{"id":"CVE-2020-12768","details":"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","modified":"2026-03-14T14:42:39.627343Z","published":"2020-05-09T21:15:11.053Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2020:1587-1","SUSE-SU-2020:1599-1","SUSE-SU-2020:1602-1","SUSE-SU-2020:1603-1","SUSE-SU-2020:1604-1","SUSE-SU-2020:1605-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4411-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4412-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4413-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4699"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171736#c3"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d80b64ff297e40c2b6f7d7abc1b3eba70d22a068"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-12768.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.6"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"18.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"19.10"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"20.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"10.0"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}