Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

Important: kernel security update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: nftables: nftsetrbtree skip end interval element from gc CVE-2024-26581 kernel: netfilter: nftlimit: reject configurations that cause integer overflow CVE-2024-26668 kernel: vfio/pci: Loc...

RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:5928)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:5928 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: nftables: nftsetrbtree skip en...

Important: kernel

Issue Overview: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: fix memory overlapping when deleting chars in the buffer CVE-2022-48627 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: loop: Check for overflow while configuring loop CVE-2022-49993 In the...

Important: kernel

Issue Overview: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: fix panic when DSA master device unbinds on shutdown CVE-2022-48808 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: call oprelease, even when opfunc returns an error...

kernel: vfio/pci: Lock external INTx masking ops

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/pci: Lock external INTx masking ops Mask operations through config space changes to DisINTx may race INTx configuration changes via ioctl. Create wrappers that add locking for paths outside of the core interrupt code. In...

kernel: vfio/pci: Lock external INTx masking ops

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/pci: Lock external INTx masking ops Mask operations through config space changes to DisINTx may race INTx configuration changes via ioctl. Create wrappers that add locking for paths outside of the core interrupt code. In...

qemu-kvm security update

7.2.0-13.el9 - vfio/migration: Enhance VFIO migration state tracing Avihai Horon - vfio/migration: Don't emit STOPCOPY VFIO migration QAPI event twice Avihai Horon - vfio/migration: Emit VFIO migration QAPI event Avihai Horon - qapi/vfio: Add VFIO migration QAPI event Avihai Horon -...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6927-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6927-1 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...

CVE-2024-41052

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/pci: Init the count variable in collecting hot-reset devices The count variable is used without initialization, it results in mistakes in the device counting and crashes the userspace if the get hot reset info path is...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41052

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/pci: Init the count variable in collecting hot-reset devices The count variable is used without initialization, it results in mistakes in the device counting and crashes the userspace if the get hot reset info path is...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-41052

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/pci: Init the count variable in collecting hot-reset devices The count variable is used without initialization, it results in mistakes in the device counting and crashes the userspace if the get hot reset info path is...

CVE-2024-41070 KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Prevent UAF in kvm_spapr_tce_attach_iommu_group()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Prevent UAF in kvmspaprtceattachiommugroup Al reported a possible use-after-free UAF in kvmspaprtceattachiommugroup. It looks up stt from tablefd, but then continues to use it after doing fdput on the returne...

CVE-2024-41052 vfio/pci: Init the count variable in collecting hot-reset devices

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/pci: Init the count variable in collecting hot-reset devices The count variable is used without initialization, it results in mistakes in the device counting and crashes the userspace if the get hot reset info path is...

CVE-2024-41052 vfio/pci: Init the count variable in collecting hot-reset devices

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/pci: Init the count variable in collecting hot-reset devices The count variable is used without initialization, it results in mistakes in the device counting and crashes the userspace if the get hot reset info path is...

CVE-2024-41052

CVE-2024-41052 : In the Linux kernel, the VFIO PCI subsystem misused an uninitialized local variable named count during collection of hot-reset devices, causing device-counting mistakes and possible userspace crashes when invoking the hot‑reset info path. The issue has been resolved by initializi...

CVE-2024-41052 vfio/pci: Init the count variable in collecting hot-reset devices

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/pci: Init the count variable in collecting hot-reset devices The count variable is used without initialization, it results in mistakes in the device counting and crashes the userspace if the get hot reset info path is...

USN-6919-1: 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 It was discovered that the ATA over...

USN-6917-1: 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...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6917-1)

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-6917-1 advisory. Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointe...