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 drivers/perf hisi hns3...

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...

Exploring malicious Windows drivers (Part 2): the I/O system, IRPs, stack locations, IOCTLs and more

This blog post is part of a multi-part series, and it is highly recommended to read the first entry here before continuing. As the second entry in our "Exploring malicious Windows drivers" series, we will continue where the first left off: Discussing the I/O system and IRPs. We will expand on the...

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...

USN-6818-3: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) 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...

USN-6818-3 linux-nvidia-6.5 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...

Vulnerabilities fixed in Nvidia GPU Drivers

Nvidia has fixed vulnerabilities in GPU drivers for Windows and Linux. A malicious party could exploit the vulnerabilities to cause a denial-of-service, or to grant themselves elevated privileges and execute code with elevated privileges, or gain access to sensitive data. Nvidia has released...

CVE-2024-3496

Attackers can bypass the web login authentication process to gain access to the printer's system information and upload malicious drivers to the printer. As for the affected products/models/versions, see the reference URL...

CVE-2024-3496 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Attackers can bypass the web login authentication process to gain access to the printer's system information and upload malicious drivers to the printer. As for the affected products/models/versions, see the reference URL...

CVE-2024-3496

CVE-2024-3496 is an authentication-bypass flaw affecting Toshiba e-STUDIO multifunction printers. Public sources in the connected documents describe a vulnerability where network-adjacent attackers can bypass web login authentication, gaining access to system information and the ability to upload...

CVE-2024-3496 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Attackers can bypass the web login authentication process to gain access to the printer's system information and upload malicious drivers to the printer. As for the affected products/models/versions, see the reference URL...

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...

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...

CVE-2024-0093

NVIDIA GPU software for Linux contains a vulnerability where it can expose sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to information disclosure...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6831-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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...

Driving forward in Android drivers

Posted by Seth Jenkins, Google Project Zero Introduction Android's open-source ecosystem has led to an incredible diversity of manufacturers and vendors developing software that runs on a broad variety of hardware. This hardware requires supporting drivers, meaning that many different codebases...

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 kernel 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...