CVE-2020-12655

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CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p38

Published

May 5, 2020 (May 5, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in xfs_agf_verify in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c in the Linux kernel through 5.6.10. Attackers may trigger a sync of excessive duration via an XFS v5 image with crafted metadata, aka CID-d0c7feaf8767.

Vendors: linux
Products: linux kernel
Weakness: CWE-835
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.5%)

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