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CVE-2020-8832 json

Ubuntu 18.04 Linux kernel i915 incomplete fix for CVE-2019-14615

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-29675

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The fix for the Linux kernel in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for CVE-2019-14615 ("The Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context switches for certain Intel graphics processors.") was discovered to be incomplete, meaning that in versions of the kernel before 4.15.0-91.92, an attacker could use this vulnerability to expose sensitive information.

Patch / fix

  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) Linux kernel 4.15.0-91.92
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.16.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8832

  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-91.92
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1063.67
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1058.62
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-91.92~16.04.1
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1056.57
  • linux-oem Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1076.86
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1075.80
  • linux-oracle Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1035.38~16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8832

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-8832 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: incomplete fix for CVE-2019-14615 allows for a local information exposure

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-alt, python-perf, +9 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) Linux kernel

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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