Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5756-1)

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-5756-1 advisory. Jann Horn discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly track memory allocations for anonymous VMA mappings in some situations, leading t...

Slackware Linux 15.0 kernel-generic Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2022-333-01)

The version of kernel-generic installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.80 / 5.15.80smp. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SSA:2022-333-01 advisory. New kernel packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix security issues. Tenable has extracted the...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5729-2)

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-5729-2 advisory. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the instruction emulator of the Linux kernel on Arm 64-bit systems. A local attacker could...

USN-5729-2 linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke-5.15, linux-intel-iotg, linux-raspi vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the instruction emulator of the Linux kernel on Arm 64-bit systems. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-20422 Hsin-Wei Hung discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel contained an...

USN-5729-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the instruction emulator of the Linux kernel on Arm 64-bit systems. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-20422 Hsin-Wei Hung discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel contained an...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5729-1)

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-5729-1 advisory. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the instruction emulator of the Linux kernel on Arm 64-bit systems. A local attacker could...

kernel: bpf, sockmap: Fix repeated calls to sock_put() when msg has more_data

A reference-count flaw was found in the Linux kernel Berkeley Packet Filter BPF sockmap implementation. When processing messages with remaining data, the same Transmission Control Protocol TCP socket reference could be released more than once. A local user running BPF sockmap programs could use...

kernel: ip_gre: test csum_start instead of transport header

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipgre: test csumstart instead of transport header GRE with TUNNELCSUM will apply local checksum offload on CHECKSUMPARTIAL packets. ipgrexmit must validate csumstart after an optional skbpull, else lcocsum may trigger an overflow...

oci-seccomp-bpf-hook bug fix and enhancement update

An update is available for oci-seccomp-bpf-hook. This update affects Rocky Linux 9. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Roc...

NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2022-0078)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has kernel packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in how the Linux kernel's Voice Over IP H.323 connection tracking functionality handled connections on...

container-tools:4.0 security and bug fix update

buildah 1:1.24.5-2 - update to the latest content of https://github.com/containers/buildah/tree/release-1.24 https://github.com/containers/buildah/commit/8cc4586 - Related: 2061390 1:1.24.5-1 - update to the latest content of https://github.com/containers/buildah/tree/release-1.24...

container-tools:3.0 security update

buildah 1.19.9-6 - update to the latest content of https://github.com/containers/buildah/tree/release-1.19 https://github.com/containers/buildah/commit/6d7f496 - Related: 2061390 1.19.9-5 - update to the latest content of https://github.com/containers/buildah/tree/release-1.19...

GSD-2022-1006639 bpf: prevent decl_tag from being referenced in func_proto

bpf: prevent decltag from being referenced in funcproto This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v6.0.7 by commit...

PT-2022-34894 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux Kernel versions prior to v6.0.7 Description: The issue is related to the bpf component, specifically with the decl tag being referenced in func proto. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. Recommendations:...

PT-2022-35363 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux Kernel versions prior to v5.15.75 Description: The issue concerns reference state management for synchronous callbacks in the bpf component. It was introduced in version v5.13 and fixed in version v5.15.75. The actual impact and attack...

PT-2022-35017 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux Kernel versions prior to v6.0.3 Description: The issue concerns the allocation of resources in the selftests/bpf component. After a test case succeeds, the allocated resources are not freed, which may lead to potential security issues...

SUSE SLES12: cluster-md-kmp-rt / dlm-kmp-rt / gfs2-kmp-rt / kernel-devel-rt / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:3930-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3930-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel RT was updated. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2022-3628: Fixed potential buffer overflo...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-038 (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-038)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.4.219-126.410. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-038 advisory. A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel NILFS file system was found in the way user triggers function...

container-tools:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update is available for runc, aardvark-dns, podman, oci-seccomp-bpf-hook, buildah, toolbox, slirp4netns, criu, cockpit-podman, fuse-overlayfs, container-selinux, conmon, libslirp, containernetworking-plugins, udica, containers-common, netavark, skopeo, crun, python-podman. This update affects...

kernel: BPF: Fix potential bad pointer dereference in bpf_sys_bpf()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: BPF: Fix potential bad pointer dereference in bpfsysbpf The bpfsysbpf helper function allows an eBPF program to load another eBPF program from within the kernel. In this case the argument union bpfattr pointer as well as the insn...