A Bootiful Podcast: Tagir Valeev, Fellow Java Champion and IntelliJ IDEA Java legend

Hi, Spring fans! In today's installment we talk to Tagir Valeev, a fellow Java Champion and IntelliJ IDEA Java legend. Also: don't forget to try out the just-released Spring Boot 3.3 release!...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: grub2 security update

An update for grub2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

grub2: Out-of-bounds write at fs/ntfs.c may lead to unsigned code execution

An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in grub2's NTFS filesystem driver. This issue may allow an attacker to present a specially crafted NTFS filesystem image, leading to grub's heap metadata corruption. In some circumstances, the attack may also corrupt the UEFI firmware heap metadata. As a...

kernel: ext4: fix bug_on in __es_tree_search caused by bad boot loader inode

A flaw was identified in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel where a malformed or improperly initialized boot loader inode could trigger a BUGON condition inside the estreesearch function. This occurs when the inode’s mode imode is an unexpected type and the code does not...

EDK2: integer overflow in CreateHob() could lead to HOB OOB R/W

A flaw was found in the CreateHob function in EDK2. An attacker, leveraging a local network, can initiate an integer overflow leading to a buffer overflow. This issue arises during size alignment within the CreateHob function, requiring activation in the PEI phase. Successful exploitation of this...

EDK2: heap buffer overflow in Tcg2MeasurePeImage()

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found via the Tcg2MeasurePeImage function in EDK2. Successful exploitation requires a local attacker to trigger an integer overflow in the calculation of the EventSize variable at DxeTpm2MeasureBootLib.c, leading to the heap-buffer overflow, presenting a...

ALSA-2024:3184 Moderate: grub2 security update

The grub2 packages provide version 2 of the Grand Unified Boot Loader GRUB, a highly configurable and customizable boot loader with modular architecture. The packages support a variety of kernel formats, file systems, computer architectures, and hardware devices. Security Fixes: grub2:...

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47414

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: Flush current cpu icache before other cpus On SiFive Unmatched, I recently fell onto the following BUG when booting: 0.000000 ftrace: allocating 36610 entries in 144 pages 0.000000 Oops - illegal instruction 1 0.000000...

CVE-2021-47362

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/pm: Update intermediate power state for SI Update the current state as boot state during dpm initialization. During the subsequent initialization, setpowerstate gets called to transition to the final power state...

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47228

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/ioremap: Map EFI-reserved memory as encrypted for SEV Some drivers require memory that is marked as EFI boot services data. In order for this memory to not be re-used by the kernel after ExitBootServices, efimemreserve is use...

CVE-2021-47228

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/ioremap: Map EFI-reserved memory as encrypted for SEV Some drivers require memory that is marked as EFI boot services data. In order for this memory to not be re-used by the kernel after ExitBootServices, efimemreserve is use...

UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47414

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: Flush current cpu icache before other cpus On SiFive Unmatched, I recently fell onto the following BUG when booting: 0.000000 ftrace: allocating 36610 entries in 144 pages 0.000000 Oops - illegal instruction 1 0.000000...

CVE-2021-47228

CVE-2021-47228 affects the Linux kernel x86/ioremap code. The issue arises when EFI boot services memory is preserved with efi_mem_reserve() and marked EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME; under SEV, such memory must be mapped encrypted, otherwise the kernel may crash during boot. The public docs indicate a fix t...

CVE-2021-47228 x86/ioremap: Map EFI-reserved memory as encrypted for SEV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/ioremap: Map EFI-reserved memory as encrypted for SEV Some drivers require memory that is marked as EFI boot services data. In order for this memory to not be re-used by the kernel after ExitBootServices, efimemreserve is use...

SUSE CVE-2023-52698

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: calipso: fix memory leak in netlblcalipsoaddpass If IPv6 support is disabled at boot ipv6.disable=1, the calipsoinit - netlblcalipsoopsregister function isn't called, and the netlblcalipsoopsget function always returns NULL. In...

SUSE CVE-2024-35803

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/efistub: Call mixed mode boot services on the firmware's stack Normally, the EFI stub calls into the EFI boot services using the stack that was live when the stub was entered. According to the UEFI spec, this stack needs to b...

SUSE CVE-2024-35875

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/coco: Require seeding RNG with RDRAND on CoCo systems There are few uses of CoCo that don't rely on working cryptography and hence a working RNG. Unfortunately, the CoCo threat model means that the VM host cannot be trusted a...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35875

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/coco: Require seeding RNG with RDRAND on CoCo systems There are few uses of CoCo that don't rely on working cryptography and hence a working RNG. Unfortunately, the CoCo threat model means that the VM host cannot be trusted a...

CVE-2024-35875

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/coco: Require seeding RNG with RDRAND on CoCo systems There are few uses of CoCo that don't rely on working cryptography and hence a working RNG. Unfortunately, the CoCo threat model means that the VM host cannot be trusted a...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35875

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/coco: Require seeding RNG with RDRAND on CoCo systems There are few uses of CoCo that don't rely on working cryptography and hence a working RNG. Unfortunately, the CoCo threat model means that the VM host cannot be trusted a...