CVE-2022-27950

In drivers/hid/hid-elo.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.11, a memory leak exists for a certain hidparse error condition...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

linux is vulnerable to denial of service. An attacker is able to crash the system by connected a maliciously crafted USB device via the drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c...

AZL-9240 CVE-2022-0494 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.37.1-2

A kernel information leak flaw was identified in the scsiioctl function in drivers/scsi/scsiioctl.c in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker with a special user privilege CAPSYSADMIN or CAPSYSRAWIO to create issues with confidentiality...

Update now! Apple fixes several serious vulnerabilities in iOS and macOS

Apple has released patches for macOS Monterey 12.3, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4. In these security updates, released on March 14, 2022, Apple tackles 39 vulnerabilities, several of which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected device. One of the vulnerabilities can be...

openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2022:0760-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:0760-1 advisory. - Amazon Linux has been made aware of a potential Branch Target Injection BTI issue sometimes referred to as Spectre variant 2. This is a...

openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2022:0768-1)

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:0768-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. Transient execution side-channel attacks attacking...

NVIDIA’s Stolen Code-Signing Certs Used to Sign Malware

Two of NVIDIA’s code-signing certificates were part of the Feb. 23 Lapsus$ Group ransomware attack the company suffered – certificates that are now being used to sign malware so malicious programs can slide past security safeguards on Windows machines. The Feb. 23 attack saw 1TB of data bleed fro...

CVE-2022-26490

st21nfcaconnectivityeventreceived in drivers/nfc/st21nfca/se.c in the Linux kernel through 5.16.12 has EVTTRANSACTION buffer overflows because of untrusted length parameters...

Nvidia, the ransomware breach with some plot twists

On February 25, news broke about a cyberattack on Nvidia, America’s biggest microchip company, which saw parts of its business taken offline for two days. Soon after, the ransomware group LAPSUS$ claimed responsibility and threatened to leak 1 TB in exfiltrated data. You would think that while th...

WordPress Local Delivery Drivers for WooCommerce plugin <= 1.8.4 - Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability

Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability discovered in WordPress Local Delivery Drivers for WooCommerce plugin versions = 1.8.4. Solution Update the WordPress Local Delivery Drivers for WooCommerce plugin to the latest available version at least 1.8.5...

WordPress Delivery Drivers for Vendors plugin <= 1.0.8 - Toggle The Debug Mode via Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Toggle The Debug Mode via Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability discovered in WordPress Delivery Drivers for Vendors plugin versions = 1.0.8. Solution Update the WordPress Delivery Drivers for Vendors plugin to the latest available version at least 1.0.9...

WordPress Delivery Drivers for Vendors plugin <= 1.0.8 - Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability

Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability discovered in WordPress Delivery Drivers for Vendors plugin versions = 1.0.8. Solution Update the WordPress Delivery Drivers for Vendors plugin to the latest available version at least 1.0.9...

WordPress Delivery Drivers Manager plugin <= 1.1.5 - Toggle The Debug Mode via Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Toggle The Debug Mode via Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability discovered in WordPress Delivery Drivers Manager plugin versions = 1.1.5. Solution Update the WordPress Delivery Drivers Manager plugin to the latest available version at least 1.1.6...

WordPress Delivery Drivers Manager plugin <= 1.1.5 - Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability

Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability discovered in WordPress Delivery Drivers Manager plugin versions = 1.1.5. Solution Update the WordPress Delivery Drivers Manager plugin to the latest available version at least 1.1.6...

WordPress Local Delivery Drivers for WooCommerce plugin <= 1.8.4 - Toggle The Debug Mode via Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Toggle The Debug Mode via Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability discovered in WordPress Local Delivery Drivers for WooCommerce plugin versions = 1.8.4. Solution Update the WordPress Local Delivery Drivers for WooCommerce plugin to the latest available version at least 1.8.5...

GSD-2022-1000562 Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix memory leak in vmbus_add_channel_kobj

Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix memory leak in vmbusaddchannelkobj This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.16.11 by commit...

GSD-2022-1000478 Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix memory leak in vmbus_add_channel_kobj

Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix memory leak in vmbusaddchannelkobj This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.15.25 by commit...

GSD-2022-1000406 Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix memory leak in vmbus_add_channel_kobj

Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix memory leak in vmbusaddchannelkobj This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.10.102 by commit...

GSD-2022-1000358 Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix memory leak in vmbus_add_channel_kobj

Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix memory leak in vmbusaddchannelkobj This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.4.181 by commit...

How to update your drivers and when you need to

Many software vendors have a driver updater in their arsenal. But is it really that important to have the latest computer drivers? Where do you get them? And how do you go about updating? Driver updates fix security and compatibility problems, errors, broken code, and sometimes even add features ...