem.c has an out-of-bounds write (by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability) because of a lack of headroom validation.

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Published: 2020-05-12 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-08-20
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7 was published on 2020-05-12 via Microsoft. Affected: cm1 kernel 5.4.91-3 on CBL Mariner 1.0.
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