Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003768)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-003768 advisory. In the Linux kernel before 5.2.3, setgeometry in drivers/block/floppy.c does not validate the sect and head fields, as demonstrated by an integer overflow and...

The vulnerability of the set_geometry function (drivers/block/floppy.c) in the Linux operating system, which allows a hacker to cause a service failure or disclose sensitive information

The vulnerability of the setgeometry function drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel is caused by integer overflow and reading of data beyond the buffer’s boundaries. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure or disclose sensitive information...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:2073-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2018-20855: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel In createqpcommon in drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c, mlx5ibcreateqpresp was never initialized,...

Linux kernel input validation error vulnerability (CNVD-2019-38522)

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. An input validation error vulnerability exists in the 'setgeometry' function of the drivers/block/floppy.c file in versions of Linux kernel prior to 5.2.3. The...

Integer overflow

In the Linux kernel before 5.2.3, setgeometry in drivers/block/floppy.c does not validate the sect and head fields, as demonstrated by an integer overflow and out-of-bounds read. It can be triggered by an unprivileged local user when a floppy disk has been inserted. NOTE: QEMU creates the floppy...

CVE-2019-14283

In the Linux kernel before 5.2.3, setgeometry in drivers/block/floppy.c does not validate the sect and head fields, as demonstrated by an integer overflow and out-of-bounds read. It can be triggered by an unprivileged local user when a floppy disk has been inserted. NOTE: QEMU creates the floppy...