kernel: nfp: use-after-free in area_cache_get()

A vulnerability was found in areacacheget in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfpcppcore.c in the Netronome Flow Processor NFP driver in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a manipulation that may lead to a use-after-free issue...

kernel: nfp: use-after-free in area_cache_get()

A vulnerability was found in areacacheget in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfpcppcore.c in the Netronome Flow Processor NFP driver in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a manipulation that may lead to a use-after-free issue...

USN-4209-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.0, linux-gcp, linux-gke-5.0, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem-osp1, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.0, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the OverlayFS and ShiftFS Drivers in the Linux kernel did not properly handle reference counting during memory mapping operations when used in conjunction with AUFS. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary...