Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the Linux Foundation's open source operating system Linux. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from a problem with the length of the included transhdrlen when attached to an IPv4 or IPv6 packet when the packet is partially padded a...

SUSE SLES15: libopenvswitch-3_1-0 / libovn-23_03-0 / openvswitch3 / etc (SUSE-SU-2024:0738-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:0738-1 advisory. - CVE-2023-3966: Fixed invalid memory access in Geneve with HW offload bsc1219465. Tenable has extracted the preceding...

SUSE CVE-2021-47036

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udp: skip L4 aggregation for UDP tunnel packets If NETIFFGROFRAGLIST or NETIFFGROUDPFWD are enabled, and there are UDP tunnels available in the system, udpgroreceive could end-up doing L4 aggregation either SKBGSOUDPL4 or...

mosquitto: memory leak leads to unresponsive broker

A memory leak vulnerability was found in Eclipse Mosquitto. This issue is triggered by malicious initial packets or certain client actions and may allow a remote attacker to the deplete system resources causing memory exhaustion, leading to a disruption in services and a denial of service conditi...

mosquitto: memory leak leads to unresponsive broker

A memory leak vulnerability was found in Eclipse Mosquitto. This issue is triggered by malicious initial packets or certain client actions and may allow a remote attacker to the deplete system resources causing memory exhaustion, leading to a disruption in services and a denial of service conditi...

CVE-2021-47024

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: free queued packets when closing socket As reported by syzbot 1, there is a memory leak while closing the socket. We partially solved this issue with commit ac03046ece2b "vsock/virtio: free packets during the socket...

CentOS 9 : dhcp-4.4.2-18.b1.el9

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dhcp-4.4.2-18.b1.el9 build changelog. - In ISC DHCP 4.4.0 - 4.4.3, ISC DHCP 4.1-ESV-R1 - 4.1-ESV-R16-P1, when the function optioncodehashlookup is called from addoption, it...

CentOS 9 : libreswan-4.9-4.el9

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the libreswan-4.9-4.el9 build changelog. - remote DoS via crafted TS payload with an incorrect selector length rhbz2173674 CVE-2023-23009 - pluto in Libreswan before 4.11 allows a...

CVE-2024-20294

A vulnerability in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol LLDP feature of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service DoS condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of specific fields i...

CVE-2021-47036

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udp: skip L4 aggregation for UDP tunnel packets If NETIFFGROFRAGLIST or NETIFFGROUDPFWD are enabled, and there are UDP tunnels available in the system, udpgroreceive could end-up doing L4 aggregation either SKBGSOUDPL4 or...

CVE-2021-47036

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udp: skip L4 aggregation for UDP tunnel packets If NETIFFGROFRAGLIST or NETIFFGROUDPFWD are enabled, and there are UDP tunnels available in the system, udpgroreceive could end-up doing L4 aggregation either SKBGSOUDPL4 or...

UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47036

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udp: skip L4 aggregation for UDP tunnel packets If NETIFFGROFRAGLIST or NETIFFGROUDPFWD are enabled, and there are UDP tunnels available in the system, udpgroreceive could end-up doing L4 aggregation either SKBGSOUDPL4 or...

CVE-2021-47015 bnxt_en: Fix RX consumer index logic in the error path.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxten: Fix RX consumer index logic in the error path. In bnxtrxpkt, the RX buffers are expected to complete in order. If the RX consumer index indicates an out of order buffer completion, it means we are hitting a hardware bug a...

CVE-2021-46954

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: schfrag: fix stack OOB read while fragmenting IPv4 packets when 'actmirred' tries to fragment IPv4 packets that had been previously re-assembled using 'actct', splats like the following can be observed on kernels built...

SUSE CVE-2023-3966

A flaw was found in Open vSwitch where multiple versions are vulnerable to crafted Geneve packets, which may result in a denial of service and invalid memory accesses. Triggering this issue requires that hardware offloading via the netlink path is enabled...

CVE-2021-46955

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openvswitch: fix stack OOB read while fragmenting IPv4 packets running openvswitch on kernels built with KASAN, it's possible to see the following splat while testing fragmentation of IPv4 packets: BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds...

ASUS AC68U Security Vulnerability

The ASUS AC68U is a router from the Chinese company Asus ASUS. A security vulnerability exists in ASUS AC68U version 3.0.0.4.384.82230, which stems from the presence of a null pointer dereference, allowing remote attackers to trigger a denial of service DoS via network packets...

CVE-2021-46955

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openvswitch: fix stack OOB read while fragmenting IPv4 packets running openvswitch on kernels built with KASAN, it's possible to see the following splat while testing fragmentation of IPv4 packets: BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds...

Design/Logic Flaw

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: schfrag: fix stack OOB read while fragmenting IPv4 packets when 'actmirred' tries to fragment IPv4 packets that had been previously re-assembled using 'actct', splats like the following can be observed on kernels built...

CVE-2021-46954

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: schfrag: fix stack OOB read while fragmenting IPv4 packets when 'actmirred' tries to fragment IPv4 packets that had been previously re-assembled using 'actct', splats like the following can be observed on kernels built...