CVE-2022-50504: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: avoid scheduling in rtasosterm It's unsafe to use rtasbusydelay to handle a busy status from the ibm,os-term RTAS function in rtasosterm: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b BUG:...

SUSE CVE-2023-53487

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtasflash: allow user copy to flash block cache objects With hardened usercopy enabled CONFIGHARDENEDUSERCOPY=y, using the /proc/powerpc/rtas/firmwareupdate interface to prepare a system firmware update yields a BUG: kern...

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53487

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtasflash: allow user copy to flash block cache objects With hardened usercopy enabled CONFIGHARDENEDUSERCOPY=y, using the /proc/powerpc/rtas/firmwareupdate interface to prepare a system firmware update yields a BUG: kern...

CVE-2023-53487 powerpc/rtas_flash: allow user copy to flash block cache objects

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtasflash: allow user copy to flash block cache objects With hardened usercopy enabled CONFIGHARDENEDUSERCOPY=y, using the /proc/powerpc/rtas/firmwareupdate interface to prepare a system firmware update yields a BUG: kern...

SUSE CVE-2022-49440

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Keep MSRRI set when calling RTAS RTAS runs in real mode MSRDR and MSRIR unset and in 32-bit big endian mode MSRSF,LE unset. The change in MSR is done in enterrtas in a relatively complex way, since the MSR value cou...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49955

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - powerpc/rtas: Fix RTAS MSRHV handling for Cell The semi-recent changes to MSR handling when entering RTAS firmware cause crashes on IBM Cell machines. An exampl...

Linux PowerPC Kernel Heap Buffer Overflow DoS

The vulnerability of the dosysRtAs function in the arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c module of the Linux operating system is related to writing beyond buffer boundaries. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise the integrity and accessibility of protected information...

CVE-2022-49955

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Fix RTAS MSRHV handling for Cell The semi-recent changes to MSR handling when entering RTAS firmware cause crashes on IBM Cell machines. An example trace: kernel tried to execute user page 2fff01a8 - exploit attempt...

CVE-2022-49955

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Fix RTAS MSRHV handling for Cell The semi-recent changes to MSR handling when entering RTAS firmware cause crashes on IBM Cell machines. An example trace: kernel tried to execute user page 2fff01a8 - exploit attempt...

CVE-2022-49955 powerpc/rtas: Fix RTAS MSR[HV] handling for Cell

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Fix RTAS MSRHV handling for Cell The semi-recent changes to MSR handling when entering RTAS firmware cause crashes on IBM Cell machines. An example trace: kernel tried to execute user page 2fff01a8 - exploit attempt...

CVE-2022-49955

Summary of CVE-2022-49955 : This vulnerability concerns the Linux kernel’s powerpc/rtas code, where MSR[HV] handling for IBM Cell during RTAS entry could crash the system. The root cause, as described across sources, is a mismatch in how MSR[HV] is treated when RTAS is invoked (firmware/RTAS inte...

CVE-2022-49955 powerpc/rtas: Fix RTAS MSR[HV] handling for Cell

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Fix RTAS MSRHV handling for Cell The semi-recent changes to MSR handling when entering RTAS firmware cause crashes on IBM Cell machines. An example trace: kernel tried to execute user page 2fff01a8 - exploit attempt...

CVE-2022-49955

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Fix RTAS MSRHV handling for Cell The semi-recent changes to MSR handling when entering RTAS firmware cause crashes on IBM Cell machines. An example trace: kernel tried to execute user page 2fff01a8 - exploit attempt...

CVE-2022-49955: NULL Pointer Dereference

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Fix RTAS MSRHV handling for Cell The semi-recent changes to MSR handling when entering RTAS firmware cause crashes on IBM Cell machines. An example trace: kernel tried to execute user page 2fff01a8 - exploit attempt...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49440

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - powerpc/rtas: Keep MSRRI set when calling RTAS RTAS runs in real mode MSRDR and MSRIR unset and in 32-bit big endian mode MSRSF,LE unset. The change in MSR is...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-27777

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - A flaw was found in the way RTAS handled memory accesses in userspace to kernel communication. On a locked down usually due to Secure Boot guest system running ...

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49440

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Keep MSRRI set when calling RTAS RTAS runs in real mode MSRDR and MSRIR unset and in 32-bit big endian mode MSRSF,LE unset. The change in MSR is done in enterrtas in a relatively complex way, since the MSR value cou...

CVE-2022-49440

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Keep MSRRI set when calling RTAS RTAS runs in real mode MSRDR and MSRIR unset and in 32-bit big endian mode MSRSF,LE unset. The change in MSR is done in enterrtas in a relatively complex way, since the MSR value cou...

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49440

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Keep MSRRI set when calling RTAS RTAS runs in real mode MSRDR and MSRIR unset and in 32-bit big endian mode MSRSF,LE unset. The change in MSR is done in enterrtas in a relatively complex way, since the MSR value cou...

CVE-2022-49440 powerpc/rtas: Keep MSR[RI] set when calling RTAS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Keep MSRRI set when calling RTAS RTAS runs in real mode MSRDR and MSRIR unset and in 32-bit big endian mode MSRSF,LE unset. The change in MSR is done in enterrtas in a relatively complex way, since the MSR value cou...