CVE-2021-47242

CVE-2021-47242 affects the Linux kernel and is tied to a fix for an issue in MPTCP subflow error reporting. The root cause was a soft lookup caused when subflow_error_report() attempted to acquire mptcp_data_lock across call paths that could already hold other locks, triggering a soft lockup unde...

CVE-2021-47242 mptcp: fix soft lookup in subflow_error_report()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix soft lookup in subflowerrorreport Maxim reported a soft lookup in subflowerrorreport: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU0 stuck for 22s! swapper/0:0 RIP: 0010:nativequeuedspinlockslowpath RSP: 0018:ffffa859c0003bc0 EFLAG...

CVE-2024-35934

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: reduce rtnl pressure in smcpnetcreatepnetidslist Many syzbot reports show extreme rtnl pressure, and many of them hint that smc acquires rtnl in netns creation for no good reason 1 This patch returns early from...

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 inability to safely use iouring locks...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27402

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phonet/pep: fix racy skbqueueempty use The receive queues are protected by their respective spin-lock, not the socket lock. This could lead to skbpeek unexpectedly returning NULL or a pointer to an already dequeued socket buffer...

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 a lack of mutex locks around the acquisition instrumentation level...

Linux kernel NFS File System Buffer Overflow DoS

The vulnerability of the checkforlocks function in the fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c module of the Linux kernel-based Network File System server is related to improper checking of serialization. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to cause service interruptions...

PT-2024-28075

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.9.0-rc6 Description The issue arises from the reinitialization of the whole EST structure, which resets the mutex lock embedded in the EST structure and triggers a warning. To address this, the lock is moved to...

SUSE CVE-2024-27005

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: interconnect: Don't access reqlist while it's being manipulated The icclock mutex was split into separate icclock and iccbwlock mutexes in 1 to avoid lockdep splats. However, this didn't adequately protect access to...

CVE-2024-27072 media: usbtv: Remove useless locks in usbtv_video_free()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: usbtv: Remove useless locks in usbtvvideofree Remove locks calls in usbtvvideofree because are useless and may led to a deadlock as reported here: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/bisect.txt?x=166dc872180000 Also remove...

CVE-2024-27072 media: usbtv: Remove useless locks in usbtv_video_free()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: usbtv: Remove useless locks in usbtvvideofree Remove locks calls in usbtvvideofree because are useless and may led to a deadlock as reported here: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/bisect.txt?x=166dc872180000 Also remove...

CVE-2024-27072

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: usbtv: Remove useless locks in usbtvvideofree Remove locks calls in usbtvvideofree because are useless and may led to a deadlock as reported here: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/bisect.txt?x=166dc872180000 Also remove...

kernel: memcg does not limit the number of POSIX file locks allowing memory exhaustion

A flaw was found in the filelockinit in fs/locks.c function in the Linux kernel. This issue can lead to host memory exhaustion due to memcg not limiting the number of Portable Operating System Interface POSIX file locks...

PT-2024-28088

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description A race condition vulnerability has been resolved in the Linux kernel, specifically in the usb: gadget: u audio component. The issue occurred due to the use of controls after free during...

Vyper security vulnerabilities

Vyper is the Pythonic smart contract language for EVM. A security vulnerability exists in Vyper 0.3.10 and earlier versions, which stems from a default function that does not take into account non-re-entrant keys and does not emit locks...

CVE-2024-26917 scsi: Revert "scsi: fcoe: Fix potential deadlock on &fip->ctlr_lock"

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: Revert "scsi: fcoe: Fix potential deadlock on &fip-ctlrlock" This reverts commit 1a1975551943f681772720f639ff42fbaa746212. This commit causes interrupts to be lost for FCoE devices, since it changed sping locks from "bh" to...

CVE-2024-26917: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: Revert "scsi: fcoe: Fix potential deadlock on &fip-ctlrlock" This reverts commit 1a1975551943f681772720f639ff42fbaa746212. This commit causes interrupts to be lost for FCoE devices, since it changed sping locks from "bh" to...

Crickets from Chirp Systems in Smart Lock Key Leak

The U.S. government is warning that "smart locks" securing entry to an estimated 50,000 dwellings nationwide contain hard-coded credentials that can be used to remotely open any of the locks. The locks maker Chirp Systems remains unresponsive, even though it was first notified about the critical...

PT-2024-10500

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.9.0-rc2-rt1+ 7 Description The issue is related to the drop monitor component in the Linux kernel, which is problematic for RT kernels due to the use of spin locks as sleeping locks. This causes a splat error...

CVE-2023-52638

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's Controller Area Network CAN protocol, within the J1939 protocol implementation. This issue occurs due to a potential deadlock caused by a race condition involving three locks: j1939sockslock, activesessionlistlock, and sksessionqueuelock. This issue...