Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.10, Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: procfs: Fixed a missing RCU protection when reading realparent in dotaskstat. When reading /proc/pid/stat, dotaskstat accesses task-realparent without proper RCU protection. This leads to the following sequence of events: cpu 0 c...

Linux Kernel Security Vulnerabilities

The Linux kernel is the core of the open-source operating system Linux, developed by the Linux Foundation in the United States. There is a security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which stems from the lack of proper RCU protection in /proc/net/ptype. This vulnerability may lead to the reading ...