OESA-2024-2569 kernel security update

The Linux Kernel, the operating system core itself. Security Fixes: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Let probe fail when workqueue cannot be enabled The workqueue is enabled when the appropriate driver is loaded and disabled when the driver is...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fixed a potential use-after-free issue in irqprocessworklist. The listforeachentry Safe function was used to allow iterating through the list and deleting entries during the iteration process. The descriptors are...

kernel: dmaengine: idxd: Convert spinlock to mutex to lock evl workqueue

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Convert spinlock to mutex to lock evl workqueue The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-35991 to this issue. Upstream advisory:...

kernel: dmaengine: idxd: Avoid unnecessary destruction of file_ida

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Avoid unnecessary destruction of fileida fileida is allocated during cdev open and is freed accordingly during cdev release. This sequence is guaranteed by driver file operations. Therefore, there is no need to...

RLSA-2024:8162 Moderate: kernel security update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: Local information disclosure on IntelR AtomR processors CVE-2023-28746 kernel: netfilter: nftflowoffload: reset dst in route object after setting up flow CVE-2024-27403 kernel: Revert...

ROS-20241024-03

Vulnerability of idxd components of the Linux operating system kernel is related to resource management errors in the idxdcleanupinternals and idxdinitevl functions in drivers/dma/idxd/init.c. Exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service A vulnerability i...

Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2024-8162)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-8162 advisory. - gfs2: Fix NULL pointer dereference in gfs2logflush CKI Backport Bot RHEL-51561 RHEL-51559 CVE-2024-42079 - KVM: SVM: WARN on vNMI + NMI window iff NM...

CentOS 9 : kernel-5.14.0-516.el9

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the kernel-5.14.0-516.el9 build changelog. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: r8169: Fix possible ring buffer corruption on fragmented Tx packets...

Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2024-12682)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-12682 advisory. - dmaengine: idxd: add a write method for applications to submit work Nikhil Rao Orabug: 36770955 CVE-2024-21823 - dmaengine: idxd: add a new...

The vulnerability of the drv_disable_wq() function in the idxd driver of the Linux operating system allows a attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of the protected information.

The vulnerability of the drvdisablewq function in the drivers/dma/idxd/device.c file of the idxd driver in the Linux operating system is related to the reutilization of previously freed memory. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and...

kernel: dmaengine: idxd: Fix oops during rmmod on single-CPU platforms

This is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Data Movement Accelerator DMA engine, specifically affecting the Intel Data Streaming Accelerator IDXD driver. The issue arises during the removal rmmod of the idxd driver on systems with only one active CPU. In such scenarios, the driver's cleanup...

OESA-2024-2126 kernel security update

The Linux Kernel, the operating system core itself. Security Fixes: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Prevent use after free on completion memory On driver unload any pending descriptors are flushed at the time the interrupt is freed:...

OESA-2024-2125 kernel security update

The Linux Kernel, the operating system core itself. Security Fixes: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Prevent use after free on completion memory On driver unload any pending descriptors are flushed at the time the interrupt is freed:...

The vulnerability of the idxd component in the Linux operating system’s kernel allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the idxd component in the Linux operating system’s kernel is related to a failure during the execution of workqueue. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

kernel: dmaengine: idxd: Fix possible Use-After-Free in irq_process_work_list

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's DMA engine component in the irqprocessworklist function. A possible use-after-free condition can occur during list iteration, which is because a descriptor may be freed while another thread is reusing it, potentially leading to access to freed memor...

Moderate: 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 Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available fo...

SUSE CVE-2022-48867

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Prevent use after free on completion memory On driver unload any pending descriptors are flushed at the time the interrupt is freed: idxddmaenginedrvremove - drvdisablewq - idxdwqfreeirq - idxdflushpendingdescs. ...

CVE-2022-48868

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Let probe fail when workqueue cannot be enabled The workqueue is enabled when the appropriate driver is loaded and disabled when the driver is removed. When the driver is removed it assumes that the workqueue was...

CVE-2022-48867

A use after free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Intel data accelerators driver that could allow a local user to crash the system...

RLSA-2024:5101 Important: kernel security update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: powerpc: Fix access beyond end of drmem array CVE-2023-52451 kernel: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported CVE-2023-52463 kernel: tracing: Restructure...