CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: kernel (CVE-2024-56780)

"The version of kernel installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-56780 advisory. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: quota: flush quotareleasework upon quot...

CVE-2024-56780

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: quota: flush quotareleasework upon quota writeback One of the paths quota writeback is called from is: freezesuper syncfilesystem ext4syncfs dquotwritebackdquots Since we currently don't always flush the quotareleasework queue in...

USN-2228-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. CVE-2014-1738 Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the floppy...