Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-52619

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - pstore/ram: Fix crash when setting number of cpus to an odd number When the number of cpu cores is adjusted to 7 or other odd numbers, the zone size will become...

RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:10771)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:10771 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: ext4: regenerate buddy after...

CVE-2023-52619

A vulnerability was found in the pstore/ram component of the Linux kernel, which caused crashes when the number of CPU cores was set to an odd number. This issue occurs because the odd-numbered zones became misaligned. This flaw allows a local, authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service...

CVE-2023-52619

The CVE-2023-52619 issue affects the Linux kernel’s pstore/ram subsystem, where setting CPU count to an odd number causes zone_size to be odd, breaking address alignment and risking crashes when accessing zone memory. The documented fix uses ALIGN_DOWN() to ensure even zone sizes, preventing non‑...