CVE-2025-68248

CVE-2025-68248 – summary : In the Linux kernel, a balloon-page migration flow (vmw_balloon) could incorrectly reflect success when deflating the old page during migration if inflating the new page succeeded. This could leave the old page marked isolated and lead to a WARN_ON_ONCE() at balloon_pag...

CVE-2025-68248 vmw_balloon: indicate success when effectively deflating during migration

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vmwballoon: indicate success when effectively deflating during migration When migrating a balloon page, we first deflate the old page to then inflate the new page. However, if inflating the new page succeeded, we effectively...

SUSE CVE-2022-50667

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmwmksstataddioctl If the copy of the description string from userspace fails, then the page for the instance descriptor doesn't get freed before returning -EFAULT, which leads to a memleak...

EUVD-2022-55738

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmwmksstataddioctl If the copy of the description string from userspace fails, then the page for the instance descriptor doesn't get freed before returning -EFAULT, which leads to a memleak...

CVE-2022-50667

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmwmksstataddioctl If the copy of the description string from userspace fails, then the page for the instance descriptor doesn't get freed before returning -EFAULT, which leads to a memleak...

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50667

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmwmksstataddioctl If the copy of the description string from userspace fails, then the page for the instance descriptor doesn't get freed before returning -EFAULT, which leads to a memleak...

CVE-2022-50667

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmwmksstataddioctl If the copy of the description string from userspace fails, then the page for the instance descriptor doesn't get freed before returning -EFAULT, which leads to a memleak...

drm/vmwgfx: Validate command header size against SVGA_CMD_MAX_DATASIZE

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CVE-2025-40277

CVE-2025-40277 is a Linux kernel vulnerability affecting the DRM vmwgfx driver. The issue arises from validating the command header size against SVGA_CMD_MAX_DATASIZE, where user-supplied data used in buffer offset calculations could overflow and lead to an out-of-bounds access. Connected sources...

Chinese State Hackers Use New BRICKSTORM Malware Against VMware Systems

CISA, NSA, and Canadian Cyber Centre warn that PRC state-sponsored hackers are using BRICKSTORM, a stealthy Go-based backdoor, for long-term espionage in Government and IT networks...

Linux kernel 安全漏洞

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from drm vmwgfx not validating command header sizes, which could result in a buffer overflow...

CISA Reports PRC Hackers Using BRICKSTORM for Long-Term Access in U.S. Systems

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Thursday released details of a backdoor named BRICKSTORM that has been put to use by state-sponsored threat actors from the People's Republic of China PRC to maintain long-term persistence on compromised systems. "BRICKSTORM is a...

PRC State-Sponsored Actors Use BRICKSTORM Malware Across Public Sector and Information Technology Systems

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA is aware of ongoing intrusions by People’s Republic of China PRC state-sponsored cyber actors using BRICKSTORM malware for long-term persistence on victim systems. BRICKSTORM is a sophisticated backdoor for VMware vSphere1,2 and Windows...

The vulnerability in the component net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c of the Linux operating system allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability in the net/vmwvsock/virtiotransport.c component of the Linux operating system is related to writing beyond the buffer boundaries. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a service failure...

The vulnerability of the vsock_sk_destruct() function in the net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c module, which is part of the networking functions in the Linux kernel, allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the vsockskdestruct function in the net/vmwvsock/afvsock.c module, which implements networking functions in the Linux kernel, is related to the lack of memory release after the effective lifespan of these functions has ended. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an...

The vulnerability of the `virtio_transport_send_pkt_info()` function in the `net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c` file, which is part of the Linux kernel’s networking functions, allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the virtiotransportsendpktinfo function in the net/vmwvsock/virtiotransportcommon.c file, which is part of the Linux kernel’s networking functions, stems from the lack of memory release after the effective lifespan of the function has ended. Exploiting this vulnerability coul...

Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities of IBM Java SDK affect VMware Agent from IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Virtual Environments.

Summary IBM java SDK is used by VMware Agent from IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Virtual Environments. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2025-53066 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JAXP component could allow a remote attacker to cause high confidentiality impact, no...

Beyond NSX: A Strategic Alternative for VMware Customers

Broadcom’s VMware acquisition has driven up costs and complexity. Akamai Guardicore Segmentation offers a modern, secure, and cost-efficient path beyond NSX...

TencentOS Server 4: open-vm-tools (TSSA-2025:0401)

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2025:0401 advisory. Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:...

USN-7875-1 linux-oracle vulnerabilities

Jean-Claude Graf, Sandro Rüegge, Ali Hajiabadi, and Kaveh Razavi discovered that the Linux kernel contained insufficient branch predictor isolation between a guest and a userspace hypervisor for certain processors. This flaw is known as VMSCAPE. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this t...