Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

21 Linux Kernel CVEs in May 2020

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In May 2020, 21 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 4 were rated High severity and 17 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. May's 21 CVEs represent 16% of all 2020 Linux kernel CVEs , up from April's 18 (a 17% month-over-month increase) .

21
Total CVEs
0
Critical
4
High
17
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — May 2020 21 CVEs
All (21) Critical (0) High (4) Medium (17) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2020-12653 linux High 7.8 2020-05-05 An issue was found in Linux kernel before 5.5.4. The mwifiex_cmd_append_vsie_tlv() function in drivers/net/wireless/mar…
CVE-2020-12657 linux High 7.8 2020-05-05 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.5. There is a use-after-free in block/bfq-iosched.c related to b…
CVE-2020-12654 linux High 7.1 2020-05-05 An issue was found in Linux kernel before 5.5.4. mwifiex_ret_wmm_get_status() in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/w…
CVE-2019-14898 linux High 7.0 2020-05-08 The fix for CVE-2019-11599, affecting the Linux kernel before 5.0.10 was not complete. A local user could use this flaw…
CVE-2020-12770 linux Medium 6.7 2020-05-09 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.6.11. sg_write lacks an sg_remove_request call in a certain failu…
CVE-2020-12659 linux Medium 6.7 2020-05-05 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…
CVE-2020-13143 linux Medium 6.5 2020-05-18 gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store in drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.6.13 relies on kstrdup wi…
CVE-2020-10751 linux Medium 6.1 2020-05-26 A flaw was found in the Linux kernels SELinux LSM hook implementation before version 5.7, where it incorrectly assumed …
CVE-2020-10711 linux Medium 5.9 2020-05-22 A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's SELinux subsystem in versions before 5.7. This flaw occ…
CVE-2020-12771 linux Medium 5.5 2020-05-09 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.6.11. btree_gc_coalesce in drivers/md/bcache/btree.c has a deadlo…
CVE-2020-12769 linux Medium 5.5 2020-05-09 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.4.17. drivers/spi/spi-dw.c allows attackers to cause a panic via c…
CVE-2020-12768 linux Medium 5.5 2020-05-09 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…
CVE-2020-12656 linux Medium 5.5 2020-05-05 gss_mech_free in net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c in the rpcsec_gss_krb5 implementation in the Linux kernel throug…
CVE-2020-12655 linux Medium 5.5 2020-05-05 An issue was discovered in xfs_agf_verify in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c in the Linux kernel through 5.6.10. Attackers ma…
CVE-2020-12888 linux Medium 5.3 2020-05-15 The VFIO PCI driver in the Linux kernel through 5.6.13 mishandles attempts to access disabled memory space.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in May 2020?

21 Linux kernel CVEs were published in May 2020, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 4 High, and 17 Medium.

How does May 2020 compare to other months?

May 2020's 21 CVEs represent 16% of all 2020 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to April's 18 CVEs, this was a 17% increase month-over-month. View the full 2020 breakdown →

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