MEDIUM 5.5 Microsoft

CVE-2020-12768

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6. svm_cpu_uninit in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c has a memory leak aka CID-d80b64ff297e. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue because it's a one-time leak at the boot the size is negligible and it can't be triggered at will

Microsoft Security Update 2020-May: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6. svm_cpu_uninit in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c has a memory leak aka CID-d80b64ff297e. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue because it's a one-time leak at the boot the size is negligible and it can't be triggered at will

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Published: 2020-05-12 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-08-20
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 was published on 2020-05-12 via Microsoft. Affected: cm1 kernel 5.4.91-3 on CBL Mariner 1.0.
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