Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7179-1)

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-7179-1 advisory. Andy Nguyen discovered that the Bluetooth L2CAP implementation in the Linux kernel contained a type- confusion error. A physically proximate...

Exploring vulnerable Windows drivers

This post is the result of research into the real-world application of the Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver BYOVD technique along with Cisco Talos' series of posts about malicious Windows drivers. Some of this research was presented at the AVAR conference in Chennai at the beginning of December...

USN-7159-3 linux-bluefield, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4 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; - S390 architecture; - x86 architecture; - Power management core; - GPU...

USN-7166-2 linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15 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; - RISC-V architecture; - S390 architecture; - x86 architecture; - Block layer subsystem; - ACPI...

USN-7173-1 linux, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-raspi 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 Several security issues were discover...

USN-7173-1: 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 Several security issues were discover...

USN-7170-1 linux-oem-6.11 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: - GPU drivers; - Ext4 file system; - Network traffic control; - VMware vSockets driver; CVE-2024-49914, CVE-2024-4991...

USN-7159-2: Linux kernel (AWS) 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; - S390 architecture; - x86 architecture; - Power management core; - GPU...

USN-7166-1 linux, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.15, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-nvidia, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.15, linux-raspi 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; - RISC-V architecture; - S390 architecture; - x86 architecture; - Block layer subsystem; - ACPI...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities (USN-7159-2)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7159-2 advisory. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7173-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7173-1 advisory. Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointe...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-7170-1)

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7170-1 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...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7166-1)

"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-7166-1 advisory. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update...

CVE-2024-12668 Velocidex WinPmem Out of Bounds Write Vulnerability

Velocidex WinPmem versions below 4.1 suffer from an Out of Bounds Write vulnerability. By using an IO Control, a user space program can trick the driver into writing a 0 into any chosen memory location. In conjunction with information leakage from the WinPmem driver, attackers can discover the...

PT-2024-17709 · Velocidex · Velocidex Winpmem

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Velocidex WinPmem versions below 4.1 Description: The issue allows a user space program to trick the driver into writing a 0 into any chosen memory location by using an IO Control. In conjunction with information leakage from the WinPmem...

NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege Escalation

Background NVIDIA Drivers are NVIDIA's accelerated graphics driver. Description A vulnerability has been discovered in NVIDIA Drivers. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact Please review the referenced CVE identifier for details. Workaround There is no known...

GLSA-202412-20 : NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege Escalation

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202412-20 NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege Escalation A vulnerability has been discovered in NVIDIA Drivers. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly...

Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: CVE-2023-52778: mptcp: deal with large GSO size bsc1224948. CVE-2023-52920: bpf: support non-r10 register spill/fill to/from stack in precision tracking...

CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: kernel (CVE-2024-47697)

The version of kernel installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-47697 advisory. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: media: dvb-frontends/rtl2830: f...

USN-7159-1 linux, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-raspi, linux-xilinx-zynqmp 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; - S390 architecture; - x86 architecture; - Power management core; - GPU...