Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-36944

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Reapply drm/qxl: simplify qxlfencewait This reverts commit...

USN-6950-4: Linux kernel (HWE) 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: - ARM32 architecture; - ARM64 architecture; - Block layer subsystem; - Bluetooth drivers; - Clock framework and...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-6950-4)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6950-4 advisory. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in...

USN-6957-1: Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities

Benedict Schlüter, Supraja Sridhara, Andrin Bertschi, and Shweta Shinde discovered that an untrusted hypervisor could inject malicious VC interrupts and compromise the security guarantees of AMD SEV-SNP. This flaw is known as WeSee. A local attacker in control of the hypervisor could use this to...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities (USN-6957-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6957-1 advisory. Benedict Schlter, Supraja Sridhara, Andrin Bertschi, and Shweta Shinde discovered that an untrusted hypervisor could inject malicious VC interrupts and...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-6956-1)

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-6956-1 advisory. Benedict Schlter, Supraja Sridhara, Andrin Bertschi, and Shweta Shinde discovered that an untrusted hypervisor could inject malicious VC...

CVE-2024-36944 Reapply "drm/qxl: simplify qxl_fence_wait"

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Reapply "drm/qxl: simplify qxlfencewait" This reverts commit 07ed11afb68d94eadd4ffc082b97c2331307c5ea. Stephen Rostedt reports: "I went to run my tests on my VMs and the tests hung on boot up. Unfortunately, the most I ever got o...

CVE-2024-36944

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Reapply "drm/qxl: simplify qxlfencewait" This reverts commit 07ed11afb68d94eadd4ffc082b97c2331307c5ea. Stephen Rostedt reports: "I went to run my tests on my VMs and the tests hung on boot up. Unfortunately, the most I ever got o...

CVE-2024-36944

CVE-2024-36944 affects the Linux kernel. The issue arises from reverting the commit that simplified drm/qxl_fence_wait, which created a possible circular locking dependency between console_owner and the worker pool locking. Reverting the commit allows VMs to boot to completion but may reintroduce...