CVE-2018-16882

A use-after-free issue was found in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor processed posted interrupts when nested=1 virtualization is enabled. In nestedgetvmcs12pages, in case of an error while processing posted interrupt address, it unmaps the 'pidescpage' without resetting 'pidesc' descript...

kernel: Integer overflow in drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_fb.c:udl_fb_mmap() can allow attackers to execute code in kernel space

A an integer overflow vulnerability was discovered in the Linux kernel, from version 3.4 through 4.15, in the drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udlfb.c:udlfbmmap function. An attacker with access to the udldrmfb driver could exploit this to obtain full read and write permissions on kernel physical pages,...

CVE-2018-14634

An integer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's createelftables function. An unprivileged local user with access to SUID or otherwise privileged binary could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. Kernel versions 2.6.x, 3.10.x and 4.14.x are believed to be vulnerable...

Linux Kernel IP Fragment Reassembly Denial of Service Vulnerability Affecting Cisco Products: August 2018

On August 14, 2018, the Vulnerability Coordination team of the National Cyber Security Centre of Finland NCSC-FI and the CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC disclosed a vulnerability in the IP stack that is used by the Linux Kernel. This vulnerability is publicly known as FragmentSmack. The...

PT-2017-12392 · Linux +4 · Linux Kernel +4

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions through 4.13.5 Description: The issue arises when nested virtualisation is used, and the Linux kernel does not properly traverse guest pagetable entries to resolve a guest virtual address. This allows L1 guest OS users t...

PT-2017-13023 · Linux +2 · Linux Kernel +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 4.12.10 Linux kernel versions prior to 4.9 for KASLR protection mechanism bypass Description: The issue is related to the acpi ps complete final op function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly flush nod...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2017-845) (Stack Clash)

An issue was discovered in the size of the stack guard page on Linux, specifically a 4k stack guard page is not sufficiently large and can be jmp'ed over, this affects Linux Kernel versions 4.11.5 and earlier the stackguard page was introduced in 2010. CVE-2017-1000364 The offset2lib patch as use...

PT-2017-4905 · Linux +2 · Linux Kernel +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions 2.6.x through 4.x Description: The issue is a memory leak in the videobuf subsystem, specifically in the drivers/media/video/videobuf-core.c file. This allows local users to cause a denial of service by consuming memory...

PT-2019-5753 · Linux +5 · Linux Kernel +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux Kernel versions 3.10.x through 4.18.x Description: The issue is related to the SCTP socket buffer used by a userspace application not being accounted for by the cgroups subsystem. This can be exploited to cause a denial of service attac...

kernel: fix LOOKUP_FOLLOW on automount "symlinks"

fs/namei.c in Linux kernel 2.6.18 through 2.6.34 does not always follow NFS automount "symlinks," which allows attackers to have an unknown impact, related to LOOKUPFOLLOW...

kernel: race condition in dnotify (local DoS, local roothole possible)

Race condition in the directory notification subsystem dnotify in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24.6, and 2.6.25 before 2.6.25.1, allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors...

[EXPL] Linux Kernel IPv6 Jumbo Bug

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Possible privilege escalation through prctl() and suid_dumpable

The suiddumpable support in Linux kernel 2.6.13 up to versions before 2.6.17.4, and 2.6.16 before 2.6.16.24, allows a local user to cause a denial of service disk consumption and possibly gain privileges via the PRSETDUMPABLE argument of the prctl function and a program that causes a core dump fi...