CVE-2026-43417

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched/mmcid: Handle vfork/CLONEVM correctly Matthieu and Jiri reported stalls where a task endlessly loops in mmgetcid when scheduling in. It turned out that the logic which handles vfork'ed tasks is broken. It is invoked when th...

kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service due to a deadlock in hugetlb folio migration

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could exploit a deadlock vulnerability due to incorrect lock ordering between foliolock and immaprwsem when migrating hugetlb file-backed folios. This could lead to hung tasks and potential system-wide stalls, resulting in a Denial of Service...

CVE-2026-31574

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's clock event handling. Missing resets of a critical flag can lead to timer interrupt starvation and system stalls. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service DoS by making the system unresponsive. Mitigation Mitigation for this...

kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service due to a deadlock in hugetlb folio migration

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could exploit a deadlock vulnerability due to incorrect lock ordering between foliolock and immaprwsem when migrating hugetlb file-backed folios. This could lead to hung tasks and potential system-wide stalls, resulting in a Denial of Service...

PT-2025-36000

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 5.10.240 Description A flaw exists in the Linux kernel's netlink subsystem, specifically within the netlink unicast function. The netlink attachskb function, used for socket memory allocation checks, can enter an...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2011:1849)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1849 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security fix: Using the SGIO IOCTL to issue SCSI...

kernel: tight loop and no preemption can cause system stall

The Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly implement a certain clock-update optimization, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system hang via an application that executes code in a loop...