Linux Kernel Security Vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in Linux kernel, which originates from an error in the kfence page in the powerpc/mm/fault module...

CVE-2024-56678: Use After Free

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/mm/fault: Fix kfence page fault reporting copyfromkernelnofault can be called when doing read of /proc/kcore. /proc/kcore can have some unmapped kfence objects which when read via copyfromkernelnofault can cause page...

PT-2024-36986

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description The issue concerns the Linux kernel, specifically the powerpc/mm/fault component, where a problem with kfence page fault reporting has been resolved. The copy from kernel nofault functio...

SUSE CVE-2024-42267

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv/mm: Add handling for VMFAULTSIGSEGV in mmfaulterror Handle VMFAULTSIGSEGV in the page fault path so that we correctly kill the process and we don't BUG the kernel...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42267

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv/mm: Add handling for VMFAULTSIGSEGV in mmfaulterror Handle VMFAULTSIGSEGV in the page fault path so that we correctly kill the process and we don't BUG the kernel...

PT-2024-29819

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Linux kernel versions prior to 6.6.50 Description The issue is related to the riscv/mm component of the Linux kernel and involves incorrect handling of input, which can lead to a denial of service...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-754.11.1.OL6 - Update genkey bug 25599697 2.6.32-754.11.1 - x86 mm/fault: Allow stack access below rsp Waiman Long 1644401 - sound alsa: rawmidi: Change resized buffers atomically Denys Vlasenko 1593083 CVE-2018-10902...