CVE-2020-12771 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.6.11. btree_gc_coalesce in drivers/md/bcache/btree.c has a deadlock if a coalescing operation fails.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00071.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00019.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/4/26/87 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4462-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4463-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4465-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4483-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4485-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5