x86: Deadlock in vlapic_error()

ISSUE DESCRIPTION In x86's APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller architecture, error conditions are reported in a status register. Furthermore, the OS can opt to receive an interrupt when a new error occurs. It is possible to configure the error interrupt with an illegal vector, which...

kernel: KVM: arm64: vgic-v2: Check for non-NULL vCPU in vgic_v2_parse_attr()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: vgic-v2: Check for non-NULL vCPU in vgicv2parseattr vgicv2parseattr is responsible for finding the vCPU that matches the user-provided CPUID, which of course may not be valid. If the ID is invalid, kvmgetvcpubyid...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-7021-2)

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-7021-2 linux-ibm-5.15, linux-oracle-5.15, linux-xilinx-zynqmp vulnerabilities

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - GPU drivers; - BTRFS file system; - F2FS file system; - GFS2 file system; - BPF subsystem; - Netfilter; - RxRPC...

USN-7021-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - GPU drivers; - BTRFS file system; - F2FS file system; - GFS2 file system; - BPF subsystem; - Netfilter; - RxRPC...

USN-7029-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained 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-2024-23848 It was discovered that the JFS file system contained an...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7007-3)

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-7007-3 advisory. Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7007-2)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7007-2 advisory. Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to caus...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7029-1)

"The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7029-1 advisory. Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cau...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6999-2)

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6999-2 advisory. Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to caus...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: pcp security update

An update for pcp 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 the C...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-7022-1)

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-7021-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - GPU drivers; - BTRFS file system; - F2FS file system; - GFS2 file system; - BPF subsystem; - Netfilter; - RxRPC...

New "Raptor Train" IoT Botnet Compromises Over 200,000 Devices Worldwide

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a never-before-seen botnet comprising an army of small office/home office SOHO and IoT devices that are likely operated by a Chinese nation-state threat actor called Flax Typhoon aka Ethereal Panda or RedJuliett. The sophisticated botnet, dubbed Raptor Tra...

Cyber threats to shipping explained

TL;DR Modern vessels are becoming increasingly connected. While it is unlikely that hackers could fully control a container ship remotely, they may be able to disrupt systems such as the Power Management System PMS, leading to blackouts and associated loss of propulsion and steering. Although...

kernel: mm/shmem: disable PMD-sized page cache if needed

A denial of service vulnerability was found in the Linux Kernel. In architectures such as ARM64 where the base page size is 64KB, a 512MB page cache could lead to a software crash...

kernel: mm/shmem: disable PMD-sized page cache if needed

A denial of service vulnerability was found in the Linux Kernel. In architectures such as ARM64 where the base page size is 64KB, a 512MB page cache could lead to a software crash...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7022-1)

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-7022-1 advisory. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update...

Apache Seata Deserialization Vulnerability

Apache Seata is an open source distributed transaction solution , is committed to providing high performance and easy to use distributed transaction services in the microservices architecture . Apache Seata suffers from a deserialization vulnerability that can be exploited by a remote attacker to...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7021-1)

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-7021-1 advisory. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update...