linux — security advisory
The __mptctl_ioctl function in drivers/message/fusion/mptctl.c in the Linux kernel before 5.4.14 allows local users to hold an incorrect lock during the ioctl operation and trigger a race condition, i.e., a "double fetch" vulnerability, aka CID-28d76df18f0a. NOTE: the vendor states "The security impact of this bug is not as bad as it could have been because these operations are all privileged and root already has enormous destructive power."
- Products
- linux
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.4.19-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-12652
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 13:04 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The __mptctl_ioctl function in drivers/message/fusion/mptctl.c in the Linux kernel before 5.4.14 allows local users to hold an incorrect lock during the ioctl operation and trigger a race condition, i.e., a "double fetch" vulnerability, aka CID-28d76df18f0a. NOTE: the vendor states "The security impact of this bug is not as bad as it could have been because these operations are all privileged and root already has enormous destructive power."
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12652
linux
Fixed versions: 5.4.19-1
linux
Fixed versions: 5.4.19-1
linux
Fixed versions: 5.4.19-1
Complete source record
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