OESA-2024-1996 kernel security update

The Linux Kernel, the operating system core itself. Security Fixes: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethernet: Fix error handling in xemacliteofprobe This node pointer is returned by ofparsephandle with refcount incremented in this function. Calling ofnodeput to...

OESA-2024-1993 kernel security update

The Linux Kernel, the operating system core itself. Security Fixes: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mediatek: vcodec: Only free buffer VA that is not NULL In the MediaTek vcodec driver, while mtkvcodecmemfree is mostly called only when the buffer to free...

CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: kernel (CVE-2024-35997)

The version of kernel installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-35997 advisory. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: i2c-hid: remove I2CHIDREADPENDING...

CVE-2024-25561

CVE-2024-25561 affects Intel HID Event Filter software installers prior to version 2.2.2.1. Insecure inherited permissions may allow an authenticated local user to escalate privileges. Public sources (Intel advisory INTEL-SA-01089 and Red Hat/HP vendor notes) confirm the issue and identify affect...

CVE-2024-25561

Insecure inherited permissions in some IntelR HID Event Filter software installers before version 2.2.2.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access...

Intel® HID Event Filter Software Installer Advisory

Summary: A potential security vulnerability in some Intel® Human Interface Device HID Event Filter software installers may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability. Vulnerability Details: CVEID: CVE-2024-25561 Description: Insecur...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-6952-2)

"The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6952-2 advisory. Benedict Schlter, Supraja Sridhara, Andrin Bertschi, and Shweta Shinde discovered that an untrusted hypervisor could inject malicious VC interrupts and...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6926-3)

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...

USN-6926-3: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

黄思聪 discovered that the NFC Controller Interface NCI implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain memory allocation failure conditions, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash...

How Hackers Extracted the ‘Keys to the Kingdom’ to Clone HID Keycards

A team of researchers have developed a method for extracting authentication keys out of HID encoders, which could allow hackers to clone the types of keycards used to secure offices and other areas worldwide...

USN-6952-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Benedict Schlüter, Supraja Sridhara, Andrin Bertschi, and Shweta Shinde discovered that an untrusted hypervisor could inject malicious VC interrupts and compromise the security guarantees of AMD SEV-SNP. This flaw is known as WeSee. A local attacker in control of the hypervisor could use this to...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6952-1)

"The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6952-1 advisory. Benedict Schlter, Supraja Sridhara, Andrin Bertschi, and Shweta Shinde discovered that an untrusted hypervisor could inject malicious VC interrupts and...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-6926-3)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6926-3 advisory. discovered that the NFC Controller Interface NCI implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain memory allocation failure conditions,...

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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6926-2)

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...

USN-6926-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

黄思聪 discovered that the NFC Controller Interface NCI implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain memory allocation failure conditions, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6938-1)

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...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6926-2)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6926-2 advisory. discovered that the NFC Controller Interface NCI implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain memory allocation failure...

USN-6938-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the device input subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle the case when an event code falls outside of a bitmap. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-48619 黄思聪 discovered that the NFC Controller Interface NCI...