Denial Of Service (DoS)

kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. The vulnerability exists due to a read-after-free memory flaw was found in the Linux kernel's garbage collection for Unix domain socket file handlers...

kernel: fget: check that the fd still exists after getting a ref to it

A read-after-free memory flaw was found in the Linux kernel's garbage collection for Unix domain socket file handlers in the way users call close and fget simultaneously and can potentially trigger a race condition. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on...

kernel: Use After Free in unix_gc() which could result in a local privilege escalation

A vulnerability was found in unixdgramrecvmsg in net/unix/afunix.c in the Linux kernel's garbage collection for Unix domain socket file handlers. In this flaw, a missing cleanup may lead to a use-after-free due to a race problem. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their...

SUSE-SU-2022:0552-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 37 for SLE 12 SP3)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.180-94138 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2021-4202: Fixed NFC race condition by adding NCIUNREG flag bsc1194533. - CVE-2021-4083: Fixed a read-after-free memory flaw inside the garbage collection for Unix domain socket fi...

SUSE SLES15: kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_52-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:0463-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0463-1 advisory. This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-2452 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2021-4202: Fixed NFC race...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-5295-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5295-1 advisory. It was discovered that the Packet network protocol implementation in the Linux kernel contained a double- free vulnerability. A local attacker could use...

SUSE-SU-2022:0463-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 7 for SLE 15 SP3)

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-5927 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2021-4202: Fixed NFC race condition by adding NCIUNREG flag bsc1194533. - CVE-2022-0435: Fixed remote stack overflow in net/tipc module that validate domain record count on input...

SUSE-SU-2022:0436-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 11 for SLE 15 SP3)

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-5940 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2022-0435: Fixed remote stack overflow in net/tipc module that validate domain record count on input bsc1195308. - CVE-2021-4083: Fixed a read-after-free memory flaw inside the garba...

SUSE-SU-2022:0418-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 10 for SLE 15 SP3)

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-5937 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2021-4202: Fixed NFC race condition by adding NCIUNREG flag bsc1194533. - CVE-2022-0435: Fixed remote stack overflow in net/tipc module that validate domain record count on input...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:0372-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLESSAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0372-1 advisory. - The vgacon subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.8.10 mishandles software scrollback. There is a vgaconscrolldelta out-of-bounds...

CVE-2022-0382

An information leak flaw was found due to uninitialized memory in the Linux kernel's TIPC protocol subsystem, in the way a user sends a TIPC datagram to one or more destinations. This flaw allows a local user to read some kernel memory. This issue is limited to no more than 7 bytes, and the user...

SUSE-SU-2022:0366-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2022-0435: Fixed remote stack overflow in net/tipc module that validate domain record count on input bsc1195254. - CVE-2022-0330: Fixed flush TLBs befor...

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0366-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2022-0435: Fixed remote stack overflow in net/tipc module that validate domain record count on input bsc1195254. - CVE-2022-0330: Fixed flush TLBs befor...

CVE-2021-4213

A flaw was found in JSS, where it did not properly free up all memory. Over time, the wasted memory builds up in the server memory, saturating the server’s RAM. This flaw allows an attacker to force the invocation of an out-of-memory process, causing a denial of service...

SUSE SLES15: cluster-md-kmp-rt / dlm-kmp-rt / gfs2-kmp-rt / kernel-devel-rt / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:0289-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0289-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 RT kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: -...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2021-0574)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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...

SUSE SLED15: cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-default / gfs2-kmp-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:0198-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLEDSAP15 / SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0198-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following...

SUSE SLES15: kernel-azure / kernel-azure-devel / kernel-devel-azure / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:0169-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0169-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs wer...

CVE-2021-4083

A read-after-free memory flaw was found in the Linux kernel's garbage collection for Unix domain socket file handlers in the way users call close and fget simultaneously and can potentially trigger a race condition. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on...

CVE-2021-4083

A read-after-free memory flaw was found in the Linux kernel's garbage collection for Unix domain socket file handlers in the way users call close and fget simultaneously and can potentially trigger a race condition. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on...