---
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'
---

## Overview

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.

## 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`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 5.4.17`