Slackware Linux 15.0 kernel-generic Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2022-333-01)

The version of kernel-generic installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.80 / 5.15.80smp. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SSA:2022-333-01 advisory. New kernel packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix security issues. Tenable has extracted the...

RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2022:8685)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8685 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: KVM: cmpxchggpte can write to pfns outside the...

CVE-2020-35505 affecting package qemu-kvm 4.2.0-45

CVE-2020-35505 affecting package qemu-kvm 4.2.0-45. A patched version of the package is available...

Oracle Linux 9 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2022-7967)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-7967 advisory. - Resolves: bz1951522 CVE-2021-3507 qemu-kvm: QEMU: fdc: heap buffer overflow in DMA read data transfers rhel-9.0 Tenable has extracted the preceding...

qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update

7.0.0-13 - kvm-i386-reset-KVM-nested-state-upon-CPU-reset.patch bz2117546 - kvm-i386-do-kvmputmsrfeaturecontrol-first-thing-when.patch bz2117546 - Resolves: bz2117546 RHEL9.1 Guests in VMX root operation fail to reboot with QEMUs systemreset command 7.0.0-12 -...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

Linux kernel’s KVM is vulnerable to denial of service. The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference which allows an unprivileged local attacker on the host to issue specific ioctl calls, causing a kernel oops condition that results in a denial of service...

Use After Free

linux-oracle, linux-azure, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-dell300x is vulnerable to free of use. The vulnerability exists in drivers/scsi/stex.c because it allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory because stexqueuecommandlck lacks a memset...

SUSE SLED15: cluster-md-kmp-64kb / cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-64kb / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:4072-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLEDSAP15 / SLES15 / SLESSAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4072-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. Th...

AlmaLinux 9 : qemu-kvm (ALSA-2022:7967)

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2022:7967 advisory. - A heap buffer overflow was found in the floppy disk emulator of QEMU up to 6.0.0 including. It could occur in fdctrltransferhandler in hw/block/fdc.c...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5728-2)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5728-2 advisory. Jann Horn discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly track memory allocations for anonymous VMA mappings in some situations, leading t...

USN-5728-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly track memory allocations for anonymous VMA mappings in some situations, leading to potential data structure reuse. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-427...

USN-5727-2 linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the instruction emulator of the Linux kernel on Arm 64-bit systems. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-20422 It was discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handl...

AlmaLinux 9 : kernel (ALSA-2022:8267)

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2022:8267 advisory. - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16.11. The mixed IPID assignment method with the hash-based IPID assignment policy allows an...

USN-5729-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the instruction emulator of the Linux kernel on Arm 64-bit systems. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-20422 Hsin-Wei Hung discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel contained an...

USN-5728-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-bluefield, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly track memory allocations for anonymous VMA mappings in some situations, leading to potential data structure reuse. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-427...

USN-5728-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly track memory allocations for anonymous VMA mappings in some situations, leading to potential data structure reuse. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-427...

SUSE SLES15: kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_134-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:4038-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4038-1 advisory. This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-15020024134 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2021-39698: Fixed a...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5727-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5728-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5728-1 advisory. Jann Horn discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly track memory allocations for anonymous VMA mappings in some situations, leading t...

USN-5727-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the instruction emulator of the Linux kernel on Arm 64-bit systems. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-20422 It was discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handl...