Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003765)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-003765 advisory. In arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.9, there is a use-after-free for access to an LDT entry because of a race condition between modifyldt and ...

Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-000193)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-000193 advisory. In arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.9, there is a use-after-free for access to an LDT entry because of a race condition between modifyldt and ...

SUSE CVE-2017-17053

The initnewcontext function in arch/x86/include/asm/mmucontext.h in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not correctly handle errors from LDT table allocation when forking a new process, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a...

kernel: use-after-free in arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c

A vulnerability was found in the arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c function in the Linux kernel. An attacker could corrupt the memory due to a flaw in use-after-free access to an LDT entry caused by a race condition between modifyldt and a BR exception for an MPX bounds violation...

PT-2019-2798

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 5.1.9 Description The issue is related to a use-after-free condition in the Linux kernel, specifically in the arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c file. This condition arises due to a race between the modify ldt function and...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17053

The initnewcontext function in arch/x86/include/asm/mmucontext.h in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not correctly handle errors from LDT table allocation when forking a new process, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17053

The initnewcontext function in arch/x86/include/asm/mmucontext.h in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not correctly handle errors from LDT table allocation when forking a new process, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a...

PT-2014-8818

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.17.5 Description The issue is related to the handling of faults associated with the Stack Segment SS segment register in the Linux kernel. Local users can cause a denial of service panic by using the modify ldt...