CVE-2020-11669: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 5.2 (fixed in 5.2)
• Opensuse Leap: version 15.1 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 7.0 only

Published 2020-04-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.