Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.10, Linux 6.1, Linux, Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvbdev: The risk of out-of-memory access has been prevented. The dvbdev module contains a static variable used to store dvb minors. Its behavior depends on whether CONFIGDVBDYNAMICMINORS is set or not. When it is not set,...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: misc: miscminoralloc will now use ida to allocate IDs for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors. Previously, miscminoralloc only used ida to allocate IDs for minors in the case of MISCDYNAMICMINOR. However, miscminorfree always used...

Europe’s Online Age Verification App Is Here

Available for free to any company that wants to use it, the “completely anonymous” app puts the pressure on porn sites and social media platforms to start blocking access by minors...

Does the UK really want to ban VPNs? And can it be done?

The idea of a "Great British Firewall" makes for a catchy headline, but it would be riddled with holes and cause huge problems. The Guardian reports that the GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters, a UK intelligence, security, and cyber agency, is exploring the idea of a British firewall...

Project Compass Targets 764 Network as 30 Arrested and Victims Rescued

Europol’s Project Compass targets The Com aka 764 network, an online group exploiting minors. After 30 arrests, officials say the hunt for those involved is far from over...

Instagram flagged explicit messages to minors in 2018. Image-blurring arrived six years later

Meta took six years to blur explicit images on Instagram, even though internal emails show executives were aware in 2018 that minors were receiving them, according to newly unsealed court documents. In a deposition given last year, Adam Mosseri now the head of Instagram discusses an email thread...

Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What's on X

A WIRED review of outputs hosted on Grok’s official website shows it’s being used to create violent sexual images and videos, as well as content that includes apparent minors...

Grok apologizes for creating image of young girls in “sexualized attire”

Another AI system designed to be powerful and engaging ends up illustrating how guardrails routinely fail when development speed and feature races outrun safety controls. In a post on X, AI chatbot Grok confirmed that it generated an image of young girls in “sexualized attire.” The potential...

Banning VPNs

This is crazy. Lawmakers in several US states are contemplating banning VPNs, because…think of the children! As of this writing, Wisconsin lawmakers are escalating their war on privacy by targeting VPNs in the name of "protecting children" in A.B. 105/S.B. 130. It’s an age verification bill that...

DHS Has Been Collecting US Citizens’ DNA for Years

Newly released data shows Customs and Border Protection funneled the DNA of nearly 2,000 US citizens—some as young as 14—into an FBI crime database, raising alarms about oversight and legality...

“The worst thing” for online rights: An age-restricted grey web (Lock and Code S06E16)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast … The internet is cracking apart. It’s exactly what some politicians want. In June, a Texas law that requires age verification on certain websites withstood a legal challenge brought all the way to the US Supreme Court. It could be a blueprint for how the...

Europol Targets Over 2,000 Extremist Links Exploiting Minors Online

Europol targets extremist online content exploiting minors, tackling rising use of AI, propaganda, and grooming across Europe’s digital platforms...

SUSE CVE-2024-58078

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: miscminoralloc to use ida for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors miscminoralloc was allocating id using ida for minor only in case of MISCDYNAMICMINOR but miscminorfree was always freeing ids using idafree causing a mismatch a...

CVE-2024-58078

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: miscminoralloc to use ida for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors miscminoralloc was allocating id using ida for minor only in case of MISCDYNAMICMINOR but miscminorfree was always freeing ids using idafree causing a mismatch a...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58078

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: miscminoralloc to use ida for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors miscminoralloc was allocating id using ida for minor only in case of MISCDYNAMICMINOR but miscminorfree was always freeing ids using idafree causing a mismatch a...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58078

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: miscminoralloc to use ida for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors miscminoralloc was allocating id using ida for minor only in case of MISCDYNAMICMINOR but miscminorfree was always freeing ids using idafree causing a mismatch a...

CVE-2024-58078

CVE-2024-58078 affects the Linux kernel’s misc subsystem. The issue stems from mismatched id allocation/free in dynamic/minor handling: misc_minor_alloc started using ida for all dynamic/misc minors, but misc_minor_free used ida_free regardless, creating a potential id-usage mismatch (reported tr...

CVE-2024-58078 misc: misc_minor_alloc to use ida for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: miscminoralloc to use ida for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors miscminoralloc was allocating id using ida for minor only in case of MISCDYNAMICMINOR but miscminorfree was always freeing ids using idafree causing a mismatch a...

CVE-2024-58078

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: miscminoralloc to use ida for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors miscminoralloc was allocating id using ida for minor only in case of MISCDYNAMICMINOR but miscminorfree was always freeing ids using idafree causing a mismatch a...

CVE-2024-58078 misc: misc_minor_alloc to use ida for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: miscminoralloc to use ida for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors miscminoralloc was allocating id using ida for minor only in case of MISCDYNAMICMINOR but miscminorfree was always freeing ids using idafree causing a mismatch a...