PT-2022-36233 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux Kernel versions prior to v5.15.78 Description: A keyring memory leak occurs on mount failure. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. Recommendations: For Linux Kernel versions prior to v5.15.78, update to...

Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-26385)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-26385 advisory. - A vulnerability was found in the pfkeyregister function in net/key/afkey.c in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local, unprivileged user to gain acces...

kernel: KVM: cmpxchg_gpte can write to pfns outside the userspace region

A flaw was found in KVM. When updating a guest's page table entry, vmpgoff was improperly used as the offset to get the page's pfn. As vaddr and vmpgoff are controllable by user-mode processes, this flaw allows unprivileged local users on the host to write outside the userspace region and...

PUB-A-234030265

In extractmetadata of dm-android-verity.c, there is a possible way to corrupt kernel memory due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation...

PUB-A-220738351

In TBD of TBD, there is a possible way to corrupt kernel memory due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation...

CVE-2022-45887

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.0.9. drivers/media/usb/ttusb-dec/ttusbdec.c has a memory leak because of the lack of a dvbfrontenddetach call...

CVE-2022-42896

There are use-after-free vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth/l2capcore.c's l2capconnect and l2capleconnectreq functions which may allow code execution and leaking kernel memory respectively remotely via Bluetooth. A remote attacker could execute code leaking kernel memory via...

CVE-2022-42896

There are use-after-free vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth/l2capcore.c's l2capconnect and l2capleconnectreq functions which may allow code execution and leaking kernel memory respectively remotely via Bluetooth. A remote attacker could execute code leaking kernel memory via...

Design/Logic Flaw

There are use-after-free vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth/l2capcore.c's l2capconnect and l2capleconnectreq functions which may allow code execution and leaking kernel memory respectively remotely via Bluetooth. A remote attacker could execute code leaking kernel memory via...

CVE-2022-42896

There are use-after-free vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth/l2capcore.c's l2capconnect and l2capleconnectreq functions which may allow code execution and leaking kernel memory respectively remotely via Bluetooth. A remote attacker could execute code leaking kernel memory via...

CVE-2022-42896: Use After Free

There are use-after-free vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth/l2capcore.c's l2capconnect and l2capleconnectreq functions which may allow code execution and leaking kernel memory respectively remotely via Bluetooth. A remote attacker could execute code leaking kernel memory via...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5728-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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...

PT-2025-18517

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description A memory leak issue has been resolved in the Linux kernel, specifically in the test gen synth cmd and test empty synth event functions. The issue occurred because these functions only...

CVE-2022-20427

In TBD of TBD, there is a possible way to corrupt memory due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID:...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5728-1)

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-5728-1 advisory. Jann Horn discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly track memory allocations for anonymous VMA mappings in some situations, leading t...

CVE-2022-30772

Manipulation of the input address in PnpSmm function 0x52 could be used by malware to overwrite SMRAM or OS kernel memory. Function 0x52 of the PnpSmm driver is passed the address and size of data to write into the SMBIOS table, but manipulation of the address could be used by malware to overwrit...

kernel: ath9k_htc: fix uninit value bugs

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ath9khtc: fix uninit value bugs Syzbot reported 2 KMSAN bugs in ath9k. All of them are caused by missing field initialization. In htcconnectservice svcmetalen and pad are not initialized. Based on code it looks like in current sk...

kernel: fix 'struct pid' leaks in 'dbgfs_target_ids_write()'

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/dbgfs: fix 'struct pid' leaks in 'dbgfstargetidswrite' DAMON debugfs interface increases the reference counts of 'struct pid's for targets from the 'targetids' file write callback 'dbgfstargetidswrite', but decreases the...

kernel: swiotlb information leak with DMA_FROM_DEVICE

A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s DMA subsystem, in the way a user calls DMAFROMDEVICE. This flaw allows a local user to read random memory from the kernel space...

kernel: kernel info leak issue in pfkey_register

A vulnerability was found in the pfkeyregister function in net/key/afkey.c in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local, unprivileged user to gain access to kernel memory, leading to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information...