Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux

The file arch/powerpc/kvm/book3srtas.c in the Linux kernel, as of version 5.13.5 on the PowerPC platform, allows KVM guest OS users to cause memory corruption in the host OS through rtasargs.nargs, also known as CID-f62f3c20647e...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux

A flaw was discovered in the way RTAS handled memory accesses in user space for kernel communication. In a guest system that is under lockdown usually due to Secure Boot, running on top of PowerVM or KVM hypervisors pseries platform, a root-like local user could exploit this flaw to further...

DEBIAN-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...

SUSE CVE-2024-26847

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: use correct function name for resetting TCE tables The PAPR spec spells the function name as "ibm,reset-pe-dma-windows" but in practice firmware uses the singular form: "ibm,reset-pe-dma-window" in the device tree...

SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:0438-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2021-3348: Fixed a use-after-free in nbdaddsocket that could be triggered by local attackers with access to the nbd device via an I/O request at a certain point...

SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:0108-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 RT kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2020-36158: Fixed a potential remote code execution in the Marvell mwifiex driver bsc1180559. CVE-2020-27825: Fixed a race in the traceopen and buffer resi...

PT-2020-6177 · Linux +8 · Linux +8

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux affected versions not specified Description: A flaw was found in the way RTAS handled memory accesses in userspace to kernel communication. This issue allows a local user to increase their privileges to that of a running kernel on a...