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

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...

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...

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-2025-992267)

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...

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...

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...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities (USN-7933-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7933-1 advisory. Jean-Claude Graf, Sandro Regge, Ali Hajiabadi, and Kaveh Razavi discovered that the Linux kernel contained insufficient branch predictor isolation betwee...

USN-7909-5: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - ARM32 architecture; - ARM64 architecture; - MIPS architecture; - PowerPC architecture; - RISC-V architecture; - S39...

USN-7909-5 linux-raspi vulnerabilities

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - ARM32 architecture; - ARM64 architecture; - MIPS architecture; - PowerPC architecture; - RISC-V architecture; - S39...

USN-7933-1: Linux kernel (KVM) 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...

HTTPS Fetch, Linux Command Shell, Reverse TCP Inline

Fetch and execute an MIPSLE payload from an HTTPS server. Connect back to attacker and spawn a command shell Module Options msf use payload/cmd/linux/https/ppc/shellreversetcp msf payloadshellreversetcp show actions ...actions... msf payloadshellreversetcp set ACTION msf payloadshellreversetcp sh...