OESA-2024-2124 kernel security update

The Linux Kernel, the operating system core itself. Security Fixes: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bna: ensure the copied buf is NUL terminated Currently, we allocate a nbytes-sized kernel buffer and copy nbytes from userspace to that buffer. Later, we use...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7007-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7007-1 advisory. Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7008-1)

"The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7008-1 advisory. Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cau...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7009-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7009-1 advisory. Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7005-2)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7005-2 advisory. Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to caus...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7003-3)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7003-3 advisory. It was discovered that the JFS file system contained an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when printing xattr debug information. A local attacker could us...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7003-2)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7003-2 advisory. It was discovered that the JFS file system contained an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when printing xattr debug information. A local attacker could us...

Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2024-12618)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-12618 advisory. - net: mana: Fix possible double free in error handling path Ma Ke Orabug: 36897038 CVE-2024-42069 - net: relax socket state check at accept time...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7004-1)

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7004-1 advisory. Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to caus...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7003-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7003-1 advisory. It was discovered that the JFS file system contained an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when printing xattr debug information. A local attacker could us...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6999-1)

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6999-1 advisory. Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to caus...

Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2024-12612)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-12612 advisory. 5.4.17-2136.335.4.el8 - mm: memcg/slab: enable kmalloc-cg- caches for x8664. Imran Khan Orabug: 36951041 - printk: add kthread for long-running...

Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2024-12610)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-12610 advisory. - MIPS: Octeon: Add PCIe link status check Dave Kleikamp Orabug: 36947196 CVE-2024-40968 - drm/amdgpu: Fix signedness bug in sdmav40processtrapirq...

Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2024-12611)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-12611 advisory. - MIPS: Octeon: Add PCIe link status check Dave Kleikamp Orabug: 36952386 CVE-2024-40968 - net: relax socket state check at accept time. Paolo Abeni...

PT-2024-7576

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.6.58 Description The issue is related to the function nilfs btree check delete in the nilfs2 module of the Linux kernel, which can cause memory access outside the block buffer when retrieving the maximum key if...

PT-2024-32747

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.6.58 Description A potential null pointer dereference issue has been resolved in the Linux kernel. The issue occurs in the nilfs2 filesystem when a b-tree is broken on the device and the b-tree height is greate...

PT-2024-32728

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.10.9 Description A state management issue in the nilfs2 log writing function has been resolved. The problem occurred after a commit was applied, allowing the log writing function nilfs segctor do construct to...

PT-2024-32197

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.6.52 Description A use-after-free bug was found in the Linux kernel's nilfs2 file system. The bug occurs when data recovery is performed using partial logs created by dsync writes, but an error occurs before...

PT-2024-32196

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.6.52 Description The issue concerns the nilfs2 file system in the Linux kernel, where the superblock buffers can be overwritten, swapped, or abandoned due to various operations. Accessing these buffers requires...

USN-6979-1: 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: - ARM64 architecture; - M68K architecture; - User-Mode Linux UML; - x86 architecture; - Accessibility subsystem; -...