OESA-2024-1282 kernel security update

The Linux Kernel, the operating system core itself. Security Fixes: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: uio: Fix use-after-free in uioopen core-1 core-2 ------------------------------------------------------- uiounregisterdevice uioopen idev = idrfind...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by the Linux Foundation's open source operating system Linux. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from an error in the ice module...

SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2023-6270: Fixed a use-after-free issue in aoecmdcfgpkts bsc1218562. - CVE-2023-52463: Fixed null pointer dereference in efivarfs bsc1220328. - CVE-2023-52559:...

kernel: ktls overwrites readonly memory pages when using function splice with a ktls socket as destination

An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Transport Layer Security functionality in how a user calls a function splice with a ktls socket as the destination. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system...

CVE-2024-26611

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xsk: fix usage of multi-buffer BPF helpers for ZC XDP Currently when packet is shrunk via bpfxdpadjusttail and memory type is set to MEMTYPEXSKBUFFPOOL, null ptr dereference happens: 1136314.192256 BUG: kernel NULL pointer...

OESA-2024-1260 kernel security update

The Linux Kernel, the operating system core itself. Security Fixes: A vulnerability was reported in the Open vSwitch sub-component in the Linux Kernel. The flaw occurs when a recursive operation of code push recursively calls into the code block. The OVS module does not validate the stack depth,...

CVE-2024-26627

CVE-2024-26627 concerns the Linux kernel SCSI subsystem. The issue arises from calling and checking scsi_host_busy() with host locks during scsi_eh_wakeup(), which can serialize recovery when N hardware queues and queue depth M are large, leading to heavy overhead and, in worst cases, a hard lock...

CVE-2024-26627 scsi: core: Move scsi_host_busy() out of host lock for waking up EH handler

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: core: Move scsihostbusy out of host lock for waking up EH handler Inside scsiehwakeup, scsihostbusy is called & checked with host lock every time for deciding if error handler kthread needs to be waken up. This can be too...

CVE-2024-26625 llc: call sock_orphan() at release time

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: llc: call sockorphan at release time syzbot reported an interesting trace 1 caused by a stale sk-skwq pointer in a closed llc socket. In commit ff7b11aa481f "net: socket: set sock-sk to NULL after calling protoops::release" Eric...

CVE-2021-47103

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inet: fully convert sk-skrxdst to RCU rules syzbot reported various issues around early demux, one being included in this changelog 1 sk-skrxdst is using RCU protection without clearly documenting it. And following sequences in...

CVE-2021-47088

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/dbgfs: protect targets destructions with kdamondlock DAMON debugfs interface iterates current monitoring targets in 'dbgfstargetidsread' while holding the corresponding 'kdamondlock'. However, it also destructs the...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:3656-1)

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...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0147-1)

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...

CVE-2023-52573 net: rds: Fix possible NULL-pointer dereference

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: rds: Fix possible NULL-pointer dereference In rdsrdmacmeventhandlercmn check, if conn pointer exists before dereferencing it as rdmasetservicetype argument Found by Linux Verification Center linuxtesting.org with SVACE...

CVE-2023-52518 Bluetooth: hci_codec: Fix leaking content of local_codecs

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hcicodec: Fix leaking content of localcodecs The following memory leak can be observed when the controller supports codecs which are stored in localcodecs list but the elements are never freed: unreferenced object...

SUSE-SU-2024:0695-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 41 for SLE 15 SP3)

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-15030059150 fixes one issue. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2023-1829: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in the control index filter bsc1210619...

CVE-2021-47052

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: sa2ul - Fix memory leak of rxd There are two error return paths that are not freeing rxd and causing memory leaks. Fix these. Addresses-Coverity: "Resource leak"...

CVE-2020-36787

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: aspeed: fix clock handling logic Video engine uses eclk and vclk for its clock sources and its reset control is coupled with eclk so the current clock enabling sequence works like below. Enable eclk De-assert Video Engine...

Design/Logic Flaw

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix race between transaction aborts and fsyncs leading to use-after-free There is a race between a task aborting a transaction during a commit, a task doing an fsync and the transaction kthread, which leads to an...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 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...