Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6951-1)

"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-6951-1 advisory. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update...

USN-6919-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could possibly trigger this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVE-2022-38096 It was discovered that the ATA over...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6919-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6919-1 advisory. Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereferenc...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40997

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: amd-pstate: fix memory leak on CPU EPP exit The cpudata memory from kzalloc in amdpstateeppcpuinit is not freed in the analogous exit function, so fix that. rjw: Subject and changelog edits...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from a memory leak in the cpufreq:amd-pstate component during CPU EPP exit...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities (USN-6892-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6892-1 advisory. It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An...

USN-6892-1: Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-6270 It was discovered that the Atheros 802.11ac...

USN-6878-1: Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities

Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could possibly trigger this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVE-2022-38096 Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadc...

USN-6871-1: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-6270 It was discovered that the Atheros 802.11ac...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-6871-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6871-1 advisory. It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities (USN-6878-1)

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6878-1 advisory. Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereferenc...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38615

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: exit callback is optional The exit callback is optional and shouldn't be called without checking a valid pointer first. Also, we must clear freqtable pointer even if the exit callback isn't present...

USN-6817-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could possibly trigger this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVE-2022-38096 Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadc...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6817-3)

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6817-3 advisory. Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereferenc...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-6821-4)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6821-4 advisory. It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An...

USN-6820-2: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-6270 It was discovered that the Atheros 802.11ac...

USN-6828-1: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities

Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC WLAN driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition during device removal, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-47233 It was...

USN-6817-2: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could possibly trigger this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVE-2022-38096 Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadc...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities (USN-6820-2)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6820-2 advisory. It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-6817-2)

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6817-2 advisory. Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereferenc...