Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container security update

5.4.17-2136.334.6.el7 - loop: Fix a race between loop detach and loop open Gulam Mohamed Orabug: 36197800 - x86/bhi: Do not enable unnecessary BHI mitigation in OCI and Exadata VMs Alexandre Chartre Orabug: 36672495 - x86/bhi: Avoid warning in DB handler due to BHI mitigation Alexandre Chartre...

CVE-2024-42257

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: use memtostrpad for svolumename As with the other strings in struct ext4superblock, svolumename is not NUL terminated. The other strings were marked in commit 072ebb3bffe6 "ext4: add nonstring annotations to ext4.h". Using...

SUSE CVE-2024-42257

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: use memtostrpad for svolumename As with the other strings in struct ext4superblock, svolumename is not NUL terminated. The other strings were marked in commit 072ebb3bffe6 "ext4: add nonstring annotations to ext4.h". Using...

USN-6953-1 linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4 vulnerabilities

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - ARM64 architecture; - M68K architecture; - User-Mode Linux UML; - x86 architecture; - Accessibility subsystem; -...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities (USN-6953-1)

"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-6953-1 advisory. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update...

USN-6951-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - ARM64 architecture; - M68K architecture; - User-Mode Linux UML; - x86 architecture; - Accessibility subsystem; -...

CVE-2024-42257

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: use memtostrpad for svolumename As with the other strings in struct ext4superblock, svolumename is not NUL terminated. The other strings were marked in commit 072ebb3bffe6 "ext4: add nonstring annotations to ext4.h". Using...

CVE-2024-42257

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: use memtostrpad for svolumename As with the other strings in struct ext4superblock, svolumename is not NUL terminated. The other strings were marked in commit 072ebb3bffe6 "ext4: add nonstring annotations to ext4.h". Using...

CVE-2024-42257 ext4: use memtostr_pad() for s_volume_name

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: use memtostrpad for svolumename As with the other strings in struct ext4superblock, svolumename is not NUL terminated. The other strings were marked in commit 072ebb3bffe6 "ext4: add nonstring annotations to ext4.h". Using...

CVE-2024-42257

The CVE-2024-42257 issue affects the Linux kernel ext4 code: the s_volume_name field in ext4_super_block was not NUL terminated. The root cause was using the wrong string copy approach; memtostr_pad() should be used instead of strncpy(), aligning with prior nonstring annotations in ext4.h. The re...

CVE-2024-42257 ext4: use memtostr_pad() for s_volume_name

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: use memtostrpad for svolumename As with the other strings in struct ext4superblock, svolumename is not NUL terminated. The other strings were marked in commit 072ebb3bffe6 "ext4: add nonstring annotations to ext4.h". Using...

CVE-2024-42257 ext4: use memtostr_pad() for s_volume_name

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: use memtostrpad for svolumename As with the other strings in struct ext4superblock, svolumename is not NUL terminated. The other strings were marked in commit 072ebb3bffe6 "ext4: add nonstring annotations to ext4.h". Using...

CVE-2024-42257

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: use memtostrpad for svolumename As with the other strings in struct ext4superblock, svolumename is not NUL terminated. The other strings were marked in commit 072ebb3bffe6 "ext4: add nonstring annotations to ext4.h". Using...

kernel: ext4: fix double-free of blocks due to wrong extents moved_len

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel. This issue occurs in the ext4 function, in ext4moveextents, where an error in updating the movedlen variable can lead to double-free of blocks and corrupt block accounting. This could lead to crashes or undefined behavior...

kernel: ext4: avoid allocating blocks from corrupted group in ext4_mb_try_best_found()

A vulnerability was found in the ext4mbtrybestfound function in the Linux kernel. This issue could lead to memory corruption or crashes due to the allocation of blocks from a group with a corrupted block bitmap...

kernel: ext4: fix corruption during on-line resize

A vulnerability was found in the ext4 filesystem in the Linux kernel during on-line resizing operations. When an ext4 filesystem is resized while mounted, it could lead to data corruption...

kernel: ext4: fix mb_cache_entry's e_refcnt leak in ext4_xattr_block_cache_find()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix mbcacheentry's erefcnt leak in ext4xattrblockcachefind Syzbot reports a warning as follows: ============================================ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5075 at fs/mbcache.c:419 mbcachedestroy+0x224/0x290 Modules...

kernel: ext4: avoid allocating blocks from corrupted group in ext4_mb_try_best_found()

A vulnerability was found in the ext4mbtrybestfound function in the Linux kernel. This issue could lead to memory corruption or crashes due to the allocation of blocks from a group with a corrupted block bitmap...

kernel: ext4: avoid online resizing failures due to oversized flex bg

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: avoid online resizing failures due to oversized flex bg When we online resize an ext4 filesystem with a oversized flexbgsize, mkfs.ext4 -F -G 67108864 $dev -b 4096 100M mount $dev $dir resize2fs $dev 16G the following WARNO...

kernel: ext4: fix mb_cache_entry's e_refcnt leak in ext4_xattr_block_cache_find()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix mbcacheentry's erefcnt leak in ext4xattrblockcachefind Syzbot reports a warning as follows: ============================================ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5075 at fs/mbcache.c:419 mbcachedestroy+0x224/0x290 Modules...