SUSE CVE-2024-26738

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/pseries/iommu: DLPAR add doesn't completely initialize pcicontroller When a PCI device is dynamically added, the kernel oopses with a NULL pointer dereference: BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000030...

CVE-2022-42335

x86 shadow paging arbitrary pointer dereference In environments where host assisted address translation is necessary but Hardware Assisted Paging HAP is unavailable, Xen will run guests in so called shadow mode. Due to too lax a check in one of the hypervisor routines used for shadow page handlin...

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29567

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.14.x. When moving IRQs between CPUs to distribute the load of IRQ handling, IRQ vectors are dynamically allocated and de-allocated on the relevant CPUs. De-allocation has to happen when certain constraints are met. If these conditions are not met when first checke...

Wacom Tablet Data Exfiltration Raises Security Concerns

The Wacom digital drawing tablet appears to be silently exfiltrating user data, according to an investigation by software engineer Robert Heaton – and the company responded on Friday, downplaying the report. However, security researchers say the tablets still pose a risk and a privacy problem...

Xen Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2019-34763)

Xen is an open source virtual machine monitor product. Xen suffers from a denial-of-service vulnerability that stems from a page-writable contention condition during the addition of a passed PCI device, which can be exploited by an x86 PV client OS attacker to cause a denial of service or gain...

Apple Patent Links Power Cord To Password Recovery

The filing, 20120005747A1, describes a method for storing a password recover secret on a peripheral device, including a power adapter. The development would, in essence, turn power cords and other peripherals into a second factor that would make it harder for thieves to gain access to devices the...