RHEL 8 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2024:5102)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:5102 advisory. The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirement...

RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:5101)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:5101 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: powerpc: Fix access beyond end...

ALSA-2024:5102 Important: kernel-rt security update

The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements. Security Fixes: kernel: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported CVE-2023-52463 kernel: tracing: Restructure traceclockglobal to...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6951-1)

"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-6951-1 advisory. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update...

CVE-2024-42257: Undefined Security Weakness

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: regenerate buddy after block freeing failed if under fc replay

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem related to the fast commit replay process. During this process, blocks that are already marked as free can be incorrectly marked as free again, leading to the corruption of the buddy bitmap, which is used to track free and allocated blocks...

RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:5066)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:5066 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: block: null pointer dereferenc...

CLSA-2024-1722977984 kernel: Fix of 16 CVEs

ima: Fix use-after-free on a dentry's dname.name CVE-2024-39494 - ima: define imamaxdigestdata struct without a flexible array variable - ima: detect changes to the backing overlay file - tcp: Use refcountincnotzero in tcptwskunique. CVE-2024-36904 - afunix: Fix garbage collector racing against...

CLSA-2024-1722977546 kernel: Fix of 15 CVEs

ima: Fix use-after-free on a dentry's dname.name CVE-2024-39494 - ima: define imamaxdigestdata struct without a flexible array variable - ima: detect changes to the backing overlay file - tcp: Use refcountincnotzero in tcptwskunique. CVE-2024-36904 - afunix: Fix garbage collector racing against...

USN-6895-4: Linux kernel 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 HugeTLB file syst...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6895-4)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6895-4 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...

kernel security update

An update is available for kernel. This update affects Rocky Linux 9. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating...

Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2024-4928)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-4928 advisory. - mlxbfgige: call requestirq after NAPI initialized Kamal Heib RHEL-43012 RHEL-37179 CVE-2024-35907 - mlxbfgige: stop PHY during open error paths Kamal...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:4928)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4928 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: block: null pointer dereferenc...

USN-6927-1: 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 Gui-Dong Han discovered that the...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6927-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6927-1 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...

USN-6917-1: 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 Gui-Dong Han discovered that the...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6917-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6917-1 advisory. Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointe...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security update

An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended 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 f...