{"cve":"CVE-2020-12768","nvd":{"published":"2020-05-09T21:15:11.053","modified":"2026-06-17T02:52:16.207","status":"Modified","description":"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","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171736#c3","https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6","https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d80b64ff297e40c2b6f7d7abc1b3eba70d22a068","https://usn.ubuntu.com/4411-1/","https://usn.ubuntu.com/4412-1/"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:04:18.695612450+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-12768","score":0.00392,"percentile":0.33328,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}