{"id":"CVE-2020-12769","title":"An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.4.17","summary":"An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.4.17. drivers/spi/spi-dw.c allows attackers to cause a panic via concurrent calls to dw_spi_irq and dw_spi_transfer_one, aka CID-19b61392c5a8.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-662"],"vendor":"netapp","product":"active_iq_unified_manager","affected":["linux_kernel < 5.4.17","debian_linux = 8.0","ubuntu_linux = 14.04","ubuntu_linux = 16.04","leap = 15.1","leap = 15.2","active_iq_unified_manager","cloud_backup","element_software","hci_management_node","solidfire","steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage","hci_compute_node_firmware","a700s_firmware","h300s_firmware","h500s_firmware","h700s_firmware","h300e_firmware","h500e_firmware","h700e_firmware","h410s_firmware","h410c_firmware","h610c_firmware","h610s_firmware","h615c_firmware"],"patched":["linux_kernel 5.4.17"],"published":"2020-05-09","updated":"2026-10-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-08T21:17:22.423","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12769","references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.17","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=19b61392c5a852b4e8a0bf35aecb969983c5932d","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/2/3/559","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4391-1/","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.17","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=19b61392c5a852b4e8a0bf35aecb969983c5932d","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/2/3/559","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4391-1/","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00652,"epssPercentile":0.49651,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-08T22:11:53.715Z","slug":"CVE-2020-12769","body":"## Overview\n\nAn issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.4.17. drivers/spi/spi-dw.c allows attackers to cause a panic via concurrent calls to dw_spi_irq and dw_spi_transfer_one, aka CID-19b61392c5a8.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel < 5.4.17`\n- `debian_linux = 8.0`\n- `ubuntu_linux = 14.04`\n- `ubuntu_linux = 16.04`\n- `leap = 15.1`\n- `leap = 15.2`\n- `active_iq_unified_manager`\n- `cloud_backup`\n- `element_software`\n- `hci_management_node`\n- `solidfire`\n- `steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage`\n- `hci_compute_node_firmware`\n- `a700s_firmware`\n- `h300s_firmware`\n- `h500s_firmware`\n- `h700s_firmware`\n- `h300e_firmware`\n- `h500e_firmware`\n- `h700e_firmware`\n- `h410s_firmware`\n- `h410c_firmware`\n- `h610c_firmware`\n- `h610s_firmware`\n- `h615c_firmware`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 5.4.17`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}