Important: kernel security update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: powerpc: Fix access beyond end of drmem array CVE-2023-52451 kernel: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported CVE-2023-52463 kernel: tracing: Restructure...

USN-6919-1: 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 It was discovered that the ATA over...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6919-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6919-1 advisory. Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereferenc...

edk2: Use of a Weak PseudoRandom Number Generator

A security flaw has been identified in the cryptographic system of EDK2, the open-source reference implementation of the UEFI specification. This vulnerability enables an unauthorized remote attacker to potentially expose sensitive information...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities (USN-6892-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6892-1 advisory. It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An...

USN-6892-1: Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-6270 It was discovered that the Atheros 802.11ac...

CVE-2024-36936

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi/unaccepted: touch soft lockup during memory accept Commit 50e782a86c98 "efi/unaccepted: Fix soft lockups caused by parallel memory acceptance" has released the spinlock so other CPUs can do memory acceptance in parallel and n...

USN-6878-1: Linux kernel (Oracle) 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...

USN-6871-1: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-6270 It was discovered that the Atheros 802.11ac...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6867-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6867-1 advisory. It was discovered that the HugeTLB file system component of the Linux Kernel contained a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. A privileged attacker...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities (USN-6878-1)

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6878-1 advisory. Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereferenc...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6867-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-6871-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6871-1 advisory. It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An...

USN-6819-4: Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities

Alon Zahavi discovered that the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate H2C PDU data, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-6356, CVE-2023-6535, CVE-2023-6536 Chenyuan...

USN-6819-4 linux-oracle-6.5 vulnerabilities

Alon Zahavi discovered that the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate H2C PDU data, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-6356, CVE-2023-6535, CVE-2023-6536 Chenyuan...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities (USN-6819-4)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6819-4 advisory. Alon Zahavi discovered that the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate H2C PDU data, leading to a null pointer dereference...

SUSE CVE-2024-33619

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: libstub: only free priv.runtimemap when allocated priv.runtimemap is only allocated when efinovamap is not set. Otherwise, it is an uninitialized value. In the error path, it is freed unconditionally. Avoid passing an...

CVE-2024-33619

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: libstub: only free priv.runtimemap when allocated priv.runtimemap is only allocated when efinovamap is not set. Otherwise, it is an uninitialized value. In the error path, it is freed unconditionally. Avoid passing an...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-33619

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: libstub: only free priv.runtimemap when allocated priv.runtimemap is only allocated when efinovamap is not set. Otherwise, it is an uninitialized value. In the error path, it is freed unconditionally. Avoid passing an...

CVE-2024-33619

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: libstub: only free priv.runtimemap when allocated priv.runtimemap is only allocated when efinovamap is not set. Otherwise, it is an uninitialized value. In the error path, it is freed unconditionally. Avoid passing an...