PT-2025-52940

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description A flaw exists in the Linux kernel related to the initialization of transmit timestamps tx tstamps when new transmit rings are created via the ethtool utility. Specifically, when the numb...

PT-2025-53167

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 5.15.0-48 Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw within the ixgbe driver related to handling XDP TX operations on systems with more than 64 CPUs. A kernel panic can occur due to an array-index-out-of-bounds...

kernel: ethtool: check device is present when getting link settings

A flaw was found in ethtool in the Linux kernel, where sysfs reader getting link settings can attempt to read the device state on a device that is not present, leading to a crash...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerabilit...

kernel: ethtool: check device is present when getting link settings

A flaw was found in ethtool in the Linux kernel, where sysfs reader getting link settings can attempt to read the device state on a device that is not present, leading to a crash...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2025:23463)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:23463 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: ethtool: check device is...

Unity Linux 20.1050e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-991179)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-991179 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: mtkethsoc: out of bounds read in mtkhwlrogetfdirentry The fsp-location variable...

CVE-2022-50651

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genlinfo in dump The similar fix as commit 46cdedf2a0fa "ethtool: pse-pd: fix null-deref on genlinfo in dump" is also needed for ethtool eeprom...

CVE-2023-53798

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: Fix uninitialized number of lanes It is not possible to set the number of lanes when setting link modes using the legacy IOCTL ethtool interface. Since 'struct ethtoollinkksettings' is not initialized in this path, drive...

SUSE CVE-2022-50651

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genlinfo in dump The similar fix as commit 46cdedf2a0fa "ethtool: pse-pd: fix null-deref on genlinfo in dump" is also needed for ethtool eeprom...

SUSE CVE-2023-53798

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: Fix uninitialized number of lanes It is not possible to set the number of lanes when setting link modes using the legacy IOCTL ethtool interface. Since 'struct ethtoollinkksettings' is not initialized in this path, drive...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53798

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - ethtool: Fix uninitialized number of lanes It is not possible to set the number of lanes when setting link modes using the legacy IOCTL ethtool interface. Since...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-50651

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - ethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genlinfo in dump The similar fix as commit 46cdedf2a0fa ethtool: pse-pd: fix null-deref on genlinfo in dump is also needed fo...

EUVD-2023-60108

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: Fix uninitialized number of lanes It is not possible to set the number of lanes when setting link modes using the legacy IOCTL ethtool interface. Since 'struct ethtoollinkksettings' is not initialized in this path, drive...

EUVD-2022-55705

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genlinfo in dump The similar fix as commit 46cdedf2a0fa "ethtool: pse-pd: fix null-deref on genlinfo in dump" is also needed for ethtool eeprom...

CVE-2022-50679

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i40e: Fix DMA mappings leak During reallocation of RX buffers, new DMA mappings are created for those buffers. steps for reproduction: while : do for i=0; i=8160; i=i+32 do ethtool -G enp130s0f0 rx $i tx $i sleep 0.5 ethtool -g...

CVE-2023-53798

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: Fix uninitialized number of lanes It is not possible to set the number of lanes when setting link modes using the legacy IOCTL ethtool interface. Since 'struct ethtoollinkksettings' is not initialized in this path, drive...

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53798

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: Fix uninitialized number of lanes It is not possible to set the number of lanes when setting link modes using the legacy IOCTL ethtool interface. Since 'struct ethtoollinkksettings' is not initialized in this path, drive...

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50651

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genlinfo in dump The similar fix as commit 46cdedf2a0fa "ethtool: pse-pd: fix null-deref on genlinfo in dump" is also needed for ethtool eeprom...