kernel: HID: check empty report_list in hid_validate_values()

A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s human interface device HID subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system...

kernel: use-after-free caused by l2cap_reassemble_sdu() in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s L2CAP bluetooth functionality in how a user triggers a race condition by two malicious flows in the L2CAP bluetooth packets. This flaw allows a local or bluetooth connection user to crash the system or potentially escalate privileges...

kernel: x86-64: avoid sysret to non-canonical address

It was found that the Xen hypervisor implementation as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 did not properly restrict the syscall return addresses in the sysret return path to canonical addresses. An unprivileged user in a 64-bit para-virtualized guest, that is running on a 64-bit host that ha...