kernel: powerpc/pseries: Whitelist dtl slub object for copying to userspace

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/pseries: Whitelist dtl slub object for copying to userspace Reading the dispatch trace log from /sys/kernel/debug/powerpc/dtl/cpu- results in a BUG when the config CONFIGHARDENEDUSERCOPY is enabled as shown below. kernel...

kernel: powerpc/fixmap: Fix VM debug warning on unmap

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/fixmap: Fix VM debug warning on unmap Unmapping a fixmap entry is done by calling setfixmap with FIXMAPPAGECLEAR as flags. Today, powerpc setfixmap calls mapkernelpage. mapkernelpage is not happy when called a second time...

kernel security update

5.14.0-427.37.14.OL9 - Disable UKI signing Orabug: 36571828 - Update Oracle Linux certificates Kevin Lyons - Disable signing for aarch64 Ilya Okomin - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was added to the kernel trusted keys list olkmodsigningkey.pem Orabug: 29539237 - Update x509.genkey Orabug:...

USN-7029-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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 cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2024-23848 It was discovered that the JFS file system contained an...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7007-3)

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-7007-3 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 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7007-2)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7007-2 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 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6999-2)

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6999-2 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 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7029-1)

"The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7029-1 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...

SUSE CVE-2024-46774

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Prevent Spectre v1 gadget construction in sysrtas Smatch warns: arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c:1932 dosysrtas warn: potential spectre issue 'args.args' r local cap The 'nargs' and 'nret' locals come directly from a...

SUSE-SU-2024:3304-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2022-48791: Fix use-after-free for aborted TMF sastask bsc1228002 The following non-security bugs were fixed: - powerpc: Remove support for PowerPC 601 Remove...

CVE-2024-46774

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Prevent Spectre v1 gadget construction in sysrtas Smatch warns: arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c:1932 dosysrtas warn: potential spectre issue 'args.args' r local cap The 'nargs' and 'nret' locals come directly from a...

CVE-2024-46797

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/qspinlock: Fix deadlock in MCS queue If an interrupt occurs in queuedspinlockslowpath after we increment qnodesp-count and before node-lock is initialized, another CPU might see stale lock values in gettailqnode. If the...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46797

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/qspinlock: Fix deadlock in MCS queue If an interrupt occurs in queuedspinlockslowpath after we increment qnodesp-count and before node-lock is initialized, another CPU might see stale lock values in gettailqnode. If the...

CVE-2024-46774

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Prevent Spectre v1 gadget construction in sysrtas Smatch warns: arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c:1932 dosysrtas warn: potential spectre issue 'args.args' r local cap The 'nargs' and 'nret' locals come directly from a...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46774

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Prevent Spectre v1 gadget construction in sysrtas Smatch warns: arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c:1932 dosysrtas warn: potential spectre issue 'args.args' r local cap The 'nargs' and 'nret' locals come directly from a...

CVE-2024-46761

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pci/hotplug/pnvphp: Fix hotplug driver crash on Powernv The hotplug driver for powerpc pci/hotplug/pnvphp.c causes a kernel crash when we try to hot-unplug/disable the PCIe switch/bridge from the PHB. The crash occurs because...

AZL-49560 CVE-2024-46761 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.167.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pci/hotplug/pnvphp: Fix hotplug driver crash on Powernv The hotplug driver for powerpc pci/hotplug/pnvphp.c causes a kernel crash when we try to hot-unplug/disable the PCIe switch/bridge from the PHB. The crash occurs because...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46761

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pci/hotplug/pnvphp: Fix hotplug driver crash on Powernv The hotplug driver for powerpc pci/hotplug/pnvphp.c causes a kernel crash when we try to hot-unplug/disable the PCIe switch/bridge from the PHB. The crash occurs because...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46797

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/qspinlock: Fix deadlock in MCS queue If an interrupt occurs in queuedspinlockslowpath after we increment qnodesp-count and before node-lock is initialized, another CPU might see stale lock values in gettailqnode. If the...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46774

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Prevent Spectre v1 gadget construction in sysrtas Smatch warns: arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c:1932 dosysrtas warn: potential spectre issue 'args.args' r local cap The 'nargs' and 'nret' locals come directly from a...