kernel: HID: check empty report_list in hid_validate_values()

A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s human interface device HID subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system...

kernel: use-after-free in sch_qfq network scheduler

A use-after-free flaw was found in qfqdequeue and aggdequeue in net/sched/schqfq.c in the Traffic Control QoS subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system...

RHEL 8 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2024:0881)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0881 advisory. The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirement...

This Week in Spring - February 20th, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! How are you this fine 20th of February, 2024? I'm doing alright on this rainy 20th of Feburary here in San Francisco, and I hope you are too! We've got a ton of things to get into this week so let's dive right into it! Have y...

PT-2024-7728 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel version 6.6.0 Description: The vulnerability is related to a NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's perf subsystem. It occurs when the ctr get width function is not defined for the legacy case, but is used in arch perf...

CLSA-2024-1708171036 Fix of 10 CVEs

CVE-url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-23851 - dm: limit the number of targets and parameter size area CVE-url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-23849 - net/rds: Fix UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in rdscmsgrecv CVE-url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-1086 - netfilter: nftables...

CLSA-2024-1708094944 Fix of 8 CVEs

CVE-url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-23851 - dm: limit the number of targets and parameter size area CVE-url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-1086 - netfilter: nftables: reject QUEUE/DROP verdict parameters CVE-url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-35827 - ravb: Fix use-after-fr...

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9. The USB subsystem mishandles size checks during the reading of an extra descriptor related to __usb_get_extra_descriptor in drivers/usb/core/usb.c.

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-6626-3)

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-6626-3 advisory. Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel when handling sessions operations. A...

USN-6626-3: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel when handling sessions operations. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-32250, CVE-2023-32252, CVE-2023-32257...

USN-6639-1 linux-oem-6.1 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode subsystem of the Linux kernel, leading to 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-2023-51780 It was...

USN-6639-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode subsystem of the Linux kernel, leading to 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-2023-51780 It was...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities (USN-6628-2)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6628-2 advisory. Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel when handling sessions operations. A remote...

USN-6626-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel when handling sessions operations. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-32250, CVE-2023-32252, CVE-2023-32257...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6626-2)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6626-2 advisory. Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel when handling sessions operations. A remote...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities (USN-6608-2)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6608-2 advisory. It was discovered that the CIFS network file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the server frame size in certain...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities (USN-6635-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6635-1 advisory. It was discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition while handling device descriptors in certain situations, leading ...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6628-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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...

USN-6628-1: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities

Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel when handling sessions operations. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-32250, CVE-2023-32252, CVE-2023-32257...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: Logging Subsystem 5.8.3 - Red Hat OpenShift

Logging Subsystem 5.8.3 - Red Hat OpenShift Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the Referenc...