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CVE-2020-15393In the Linux kernel 4.4 through 5.7.6, usbtest_disconnect in drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c has a memory leak, aka CID-28ebeb8db770.
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.45%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 60% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel 4.4 through 5.7.6, usbtest_disconnect in drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c has a memory leak, aka CID-28ebeb8db770.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 60% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References12
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=28ebeb8db77035e058a510ce9bd17c2b9a009dba (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/6/2/968 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1062 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1153 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200812 [SECURITY] [DLA 2323-1] linux-4.19 new package (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-4463-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4465-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4483-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4485-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201030 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201031 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-2] linux regression update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=831eebad70a25f55b5745453ac252d4afe997187 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-7387 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2020-15393)Record last updated .