CVE-2020-8832

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-8832

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8832.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.16.5-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.16.5-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.16.5-1
debian debiansidfixed4.16.5-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.16.5-1

References

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