Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-000388)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-000388 advisory. A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL...

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kernel: race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c

A flaw was found in the Linux kernels sysctl handling code for hugepages management. When multiple root level processes would write to modify the /proc/sys/vm/nrhugepages file it could create a race on internal variables leading to a system crash or memory corruption...

ALSA-2021:1578 Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: Integer overflow in IntelR Graphics Drivers CVE-2020-12362 kernel: memory leak in sofsetgetlargectrldata function in sound/soc/sof/ipc.c CVE-2019-18811 kernel: use-after-free caused by a...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-4912-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4912-1 advisory. Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the BPF JIT compiler for x86 in the Linux kernel did not properly validate computation of branch displacements in some...

USN-4912-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the BPF JIT compiler for x86 in the Linux kernel did not properly validate computation of branch displacements in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-29154 It was...

USN-4912-1 linux-oem-5.6 vulnerabilities

Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the BPF JIT compiler for x86 in the Linux kernel did not properly validate computation of branch displacements in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-29154 It was...

USN-4660-2: Linux kernel regression | Cloud Foundry

Severity Unknown Vendor Canonical Ubuntu Versions Affected Canonical Ubuntu 16.04 Description USN-4660-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression in the software raid10 driver when used with fstrim that could lead to data corruption. This updat...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel regression (USN-4660-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4660-2 advisory. USN-4660-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression in the software raid10 driver when used with...

SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:3513-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 RT kernel was updated to receive various security and bug fixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2020-25705: A flaw in the way reply ICMP packets are limited in was found that allowed to quickly scan open UDP ports. This flaw allowed an off-path remot...

USN-4660-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker with access to the perf subsystem could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-14351 It was...

USN-4579-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Hadar Manor discovered that the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel improperly handled socket reuse, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-16119 Wen Xu discover...

USN-4576-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Hadar Manor discovered that the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel improperly handled socket reuse, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-16119 Jay Shin...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4579-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4579-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4579-1 advisory. Hadar Manor discovered that the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel improperly handled socket reuse, leading to a use-after-free...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2020-2176)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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...

EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2020-2176)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The kernel package contains the Linux kernel vmlinuz, the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2020-1495)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.198-152.320. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1495 advisory. In the Linux kernel 5.0.21 and 5.3.11, mounting a crafted btrfs filesystem image, performing some operations, and...

Linux kernel null pointer dereference vulnerability (CNVD-2020-52031)

The Linux kernel is a computer operating system kernel written in C and assembly language, compliant with the POSIX standard, and distributed under the GNU General Public License. A null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in Linux kernel versions prior to 5.8.8. The vulnerability stems from...