kernel: fs/proc: do_task_stat: use sig->stats_lock to gather the threads/children stats

A vulnerability was found in the dotaskstat function in the Linux kernel, where due to excessive lock contention, a potential hard lockup could be created. This can create a performance bottleneck and lead to kernel unresponsiveness...

kernel: tracing: Restructure trace_clock_global() to never block

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Restructure traceclockglobal to never block It was reported that a fix to the ring buffer recursion detection would cause a hung machine when performing suspend / resume testing. The following backtrace was extracted fro...

kernel: netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: acquire rcu_read_lock() in instance_destroy_rcu()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nfnetlinkqueue: acquire rcureadlock in instancedestroyrcu syzbot reported that nfreinject could be called without rcureadlock : WARNING: suspicious RCU usage 6.9.0-rc7-syzkaller-02060-g5c1672705a1a 0 Not tainted...

kernel: isdn: mISDN: Fix sleeping function called from invalid context

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: isdn: mISDN: Fix sleeping function called from invalid context The driver can call card-isac.release function from an atomic context. Fix this by calling this function after releasing the lock. The following log reveals it:...

kernel: fs/proc: do_task_stat: use sig->stats_lock to gather the threads/children stats

A vulnerability was found in the dotaskstat function in the Linux kernel, where due to excessive lock contention, a potential hard lockup could be created. This can create a performance bottleneck and lead to kernel unresponsiveness...

kernel: x86/mce: Make sure to grab mce_sysfs_mutex in set_bank()

No description is available for this CVE...

SUSE CVE-2024-42234

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: fix crashes from deferred split racing folio migration Even on 6.10-rc6, I've been seeing elusive "Bad page state"s often on flags when freeing, yet the flags shown are not bad: PGlocked had been set and cleared??, and...

SUSE CVE-2024-42250

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: add missing lock protection when polling Add missing lock protection in poll routine when iterating xarray, otherwise: Even with RCU read lock held, only the slot of the radix tree is ensured to be pinned there, while...

Huawei EMUI和Huawei HarmonyOS 安全漏洞

Huawei HarmonyOS is an operating system from Huawei, a Chinese company. It provides a full-scene distributed operating system based on a microkernel.Huawei EMUI is an emotional operating system developed by Huawei based on Android Android. Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI are vulnerable to a privilege...

PT-2024-29704 · Huawei · Huawei Screen Lock

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Huawei Screen Lock affected versions not specified Description: The issue concerns a failure in the PIN enhancement of the screen lock module. Successful exploitation may impact service confidentiality, integrity, and availability...

CVE-2024-42250

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: add missing lock protection when polling Add missing lock protection in poll routine when iterating xarray, otherwise: Even with RCU read lock held, only the slot of the radix tree is ensured to be pinned there, while...

CVE-2024-42234

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: fix crashes from deferred split racing folio migration Even on 6.10-rc6, I've been seeing elusive "Bad page state"s often on flags when freeing, yet the flags shown are not bad: PGlocked had been set and cleared??, and...

CVE-2024-42250

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: add missing lock protection when polling Add missing lock protection in poll routine when iterating xarray, otherwise: Even with RCU read lock held, only the slot of the radix tree is ensured to be pinned there, while...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42233

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: filemap: replace pteoffsetmap with pteoffsetmapnolock The vmf-ptl in filemapfaultrecheckptenone is still set from handleptefault. But at the same time, we did a pteunmapvmf-pte. After a pteunmapvmf-pte unmap and rcureadunlock, th...

CVE-2024-42250 cachefiles: add missing lock protection when polling

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: add missing lock protection when polling Add missing lock protection in poll routine when iterating xarray, otherwise: Even with RCU read lock held, only the slot of the radix tree is ensured to be pinned there, while...

CVE-2024-42250

CVE-2024-42250 pertains to the Linux kernel, specifically the cachefiles subsystem. The root cause is a missing lock protection in the poll routine when iterating the xarray, which can lead to unsafe dereferencing of cachefiles_req objects stored in radix-tree slots even under an RCU read lock. T...

CVE-2024-42250 cachefiles: add missing lock protection when polling

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: add missing lock protection when polling Add missing lock protection in poll routine when iterating xarray, otherwise: Even with RCU read lock held, only the slot of the radix tree is ensured to be pinned there, while...

kernel: nouveau: lock the client object tree.

A flaw was found in the nouveau module in the Linux kernel. A missing resource lock can cause a race condition and trigger a general protection fault, resulting in a denial of service...

Key safe security, or the lack of it

A few years back we put a key safe into our office. Previously, we had used a very simple locked cabinet to ensure keys were returned, as before that, keys kept being accidentally taken home. There’s no data of significance kept at the office. Everything is hosted elsewhere, but we could do witho...

kernel: mm/hugetlb: fix missing hugetlb_lock for resv uncharge

CVE-2024-36000 addresses a synchronization issue in the Linux kernel's management of huge pages. The problem arises when multiple threads modify the reservation map concurrently without proper locking, leading to potential inconsistencies and system instability...