Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

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 a memory leak in btrfs addinoderef...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-6818-4)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6818-4 advisory. Alon Zahavi discovered that the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate H2C PDU data, leading to a null pointer dereference...

USN-6818-4: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

Alon Zahavi discovered that the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate H2C PDU data, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-6356, CVE-2023-6535, CVE-2023-6536 It was...

PT-2024-32169

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description The issue concerns a problem in the Linux kernel where a BUG ON condition is triggered when a 0 reference count is encountered at btrfs lookup extent info. Instead of causing a BUG ON, t...

USN-6817-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could possibly trigger this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVE-2022-38096 Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadc...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6817-3)

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6817-3 advisory. Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereferenc...

PT-2024-31331

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description The issue is related to the btrfs file system in the Linux kernel. When freeing a tree block, the function btrfs free tree block does not handle errors properly, leading to a BUG ON...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-6821-4)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6821-4 advisory. It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities (USN-6818-3)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6818-3 advisory. Alon Zahavi discovered that the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate H2C PDU data, leading to a null pointer dereference...

USN-6819-3: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Alon Zahavi discovered that the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate H2C PDU data, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-6356, CVE-2023-6535, CVE-2023-6536 Chenyuan...

USN-6831-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4, linux-xilinx-zynqmp vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the HugeTLB file system component of the Linux Kernel contained a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. A privileged attacker could possibly use this to to cause a denial of service. CVE-2024-0841 Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker...

CVE-2023-52737

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: lock the inode in shared mode before starting fiemap Currently fiemap does not take the inode's lock VFS lock, it only locks a file range in the inode's io tree. This however can lead to a deadlock if we have a concurrent...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6831-1)

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-6831-1 advisory. It was discovered that the HugeTLB file system component of the Linux Kernel contained a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. A privileged...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

5.15.0-207.156.6 - uek-container: Add advanced routing options Boris Ostrovsky Orabug: 36691279 - slub: use countpartialfreeapprox in slaboutofmemory Jianfeng Wang Orabug: 36655468 - slub: introduce countpartialfreeapprox Jianfeng Wang Orabug: 36655468 - Revert 'lockd: introduce safe async lock o...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-6819-3)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6819-3 advisory. Alon Zahavi discovered that the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate H2C PDU data, leading to a null pointer dereference...

USN-6819-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Alon Zahavi discovered that the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate H2C PDU data, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-6356, CVE-2023-6535, CVE-2023-6536 Chenyuan...

USN-6820-2: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-6270 It was discovered that the Atheros 802.11ac...

USN-6828-1: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities

Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC WLAN driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition during device removal, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-47233 It was...

USN-6817-2: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could possibly trigger this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVE-2022-38096 Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadc...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities (USN-6820-2)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6820-2 advisory. It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An...