CVE-2024-36971 net: fix __dst_negative_advice() race

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix dstnegativeadvice race dstnegativeadvice does not enforce proper RCU rules when sk-dstcache must be cleared, leading to possible UAF. RCU rules are that we must first clear sk-skdstcache, then call dstreleaseolddst. Note...

CVE-2024-36971 net: fix __dst_negative_advice() race

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix dstnegativeadvice race dstnegativeadvice does not enforce proper RCU rules when sk-dstcache must be cleared, leading to possible UAF. RCU rules are that we must first clear sk-skdstcache, then call dstreleaseolddst. Note...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from a contention issue with skreceivequeue in afunix...

Ubuntu 23.10 : Linux kernel (ARM laptop) vulnerabilities (USN-6818-2)

The remote Ubuntu 23.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6818-2 advisory. Alon Zahavi discovered that the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate H2C PDU data, leading to a null pointer dereference...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6821-2)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6821-2 advisory. It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free...

USN-6820-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-6270 It was discovered that the Atheros 802.11ac...

OESA-2024-1697 openssl security update

The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, fully featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer SSL v2/v3 and Transport Layer Security TLS v1 protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library. The project i...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6821-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6821-1 advisory. It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An...

CVE-2022-1242

Apport can be tricked into connecting to arbitrary sockets as the root user...

CVE-2022-1242

Apport can be tricked into connecting to arbitrary sockets as the root user...

CVE-2022-1242

Apport can be tricked into connecting to arbitrary sockets as the root user...

RHEL 6 : usbmuxd (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched. - libimobiledevice: Sockets listening on INADDRANY CVE-2016-5104 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but h...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities (USN-6795-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6795-1 advisory. Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC WLAN driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition during device removal, leading to a use-...

The vulnerability of the rds_recv_track_latency() function in the net/rds/af_rds.c module of the Linux operating system’s RDS (Reliable Datagram Sockets) kernel implementation allows a attacker to compromise the confidentiality and accessibility of protected information.

The vulnerability of the rdsrecvtracklatency function in the net/rds/afrds.c module of the Linux operating system’s RDS Reliable Datagram Sockets implementation is related to reading memory beyond the bounds of the allocated buffer. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to...

JAVS Courtroom Recording Software Backdoored - Deploys RustDoor Malware

Malicious actors have backdoored the installer associated with courtroom video recording software developed by Justice AV Solutions JAVS to deliver malware that's associated with a known implant called RustDoor. The software supply chain attack, tracked as CVE-2024-4978 CVSS score: 8.7, impacts...

SUSE CVE-2021-47249

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: rds: fix memory leak in rdsrecvmsg Syzbot reported memory leak in rds. The problem was in unputted refcount in case of error. int rdsrecvmsgstruct socket sock, struct msghdr msg, sizet size, int msgflags ... if...

SUSE CVE-2023-52772

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afunix: fix use-after-free in unixstreamreadactor syzbot reported the following crash 1 After releasing unix socket lock, u-oobskb can be changed by another thread. We must temporarily increase skb refcount to make sure this othe...

kernel: mptcp: fix UaF in listener shutdown

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix UaF in listener shutdown As reported by Christoph after having refactored the passive socket initialization, the mptcp listener shutdown path is prone to an UaF issue. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in...

kernel: mptcp: use the workqueue to destroy unaccepted sockets

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: use the workqueue to destroy unaccepted sockets Christoph reported a UaF at token lookup time after having refactored the passive socket initialization part: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in tokenbucketbusy+0x253/0x260 Read o...

CVE-2023-52778

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: deal with large GSO size After the blamed commit below, the TCP sockets and the MPTCP subflows can build egress packets larger than 64K. That exceeds the maximum DSS data size, the length being misrepresent on the wire and...