OESA-2024-1356 kernel security update

The Linux Kernel, the operating system core itself. Security Fixes: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86/mmu: Don't advance iterator after restart due to yielding After dropping mmulock in the TDP MMU, restart the iterator during tdpiternext and do not...

ALPINE-CVE-2023-46839

PCI devices can make use of a functionality called phantom functions, that when enabled allows the device to generate requests using the IDs of functions that are otherwise unpopulated. This allows a device to extend the number of outstanding requests. Such phantom functions need an IOMMU context...

kernel: KVM: x86/mmu: race condition in direct_page_fault()

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the KVM. A race condition in directpagefault allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS crash or host OS memory corruption when nested virtualization and the TDP MMU are enabled...

SUSE CVE-2021-47094

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86/mmu: Don't advance iterator after restart due to yielding After dropping mmulock in the TDP MMU, restart the iterator during tdpiternext and do not advance the iterator. Advancing the iterator results in skipping the...

CVE-2023-52559

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Input–output memory management unit functionality. This issue can cause warnings during suspend/hibernation and could allow a local user to crash the system...

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. Linux kernel has a security vulnerability that stems from a security issue in KVM x86/mmu...

CVE-2024-26617 fs/proc/task_mmu: move mmu notification mechanism inside mm lock

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/proc/taskmmu: move mmu notification mechanism inside mm lock Move mmu notification mechanism inside mm lock to prevent race condition in other components which depend on it. The notifier will invalidate memory range. Depending...

PT-2024-8425 · Linux +2 · Linux Kernel +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to the Linux kernel, where the iov iter unit test causes a crash on nommu systems, such as the qemu kc705-nommu emulation. The test calls the vmap function directl...

Xen Security Vulnerabilities

Xen is an open source virtual machine monitor product from the University of Cambridge, UK. The product enables different and incompatible operating systems to run on the same computer and supports runtime migration to ensure uptime and avoid downtime. Xen has a security vulnerability that stems...

kernel: perf/smmuv3: Fix hotplug callback leak in arm_smmu_pmu_init()

A resource-handling flaw was found in the Linux kernel performance monitoring driver for ARM System Memory Management Unit version 3 in the way hotplug callbacks are registered during driver initialization. If driver registration fails, previously added CPU hotplug callbacks are not removed,...

PT-2023-6138 · Microsoft · Windows Directx +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Windows Graphics Component affected versions not specified Windows DirectX affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to a synchronization error, specifically a race condition, when using a shared resource in the Window...

CVE-2023-20811

In IOMMU, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: DTV03692061; Issue ID: DTV03692061...

MediaTek Chip Security Breach

MediaTek chips are a variety of chips from MediaTek, a Chinese company MediaTek. A security vulnerability exists in the MediaTek chips that stems from improper validation of inputs to the IOMMU module, which could lead to information disclosure...

The vulnerability in the virtual file system /proc of Linux kernel allows a attacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability in the virtual file system /proc of Linux operating systems is related to concurrent access to the memory page counter by the functions pagemapcount and splithugepage in the taskmmu.c module. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

PT-2025-49649

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.2.0-rc2+ 89 Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw in the IOMMU/AMD subsystem related to page fault error reporting. If the IOMMU domain for a device group is not properly configured, a page fault may...

SUSE CVE-2009-3613

The swiotlb functionality in the r8169 driver in drivers/net/r8169.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service IOMMU space exhaustion and system crash by using jumbo frames for a large amount of network traffic, as demonstrated by a flood ping...

SUSE CVE-2009-3888

The dommappgoff function in mm/nommu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.6, when the CPU lacks a memory management unit, allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS via an application that attempts to allocate a large amount of memory...

SUSE CVE-2010-1446

arch/powerpc/mm/fslbookemmu.c in KGDB in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 and other versions before 2.6.33, when running on PowerPC, does not properly perform a security check for access to a kernel page, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory, related to Fsl booke...

SUSE CVE-2011-3131

Xen 4.1.1 and earlier allows local guest OS kernels with control of a PCIE device to cause a denial of service CPU consumption and host hang via many crafted DMA requests that are denied by the IOMMU, which triggers a livelock...

SUSE CVE-2013-4329

The xenlight library libxl in Xen 4.0.x through 4.2.x, when IOMMU is disabled, provides access to a busmastering-capable PCI passthrough device before the IOMMU setup is complete, which allows local HVM guest domains to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via a DMA instruction...