Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-42096

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - x86: stop playing stack games in profilepc The 'profilepc' function is used for timer-based profiling, which isn't really all that relevant any more to begin...

Important: kernel

Issue Overview: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nftables: use timestamp to check for set element timeout CVE-2024-27397 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: Fix use-after-free on a dentry's dname.name CVE-2024-3949...

USN-7003-4: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the JFS file system contained an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when printing xattr debug information. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2024-40902 Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could...

RockyLinux 9 : kernel (RLSA-2024:6567)

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:6567 advisory. kernel: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported CVE-2023-52463 kernel: nfsd: fix RELEASELOCKOWNER CVE-2024-26629 kernel: mm:...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7009-1)

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-7009-1 advisory. Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use...

RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:6567)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:6567 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: efivarfs: force RO when...

Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb-storage: alauda: Check whether the media is initialized CVE-2024-38619 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nftables: fully validate NFTDATAVALUE on store to data...

SUSE SLED12: cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-default / gfs2-kmp-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLEDSAP12 / SLES12 / SLESSAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following securi...

SUSE SLES12: kernel-azure / kernel-azure-base / kernel-azure-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2024:2901-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLESSAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2901-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following security bugs were...

SUSE-SU-2024:2901-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2024-39494: ima: Fix use-after-free on a dentry's dname.name bsc1227716. - CVE-2024-42096: x86: stop playing stack games in profilepc bsc1228633. -...

SUSE-SU-2024:2892-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2024-39494: ima: Fix use-after-free on a dentry's dname.name bsc1227716. - CVE-2024-42096: x86: stop playing stack games in profilepc bsc1228633. -...

CVE-2024-42096 x86: stop playing stack games in profile_pc()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86: stop playing stack games in profilepc The 'profilepc' function is used for timer-based profiling, which isn't really all that relevant any more to begin with, but it also ends up making assumptions based on the stack layout...