kernel: GSM multiplexing race condition leads to privilege escalation

A race condition was found in the GSM 0710 tty multiplexor in the Linux kernel. This issue occurs when two threads execute the GSMIOCSETCONF ioctl on the same tty file descriptor with the gsm line discipline enabled, and can lead to a use-after-free problem on a struct gsmdlci while restarting th...

USN-6898-4: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could possibly trigger this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVE-2022-38096 Gui-Dong Han discovered that the...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6896-5)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6896-5 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...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6898-4)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6898-4 advisory. Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereferenc...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6895-3)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6895-3 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...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6898-3)

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-6898-3 advisory. Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointe...

USN-6900-1: 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 HugeTLB file syst...

SUSE CVE-2024-40966

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: add the option to have a tty reject a new ldisc ... and use it to limit the virtual terminals to just NTTY. They are kind of special, and in particular, the "conwrite" routine violates the "writes cannot sleep" rule that som...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6896-3)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6896-3 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...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6898-2)

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-6898-2 advisory. Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointe...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6900-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6900-1 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-2024-40966

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: add the option to have a tty reject a new ldisc ... and use it to limit the virtual terminals to just NTTY. They are kind of special, and in particular, the "conwrite" routine violates the "writes cannot sleep" rule that som...

USN-6896-2: 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...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6896-2)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6896-2 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 vulnerability. An...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6895-2)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6895-2 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 vulnerability. An...

USN-6898-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could possibly trigger this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVE-2022-38096 Gui-Dong Han discovered that the...

RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:4533)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4533 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: TIPC message reassembly...

CentOS 9 : kernel-5.14.0-479.el9

"The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the kernel-5.14.0-479.el9 build changelog. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: j1939: j1939netdevstart: fix UAF for rxkref of j1939priv It...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6898-1)

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-6898-1 advisory. Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointe...

CVE-2024-40966

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: add the option to have a tty reject a new ldisc ... and use it to limit the virtual terminals to just NTTY. They are kind of special, and in particular, the "conwrite" routine violates the "writes cannot sleep" rule that som...