CVE-2024-45024

CVE-2024-45024 relates to a Linux kernel Hugetlb PT locking issue fixed by aligning huge page table locking with core-mm PT walkers. The root cause: during GUP’s shared page-table walking, hugetlb folios spanning multiple PTEs could be locked using PTE table locks (pte_offset_map_lock) while core...

CVE-2024-45024 mm/hugetlb: fix hugetlb vs. core-mm PT locking

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: fix hugetlb vs. core-mm PT locking We recently made GUP's common page table walking code to also walk hugetlb VMAs without most hugetlb special-casing, preparing for the future of having less hugetlb-specific page tab...

USN-6999-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2024-23848 It was discovered that the JFS file system contained an...

powerpc/eeh: avoid possible crash when edev->pdev changes

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powerpc/pseries: Fix potential memleak in papr_get_attr()

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KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Prevent UAF in kvm_spapr_tce_attach_iommu_group()

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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6999-1)

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6999-1 advisory. Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to caus...

RLSA-2024:5101 Important: kernel security update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: powerpc: Fix access beyond end of drmem array CVE-2023-52451 kernel: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported CVE-2023-52463 kernel: tracing: Restructure...

kernel security update

An update is available for kernel. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating...

SUSE-SU-2024:2948-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2020-26558: Fixed a flaw in the Bluetooth LE and BR/EDR secure pairing that could permit a nearby man-in-the-middle attacker to identify the Passkey used during...

powerpc/pseries: Fix scv instruction crash with kexec

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powerpc/pseries/iommu: LPAR panics during boot up with a frozen PE

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SUSE SLES15: cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-default / gfs2-kmp-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2024:2923-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2923-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: -...

SUSE SLES15: cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-default / gfs2-kmp-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: -...

SUSE-SU-2024:2902-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2024-39494: ima: Fix use-after-free on a dentry's dname.name bsc1227716. - CVE-2024-41069: ASoC: topology: Fix route memory corruption bsc1228644. -...

USN-6949-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - ARM32 architecture; - ARM64 architecture; - M68K architecture; - OpenRISC architecture; - PowerPC architecture; -...

USN-6949-2 linux-lowlatency, linux-raspi vulnerabilities

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - ARM32 architecture; - ARM64 architecture; - M68K architecture; - OpenRISC architecture; - PowerPC architecture; -...

SUSE-SU-2024:2893-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2024-39494: ima: Fix use-after-free on a dentry's dname.name bsc1227716. - CVE-2024-41069: ASoC: topology: Fix route memory corruption bsc1228644. -...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6949-2)

"The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6949-2 advisory. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws i...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-6952-2)

"The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6952-2 advisory. Benedict Schlter, Supraja Sridhara, Andrin Bertschi, and Shweta Shinde discovered that an untrusted hypervisor could inject malicious VC interrupts and...