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UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12659 Moderate

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12659

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 (by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability) because of a lack of headroom validation.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published May 5, 2020
Required by Not available
Last source change April 22, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

38 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-edge

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.0

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.3

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

28 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem-osp1

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2-5.3

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

2 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12659

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 (by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability) because of a lack of headroom validation.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence