CVE-2022-49177

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwrng: cavium - fix NULL but dereferenced coccicheck error Fix following coccicheck warning: ./drivers/char/hwrandom/cavium-rng-vf.c:182:17-20: ERROR: pdev is NULL but dereferenced...

CVE-2022-49177 hwrng: cavium - fix NULL but dereferenced coccicheck error

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwrng: cavium - fix NULL but dereferenced coccicheck error Fix following coccicheck warning: ./drivers/char/hwrandom/cavium-rng-vf.c:182:17-20: ERROR: pdev is NULL but dereferenced...

kernel: hwrng: core - Fix page fault dead lock on mmap-ed hwrng

A vulnerability was found in the hwrng component of the Linux kernel, which caused a deadlock when reading from /dev/hwrng into memory and mmap-ed from /dev/hwrng. This issue is triggered by a recursive read during a page fault and allows a local, authenticated attacker to cause a denial of servi...