Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities (USN-6548-3)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6548-3 advisory. It was discovered that Spectre-BHB mitigations were missing for Ampere processors. A local attacker could potentially use this to expose sensitive...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Low Latency) vulnerabilities (USN-6549-3)

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-6549-3 advisory. It was discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition while handling device descriptors in certain...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-3304)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2023-3336)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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...

Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6548-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6548-1 advisory. It was discovered that Spectre-BHB mitigations were missing for Ampere processors. A local attacker could potentially use this to expose...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6532-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6532-1 advisory. Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors did not properly handle speculative execution of certain vector register instructions. A local attacker...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6516-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (StarFive) vulnerabilities (USN-6520-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6520-1 advisory. Ivan D Barrera, Christopher Bednarz, Mustafa Ismail, and Shiraz Saleem discovered that the InfiniBand RDMA driver in the Linux kernel did not properly...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities (USN-6516-1)

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-6516-1 advisory. Ivan D Barrera, Christopher Bednarz, Mustafa Ismail, and Shiraz Saleem discovered that the InfiniBand RDMA driver in the Linux kernel did not...

The vulnerability of the XFRM subsystem in the Linux operating system, which allows a hacker to trigger a service failure

The vulnerability of the XFRM subsystem in the Linux operating system is related to the exploitation of a null pointer dereferencing issue. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6494-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6494-1 advisory. Yu Hao discovered that the UBI driver in the Linux kernel did not properly check for MTD with zero erasesize during device attachment. A loca...

kernel: xfrm: NULL pointer dereference in xfrm_update_ae_params()

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s IP framework for transforming packets XFRM subsystem. This issue may allow a malicious user with CAPNETADMIN privileges to directly dereference a NULL pointer in xfrmupdateaeparams, leading to a possible kernel crash and denial of service...

kernel: xfrm: NULL pointer dereference in xfrm_update_ae_params()

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s IP framework for transforming packets XFRM subsystem. This issue may allow a malicious user with CAPNETADMIN privileges to directly dereference a NULL pointer in xfrmupdateaeparams, leading to a possible kernel crash and denial of service...

USN-6462-2: Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities

Seth Jenkins discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly perform address randomization for a per-cpu memory management structure. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory or in conjunction with another kernel vulnerability. CVE-2023-0597 Yu Hao and Weite...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities (USN-6465-3)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6465-3 advisory. Yu Hao and Weiteng Chen discovered that the Bluetooth HCI UART driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a null pointer dereferen...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities (USN-6462-2)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6462-2 advisory. Seth Jenkins discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly perform address randomization for a per-cpu memory management structure. A local attacker...

kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service due to xfrm resource leak

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A local attacker with low privileges could exploit a resource leak vulnerability within the xfrm subsystem. This occurs because a network device netdev reference tracker is incorrectly released during direction checks. Successful exploitation can lead to a...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities (USN-6465-2)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6465-2 advisory. Yu Hao and Weiteng Chen discovered that the Bluetooth HCI UART driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a null pointer dereferen...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities (USN-6466-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6466-1 advisory. Hyunwoo Kim discovered that the DVB Core driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition during device removal, leading to a use-after- free...

Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6462-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6462-1 advisory. Seth Jenkins discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly perform address randomization for a per-cpu memory management structure. A loc...