PSIRT Advisory – INTEL-SA-00440 - Intel® FPGA OPAE Driver Advisory Intel® FPGA OPAE Driver Advisory Corporate Pages Security {"description":"Intel\u00ae FPGA OPAE Driver Advisory. Altera\u2019s Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) advisories provide important disclosures, mitigations, and security updates.","title":"PSIRT Advisory \u2013 INTEL-SA-00440"} Altera Security Advisory: INTEL-SA-00440 Advisory Category: Software Impact of vulnerability: Escalation of Privilege Severity rating: High Original release: 06/08/2021 Last revised: 05/06/2026 Summary: A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Open Programmable Acceleration Engine (OPAE) driver for Linux may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability. Vulnerability Details: CVEID: CVE-2020-24485 Description: Improper conditions check in the Intel® FPGA OPAE Driver for Linux before kernel version 4.17 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. CVSS Base Score: 7.8 High CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Affected products: Intel® FPGA OPAE drivers found in the Linux Kernel before version 4.17. The following products are impacted: Intel® FPGA PAC D5005, Intel® Acceleration Stack v2.0.1 Intel® PAC with Arria® 10 GX FPGA, Intel® Acceleration Stack v1.2.1 Intel® Acceleration Stack Version 1.1 for the Intel® FPGA Pac N3000-N Intel® Acceleration Stack Version 1.3 for the Intel® FPGA PAC N3000 Intel® Acceleration Stack Version 1.2 for the Intel® FPGA PAC N3000-V Recommendations: Intel recommends updating the Intel® FPGA OPAE driver for Linux to the versions indicated below or later: Intel® FPGA PAC D5005, Intel® Acceleration Stack v2.0.1 Intel® FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card D5005 - Getting Started , See Update 2. opae-intel-fpga-driver-2.0.2-2.x86_64.rpm Intel® PAC with Arria® 10 GX FPGA, Intel® Acceleration Stack v1.2.1 Intel® Programmable Acceleration Card with Intel Arria® 10 GX FPGA - Getting Started , See Update 1. opae-intel-fpga-driver-2.0.3-4.x86_64.rpm Intel® Acceleration Stack Version 1.1 for the Intel® FPGA Pac N3000-N Update for 1.1 n3000_patch_1.1.2.tar.gz Intel® Acceleration Stack Version 1.3 for the Intel® FPGA PAC N3000 Update for 1.3 N3000_1.2.0.2 Patch Intel® Acceleration Stack Version 1.2 for the Intel® FPGA PAC N3000-V AFU Developers update . n3000/n3000_ias_1_3_1_pv_dev_centos_installer.tar.gz Non-AFU Development CentOS 7.6 update . n3000_ias_1_3_1_pv_rte_centos_installer.tar.gz Non-AFU Development RHEL 8.2 update . n3000_ias_1_3_1_pv_rte_RHEL_installer.tar.gz Acknowledgements: The following issue was found internally by Intel employees. Intel would like to thank Thierry Fernandes Faria and Chun Feng. Revision Date Description 1.0 06/08/2021 Initial Release 1.1 05/06/2026 Transfer Advisory to Altera. Legal Notices and Disclaimers Altera provides these materials as-is, with no express or implied warranties. All products, dates, and figures specified are preliminary based on current expectations, and are subject to change without notice. Altera products and services described may contain design defects or errors known as errata, which may cause the product to deviate from published specifications. Current characterized errata are available on request. Altera products that have met their End of Servicing Updates may no longer receive functional and security updates. Altera technologies’ features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software, or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No product or component can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at https://www.altera.com. Some results may have been estimated or simulated using internal Altera analysis or architecture simulation or modeling and are provided for informational purposes only. Any differences in your system hardware, software, or configuration may affect your actual performance. © Altera Corporation. Altera, the Altera logo, and other Altera marks are trademarks of Altera Corporation in the United States and other countries. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.