UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54241

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: MIPS: KVM: Fix NULL pointer dereference After commit 45c7e8af4a5e3f0bea4ac209 "MIPS: Remove KVMTE support" we get a NULL pointer dereference when creating a KVM guest: 146.243409 Starting KVM with MIPS VZ extensions 149.849151 CP...

CVE-2023-54241

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: MIPS: KVM: Fix NULL pointer dereference After commit 45c7e8af4a5e3f0bea4ac209 "MIPS: Remove KVMTE support" we get a NULL pointer dereference when creating a KVM guest: 146.243409 Starting KVM with MIPS VZ extensions 149.849151 CP...

CVE-2023-54279 MIPS: fw: Allow firmware to pass a empty env

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: MIPS: fw: Allow firmware to pass a empty env fwgetenv will use env entry to determine style of env, however it is legal for firmware to just pass a empty list. Check if first entry exist before running strchr to avoid null pointe...

CVE-2023-54279

CVE-2023-54279 concerns the Linux kernel MIPS fw handling when firmware passes an empty environment. The issue arises in fw_getenv, which uses an env entry to determine the style of env data; firmware may supply an empty list, risking a null pointer dereference if code path assumes a non-empty fi...

CVE-2023-54241 MIPS: KVM: Fix NULL pointer dereference

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: MIPS: KVM: Fix NULL pointer dereference After commit 45c7e8af4a5e3f0bea4ac209 "MIPS: Remove KVMTE support" we get a NULL pointer dereference when creating a KVM guest: 146.243409 Starting KVM with MIPS VZ extensions 149.849151 CP...

CVE-2023-54241

CVE-2023-54241 (Linux kernel, MIPS/KVM) : Triggered by a NULL pointer dereference when creating a KVM guest, after the commit that removed KVM_TE support. The root cause is the deletion of kvm_mips_commpage_init(), which leaves vcpu->arch.cop0 NULL. The fix implemented is to make cop0 point to...

CVE-2023-54241

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: MIPS: KVM: Fix NULL pointer dereference After commit 45c7e8af4a5e3f0bea4ac209 "MIPS: Remove KVMTE support" we get a NULL pointer dereference when creating a KVM guest: 146.243409 Starting KVM with MIPS VZ extensions 149.849151 CP...

PT-2025-54108

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: MIPS: fw: Allow firmware to pass a empty env fw getenv will use env entry to determine style of env, however it is legal for firmware to just pass a empty list. Check if first entry exist before running strchr to avoid null point...

Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-992301)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-992301 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mips: cavium-octeon: Fix missing ofnodeput in octeon2usbclocksstart We should call ofnodeput for...

Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-992345)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-992345 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: MIPS: SGI-IP27: Fix platform-device leak in bridgeplatformcreate In error case in...

PT-2025-54070

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.4.0-rc3+ 1671 Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw related to KVM on MIPS architecture. Specifically, a NULL pointer dereference can occur when creating a KVM guest after a commit removed KVM TE support...

Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-992267)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-992267 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: MIPS: cpuinfo: Fix a warning for CONFIGCPUMASKOFFSTACK When CONFIGCPUMASKOFFSTACK and...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53986

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - mips: bmips: BCM6358: disable RAC flush for TP1 RAC flush causes kernel panics on BCM6358 with EHCI/OHCI when booting from TP1: 3.881739 usb 1-1: new high-speed...

CVE-2023-53986

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mips: bmips: BCM6358: disable RAC flush for TP1 RAC flush causes kernel panics on BCM6358 with EHCI/OHCI when booting from TP1: 3.881739 usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform 3.895011 Reserved instructio...

CVE-2023-53986

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mips: bmips: BCM6358: disable RAC flush for TP1 RAC flush causes kernel panics on BCM6358 with EHCI/OHCI when booting from TP1: 3.881739 usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform 3.895011 Reserved instructio...

CVE-2023-53986

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mips: bmips: BCM6358: disable RAC flush for TP1 RAC flush causes kernel panics on BCM6358 with EHCI/OHCI when booting from TP1: 3.881739 usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform 3.895011 Reserved instructio...

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53986

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mips: bmips: BCM6358: disable RAC flush for TP1 RAC flush causes kernel panics on BCM6358 with EHCI/OHCI when booting from TP1: 3.881739 usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform 3.895011 Reserved instructio...

CVE-2023-53986

CVE-2023-53986 affects the Linux kernel on mips/bmips BCM6358. The root cause is how RAC (Read-Ahead Cache) flush is handled for TP1 boot threads; disabling RAC flush prevents kernel panics in EHCI/OHCI during TP1 boot, described as a resolved vulnerability in multiple feeds. The description in t...

CVE-2023-53986 mips: bmips: BCM6358: disable RAC flush for TP1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mips: bmips: BCM6358: disable RAC flush for TP1 RAC flush causes kernel panics on BCM6358 with EHCI/OHCI when booting from TP1: 3.881739 usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform 3.895011 Reserved instructio...

USN-7938-1 linux-azure-5.15 vulnerabilities

Jean-Claude Graf, Sandro Rüegge, Ali Hajiabadi, and Kaveh Razavi discovered that the Linux kernel contained insufficient branch predictor isolation between a guest and a userspace hypervisor for certain processors. This flaw is known as VMSCAPE. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this t...