Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: A use-after-free flaw was found in the debugfsremove function in the Linux kernel. The flaw could allow a local attacker with special user or root privilege to crash the system at the time of file or directory removal. This vulnerability can lead to a kernel information leak. The...

Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9006)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-9006 advisory. - xen-blkback: set ring-xenblkd to NULL after kthreadstop Pawel Wieczorkiewicz Orabug: 32260252 CVE-2020-29569 - xenbus/xenbusbackend: Disallow...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4679-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4679-1 advisory. It was discovered that the console keyboard driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition. A local attacker could use this to expose...

The vulnerability of the perf subsystem in the Linux operating system allows attackers to increase their privileges.

The vulnerability of the Linux operating system’s kernel-perf subsystem is related to the use of memory after it is freed. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to increase their privileges...

USN-4658-2: Linux kernel regression

USN-4658-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression in the software raid10 driver when used with fstrim that could lead to data corruption. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: It was discovered that a race condition existe...

USN-4659-2: Linux kernel regression

USN-4659-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression in the software raid10 driver when used with fstrim that could lead to data corruption. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: It was discovered that a race condition existe...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel regression (USN-4658-2)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4658-2 advisory. USN-4658-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression in the software raid10 driver when used with...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel regression (USN-4660-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4660-2 advisory. USN-4660-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression in the software raid10 driver when used with...

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free memory flaw was found in the perf subsystem allowing a local attacker with permission to monitor perf events to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

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CVE-2020-14351

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free memory flaw was found in the perf subsystem allowing a local attacker with permission to monitor perf events to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integri...

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14351

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free memory flaw was found in the perf subsystem allowing a local attacker with permission to monitor perf events to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integri...

CVE-2020-14351

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free memory flaw was found in the perf subsystem allowing a local attacker with permission to monitor perf events to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integri...

CVE-2020-14351

CVE-2020-14351 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in the perf subsystem that enables a local attacker with perf event access to trigger a use-after-free, potentially corrupt memory and escalate privileges. Public sources in connected advisories describe the vulnerability as a local use-after-free af...

CVE-2020-14351

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free memory flaw was found in the perf subsystem allowing a local attacker with permission to monitor perf events to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integri...

USN-4659-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the binder IPC implementation in the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-0423 Daniele Antonioli, Nils Ole...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4658-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4658-1 advisory. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the binder IPC implementation in the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4657-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4657-1 advisory. Elena Petrova discovered that the pin controller device tree implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle string references. A local attack...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4658-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

CVE-2020-14351

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free memory flaw was found in the perf subsystem allowing a local attacker with permission to monitor perf events to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integri...

CVE-2020-14351

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free memory flaw was found in the perf subsystem allowing a local attacker with permission to monitor perf events to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integri...