CVE-2020-12362

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. An integer overflow in the firmware for some Intel(R) Graphics Drivers may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Only users that specify i915.enable_guc=-1 or i915.enable_guc=1 or 2 are open to be exploited by this issue.

Due to the full fix (combination of kernel and firmware updates) being invasive and GUC firmware loading is off by default, Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel versions prior to the Linux kernel version shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 GA (kernel-4.18.0-305.el8) print a warning in the kernel log ("GUC firmware is insecure - CVE 2020-12362 - Please update to a newer release to get secure GUC") and do not rely on the firmware fix. As a result, Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions prior Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 GA (including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7) do not include the updated firmware packages.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example.