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The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices. Security patch levels of 2022-08-05 or later address all of these issues. To learn how to check a device's security patch level, see Check and update your Android version. Android partners are...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-5541-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5541-1 advisory. Eric Biederman discovered that the cgroup process migration implementation in the Linux kernel did not perform permission checks correctly in some...

Apple Releases Security Patches for all Devices Fixing Dozens of New Vulnerabilities

Apple on Wednesday rolled out software fixes for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS to address a number of security flaws affecting its platforms. This includes at least 37 flaws spanning different components in iOS and macOS that range from privilege escalation to arbitrary code execution and...

About the security content of watchOS 8.7

About the security content of watchOS 8.7 This document describes the security content of watchOS 8.7. About Apple security updates For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5515-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5515-1 advisory. Eric Biederman discovered that the cgroup process migration implementation in the Linux kernel did not perform permission checks correctly in...

The vulnerability of the API interface of Realtek USB network adapter drivers allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the API interface of Realtek USB network adapter drivers is related to the copying of buffers without checking the size of the input data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability (USN-5493-2)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5493-2 advisory. It was discovered that the 8 Devices USB2CAN interface implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to...

kernel security and bug fix update

5.14.0-70.17.1.0.10.OL9 - lockdown: also lock down previous kgdb use Daniel Thompson Orabug: 34290418 CVE-2022-21499 5.14.0-70.17.10.OL9 - Update Oracle Linux certificates Kevin Lyons - Disable signing for aarch64 Ilya Okomin - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was added to the kernel trusted...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 31 for SLE 12 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2022:2195-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2022:2195-1 advisory. - A flaw in Linux Kernel found in nfcmrvlnciunregisterdev in drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/main.c can lead to use after free both read or write when non...

GSD-2022-1004004 drivers/base/node.c: fix compaction sysfs file leak

drivers/base/node.c: fix compaction sysfs file leak This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v4.14.283 by commit...

GSD-2022-1003937 drivers: usb: host: Fix deadlock in oxu_bus_suspend()

drivers: usb: host: Fix deadlock in oxubussuspend This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v4.14.283 by commit...

GSD-2022-1003827 drivers: tty: serial: Fix deadlock in sa1100_set_termios()

drivers: tty: serial: Fix deadlock in sa1100settermios This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v4.19.247 by commit...

GSD-2022-1003772 thermal/drivers/broadcom: Fix potential NULL dereference in sr_thermal_probe

thermal/drivers/broadcom: Fix potential NULL dereference in srthermalprobe This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.4.198 by commit...

GSD-2022-1003681 drivers: tty: serial: Fix deadlock in sa1100_set_termios()

drivers: tty: serial: Fix deadlock in sa1100settermios This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.4.198 by commit...

GSD-2022-1003594 thermal/drivers/imx_sc_thermal: Fix refcount leak in imx_sc_thermal_probe

thermal/drivers/imxscthermal: Fix refcount leak in imxscthermalprobe This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.10.121 by commit...

GSD-2022-1003346 thermal/drivers/imx_sc_thermal: Fix refcount leak in imx_sc_thermal_probe

thermal/drivers/imxscthermal: Fix refcount leak in imxscthermalprobe This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.15.46 by commit...

GSD-2022-1002742 thermal/drivers/imx_sc_thermal: Fix refcount leak in imx_sc_thermal_probe

thermal/drivers/imxscthermal: Fix refcount leak in imxscthermalprobe This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.18.3 by commit...

GSD-2022-1002547 drivers: staging: rtl8192u: Fix deadlock in ieee80211_beacons_stop()

drivers: staging: rtl8192u: Fix deadlock in ieee80211beaconsstop This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.18.4 by commit...

Use After Free

kernel is vulnerable to use after free. The vulnerability exists due to a memory corruption in the hsofreenetdevice function of drivers/net/usb/hso.c which allows an attacker to escalate their privileges on the system...

CVE-2022-33981

A use-after-free flaw was found in drivers/block/floppy.c in floppy drive in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow a local attacker to crash the system due to a race problem between rawcmdioctl and seekinterrupt, which can lead to a kernel information leak...