USN-6816-1: 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 Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadc...

CVE-2024-35875

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/coco: Require seeding RNG with RDRAND on CoCo systems There are few uses of CoCo that don't rely on working cryptography and hence a working RNG. Unfortunately, the CoCo threat model means that the VM host cannot be trusted a...

CVE-2024-35875 x86/coco: Require seeding RNG with RDRAND on CoCo systems

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/coco: Require seeding RNG with RDRAND on CoCo systems There are few uses of CoCo that don't rely on working cryptography and hence a working RNG. Unfortunately, the CoCo threat model means that the VM host cannot be trusted a...

USN-6726-3: Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities

Pratyush Yadav discovered that the Xen network backend implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle zero length data request, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service host domain crash...

USN-6726-2: Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities

Pratyush Yadav discovered that the Xen network backend implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle zero length data request, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service host domain crash...

The vulnerabilities of Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Intel Killer Wi-Fi network devices, related to initialization errors, allow attackers to exploit these vulnerabilities to disclose protected information.

The vulnerability of Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Intel Killer Wi-Fi network device drivers is related to initialization errors. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to disclose sensitive information that is protected by these devices...

USN-6726-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Pratyush Yadav discovered that the Xen network backend implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle zero length data request, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service host domain crash...

USN-6688-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Pratyush Yadav discovered that the Xen network backend implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle zero length data request, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service host domain crash...

kernel: use-after-free after failed devlink reload in devlink_param_get

A flaw was found in the Netlink device interface implementation in the Linux kernel that improperly handled certain error conditions, leading to a use-after-free issue with some network device drivers. A local attacker with admin access to the network device could use this to cause a denial of...

kernel: vmwgfx: out-of-bounds write in vmw_kms_cursor_snoop

An out-of-bounds memory write vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's vmwgfx driver in vmwkmscursorsnoop due to a missing check of a memcpy length. This flaw allows a local, unprivileged attacker with access to either the /dev/dri/card0 or /dev/dri/rendererD128 and able to issue an ioctl on...

Persistence – Service Control Manager

The service control manager SCM is responsible to start and stop services in windows environments including device drivers and start up applications. Microsoft introduced in… Continue reading - Persistence - Service Control Manager...

CVE-2022-3625

A flaw was found in the Netlink device interface implementation in the Linux kernel that improperly handled certain error conditions, leading to a use-after-free issue with some network device drivers. A local attacker with admin access to the network device could use this to cause a denial of...

s390utils bug fix and enhancement update

An update is available for s390utils. This update affects Rocky Linux 9. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list The s390utils packages contain a set of user-space utilities that should be...

SUSE-SU-2022:3294-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2022-39188: Fixed race condition in include/asm-generic/tlb.h where a device driver can free a page while it still has stale TLB entries bnc1203107. -...

USN-5566-1 linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke, linux-gke-5.15, linux-ibm, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi vulnerabilities

Zhenpeng Lin discovered that the network packet scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly remove all references to a route filter before freeing it in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute arbitrary code...

How to update your drivers and when you need to

Many software vendors have a driver updater in their arsenal. But is it really that important to have the latest computer drivers? Where do you get them? And how do you go about updating? Driver updates fix security and compatibility problems, errors, broken code, and sometimes even add features ...

CVE-2021-35589

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems component: Device drivers. The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle Solaris. Whil...

Design/Logic Flaw

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems component: Device drivers. The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle Solaris. Whil...

CVE-2021-35589

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems component: Device drivers. The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle Solaris. Whil...

CVE-2021-35589

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems component: Device drivers. The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle Solaris. Whil...