CVE-2021-46937 mm/damon/dbgfs: fix 'struct pid' leaks in 'dbgfs_target_ids_write()'

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/dbgfs: fix 'struct pid' leaks in 'dbgfstargetidswrite' DAMON debugfs interface increases the reference counts of 'struct pid's for targets from the 'targetids' file write callback 'dbgfstargetidswrite', but decreases the...

CVE-2021-46937 mm/damon/dbgfs: fix 'struct pid' leaks in 'dbgfs_target_ids_write()'

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/dbgfs: fix 'struct pid' leaks in 'dbgfstargetidswrite' DAMON debugfs interface increases the reference counts of 'struct pid's for targets from the 'targetids' file write callback 'dbgfstargetidswrite', but decreases the...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by the Linux Foundation's open source operating system Linux. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel due to a leak in the struct pid parameter of the dbgfstargetidswrite function...

kernel: fix 'struct pid' leaks in 'dbgfs_target_ids_write()'

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/dbgfs: fix 'struct pid' leaks in 'dbgfstargetidswrite' DAMON debugfs interface increases the reference counts of 'struct pid's for targets from the 'targetids' file write callback 'dbgfstargetidswrite', but decreases the...

GSD-2022-1000058 mm/damon/dbgfs: fix 'struct pid' leaks in 'dbgfs_target_ids_write()'

mm/damon/dbgfs: fix 'struct pid' leaks in 'dbgfstargetidswrite' This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.15.13 by commit...

Linux TIOCSPGRP Broken Locking Exploit

Linux: Broken locking in TIOCSPGRP leads to corrupted tty-pgrp refcount tiocspgrp, the handler for the TIOCSPGRP ioctl, has the following signature: static int tiocspgrpstruct ttystruct tty, struct ttystruct realtty, pidt user p It receives two ttystruct pointers because, for PTY pairs, userspace...