OESA-2023-1585 kernel security update

The Linux Kernel, the operating system core itself. Security Fixes: A hash collision flaw was found in the IPv6 connection lookup table in the Linux kernel’s IPv6 functionality when a user makes a new kind of SYN flood attack. A user located in the local network or with a high bandwidth connectio...

SUSE-SU-2023:3329-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 RT kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2022-40982: Fixed transient execution attack called 'Gather Data Sampling' bsc1206418. - CVE-2023-0459: Fixed information leak in uaccessbeginnospec...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2023:3324-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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...

AlmaLinux 8 : dhcp (ALSA-2023:3000)

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2023:3000 advisory. - In ISC DHCP 4.4.0 - 4.4.3, ISC DHCP 4.1-ESV-R1 - 4.1-ESV-R16-P1, when the function optioncodehashlookup is called from addoption, it increases the...

kernel: xfrm_expand_policies() in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c can cause a refcount to be dropped twice

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s IP framework for transforming packets XFRM subsystem. An error while resolving policies in xfrmbundlelookup causes the refcount to drop twice, leading to a possible crash and a denial of service...

kernel: ASoC: mt6359: Fix refcount leak bug

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: mt6359: Fix refcount leak bug In mt6359parsedt and mt6359accdetparsedt, we should call ofnodeput for the reference returned by ofgetchildbyname which has increased the refcount...

kernel: ASoc: audio-graph-card2: Fix refcount leak bug in __graph_get_type()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoc: audio-graph-card2: Fix refcount leak bug in graphgettype We should call ofnodeput for the reference before its replacement as it returned by ofgetparent which has increased the refcount. Besides, we should also call ofnodep...

kernel: drm/i915: fix a possible refcount leak in intel_dp_add_mst_connector()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: fix a possible refcount leak in inteldpaddmstconnector If drmconnectorinit fails, intelconnectorfree will be called to take care of proper free. So it is necessary to drop the refcount of port before intelconnectorfree...

kernel: xfrm_expand_policies() in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c can cause a refcount to be dropped twice

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s IP framework for transforming packets XFRM subsystem. An error while resolving policies in xfrmbundlelookup causes the refcount to drop twice, leading to a possible crash and a denial of service...

kernel: scsi: mpt3sas: Fix use-after-free warning

A user after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel in the refcountt variable when performing the controller reset. This issue could lead to denial of service of the system...

RHEL 8 : dhcp (RHSA-2023:3000)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:3000 advisory. The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP is a protocol that allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network...

kernel: xfrm_expand_policies() in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c can cause a refcount to be dropped twice

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s IP framework for transforming packets XFRM subsystem. An error while resolving policies in xfrmbundlelookup causes the refcount to drop twice, leading to a possible crash and a denial of service...

kernel: scsi: mpt3sas: Fix use-after-free warning

A user after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel in the refcountt variable when performing the controller reset. This issue could lead to denial of service of the system...

kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in ASoC Mediatek due to refcount leak

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit a refcount leak in the Audio System on Chip ASoC Mediatek component, specifically within the mt8183mt6358ts3a227max98357devprobe function. This vulnerability could lead to a Denial of Service DoS due to resource exhaustion...

kernel: soc: qcom: aoss: Fix refcount leak in qmp_cooling_devices_register

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: qcom: aoss: Fix refcount leak in qmpcoolingdevicesregister Every iteration of foreachavailablechildofnode decrements the reference count of the previous node. When breaking early from a foreachavailablechildofnode loop, we...

kernel: ASoC: mt6797-mt6351: Fix refcount leak in mt6797_mt6351_dev_probe

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: mt6797-mt6351: Fix refcount leak in mt6797mt6351devprobe ofparsephandle returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use ofnodeput on it when not need anymore. Add missing ofnodeput to avoid refcount leak...

kernel: dmaengine: Fix double increment of client_count in dma_chan_get()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: Fix double increment of clientcount in dmachanget The first time dmachanget is called for a channel the channel clientcount is incorrectly incremented twice for public channels, first in balancerefcount, and again prio...

kernel: remoteproc: imx_rproc: Fix refcount leak in imx_rproc_addr_init

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: remoteproc: imxrproc: Fix refcount leak in imxrprocaddrinit ofparsephandle returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use ofnodeput on it when not needed anymore. This function has two paths missing ofnodeput...

kernel: PCI: microchip: Fix refcount leak in mc_pcie_init_irq_domains()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: microchip: Fix refcount leak in mcpcieinitirqdomains ofgetnextchild returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, so we should use ofnodeput on it when we don't need it anymore. mcpcieinitirqdomains only calls ofnodeput ...

kernel: ASoc: audio-graph-card2: Fix refcount leak bug in __graph_get_type()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoc: audio-graph-card2: Fix refcount leak bug in graphgettype We should call ofnodeput for the reference before its replacement as it returned by ofgetparent which has increased the refcount. Besides, we should also call ofnodep...