Linux Kernel Security Vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from not holding cpuhotpluglock before freezermutex, which could lead to a circular locking dependency...

Linux Kernel Security Vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from an improper locking order that could lead to a deadlock...

zswap DoS

The vulnerability of the zswap component in the Linux operating system’s kernel is related to errors during thread locking. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Linux kernel Thread Locking DoS

The vulnerability of the Linux operating system’s kernel is related to errors during thread blocking. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Linux kernel backlight DoS

The vulnerability of the backlight component in the Linux operating system’s kernel is related to improper locking of resources. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Linux Rosebind DoS

The vulnerability of the rosebind function in the net/rose/afrose.c component of the Linux operating system’s kernel is related to insufficient locking mechanisms. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Linux kernel Team Port Add DoS

The vulnerability of the teamportadd function in the drivers/net/team/teamcore.c file of the Linux kernel is related to insufficient locking mechanisms. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Linux kernel Timer Heap Buffer Overflow DoS

The vulnerability of the core/timer.c component in the Linux operating system is related to insufficient locking mechanisms. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Linux net/rxrpc/peer_event.c DoS

The vulnerability of the net/rxrpc/peerevent.c component in the Linux operating system is related to insufficient locking mechanisms. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Linux ipv4/route.c Heap Buffer Overflow DoS

The vulnerability of the iprtupdatepmtu function in the ipv4/route.c component of the Linux operating system is related to improper locking of resources. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Linux kernel Ethernet Hisilicon HNS3 System Failure

The vulnerability of components related to Ethernet/Hisi Silicon/HNS3 in Linux operating systems is associated with improper locking of resources. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause service interruptions...

Linux kernel DoS

The vulnerability in the drivers/tty/serial/xilinxuartps.c component of the Linux kernel is related to insufficient locking mechanisms. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Linux kernel sch_htb Heap Buffer Overflow DoS

The vulnerability of the schhtb.c component in the Linux operating system’s kernel is related to improper locking of resources. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a system failure...

Linux memory_hotplug DoS

The vulnerability of the memoryhotplug component in Linux operating systems is related to improper resource locking. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to cause service interruptions...

Linux kernel Heap Buffer Overflow DoS

The vulnerability of the skbget function in the Linux operating system’s kernel is related to improper resource locking. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to cause service interruptions...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-39877

"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - mm/damon/sysfs: fix use-after-free in stateshow stateshow reads kdamond-damonctx without holding damonsysfslock. This allows a use-after-free race: CPU 0 CPU 1...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53440

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - nilfs2: fix sysfs interface lifetime The current nilfs2 sysfs support has issues with the timing of creation and deletion of sysfs entries, potentially leading ...

Linux cros_typec_altmode_work Heap Buffer Overflow DoS

The vulnerability of the crostypecaltmodework function in the Linux operating system is related to insufficient locking of resources. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

CVE-2025-39886 bpf: Tell memcg to use allow_spinning=false path in bpf_timer_init()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Tell memcg to use allowspinning=false path in bpftimerinit Currently, calling bpfmapkmallocnode from bpfasyncinit can cause various locking issues; see the following stack trace edited for style as one example: ... 10.011566...

CVE-2025-39877 mm/damon/sysfs: fix use-after-free in state_show()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/sysfs: fix use-after-free in stateshow stateshow reads kdamond-damonctx without holding damonsysfslock. This allows a use-after-free race: CPU 0 CPU 1 ----- ----- stateshow damonsysfsturndamonon ctx = kdamond-damonctx;...