CVE-2020-24489 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) VT-d products

What is CVE-2020-24489?

CVE-2020-24489 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 9 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Incomplete cleanup in some Intel(R) VT-d products may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Weakness: CWE-459

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24489?

It affects 214 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Intel Atom X5-E3930, Intel Atom X5-E3940, Intel Atom X7-E3950, Intel Celeron J1750, Intel Celeron J1800 and 208 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-24489?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2020-24489 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24489 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2020-24489, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24489, GHSA-v4xf-4525-wqq9, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24489.