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CVE-2020-11669

medium

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2 on the powerpc platform. arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S does not have save/restore functionality for PNV_POWERSAVE_AMR, PNV_POWERSAVE_UAMOR, and PNV_POWERSAVE_AMOR, aka CID-53a712bae5dd.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4368-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4363-1/

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0001/

https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2020-April/208663.html

https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2020-April/208661.html

https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2020-April/208660.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00035.html

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/53a712bae5dd919521a58d7bad773b949358add0

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=53a712bae5dd919521a58d7bad773b949358add0

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-4012

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-04-10

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00496