MiracleLinux 8 : kernel-4.18.0-240.el8 (AXSA:2021-1489:04)

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2021-1489:04 advisory. kernel: use after free in the video driver leads to local privilege escalation CVE-2019-9458 kernel: use-after-free in drivers/bluetooth/hcildisc.c...

Vulnerability of the mtdchar_ioctl() function in the drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c module – A driver for supporting MTD devices in the Linux operating system, which allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

Vulnerability of the mtdcharioctl function in the drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c module – The Linux kernel’s MTD device support driver is vulnerable to synchronization errors when using shared resources. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause service failures...

USN-7496-2 linux-aws-fips, linux-fips, linux-gcp-fips 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: - Block layer subsystem; - Character device driver; - Hardware crypto device drivers; - GPU drivers; - Media drivers;...

kernel: race condition caused by a malicious USB device in the USB character device driver layer

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, where there is a race condition bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the USB character device driver layer. An attacker who can hotplug at least two devices of this class can cause a use-after-free situation...