CVE-2020-11669

unknown

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

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Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2 on the powerpc platform. arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S does not have save/restore functionality for PNV_POWERSAVE_AMR, PNV_POWERSAVE_UAMOR, and PNV_POWERSAVE_AMOR, aka CID-53a712bae5dd.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-11669

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11669.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`5.2.6-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`5.2.6-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`5.2.6-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`5.2.6-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`5.2.6-1`

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11669.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-11669

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.