linux — security advisory
The fix for the Linux kernel in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for CVE-2019-14615 ("The Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context switches for certain Intel graphics processors.") was discovered to be incomplete, meaning that in versions of the kernel before 4.15.0-91.92, an attacker could use this vulnerability to expose sensitive information.
- Products
- linux
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.16.5-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-8832
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 14:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The fix for the Linux kernel in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for CVE-2019-14615 ("The Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context switches for certain Intel graphics processors.") was discovered to be incomplete, meaning that in versions of the kernel before 4.15.0-91.92, an attacker could use this vulnerability to expose sensitive information.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8832
linux
Fixed versions: 4.16.5-1
linux
Fixed versions: 4.16.5-1
linux
Fixed versions: 4.16.5-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-26T12:02:54.889603634Z",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 453243,
"published_at": "2020-04-10T00:15:11.99+00:00"
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