Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2022-8267)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-8267 advisory. - posix-cpu-timers: Cleanup CPU timers before freeing them during exec Wander Lairson Costa 2116968 CVE-2022-2585 - fix race between exititimers and...

The vulnerability of the compatibility subsystem’s kernel allows for the execution of Linux applications. The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) and the Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows (EFLOW) environment enable attackers to enhance their privileges.

The vulnerability of the compatibility subsystem’s kernel for running Linux applications is related to synchronization errors when using a shared resource. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to gain increased privileges...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5729-2)

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-5729-2 advisory. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the instruction emulator of the Linux kernel on Arm 64-bit systems. A local attacker could...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5728-2)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5728-2 advisory. Jann Horn discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly track memory allocations for anonymous VMA mappings in some situations, leading t...

USN-5729-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the instruction emulator of the Linux kernel on Arm 64-bit systems. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-20422 Hsin-Wei Hung discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel contained an...

USN-5727-2: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the instruction emulator of the Linux kernel on Arm 64-bit systems. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-20422 It was discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handl...

CVE-2022-3566

A vulnerability was found in the tcp subsystem in the Linux Kernel, due to a data race around icsk-icskafops. This issue could allow an attacker to leak internal kernel information. Mitigation Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options dont meet the Red H...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5729-1)

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-5729-1 advisory. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the instruction emulator of the Linux kernel on Arm 64-bit systems. A local attacker could...

SUSE SLES15: kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_134-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:4038-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4038-1 advisory. This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-15020024134 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2021-39698: Fixed a...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5728-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5728-1 advisory. Jann Horn discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly track memory allocations for anonymous VMA mappings in some situations, leading t...

The vulnerability of the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service in the Windows operating system allows a perpetrator to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service in Windows operating systems is related to improper cleaning or release of resources. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor to cause service failures...

SUSE-SU-2022:4038-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 25 for SLE 15 SP3)

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-1503005998 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2021-39698: Fixed a possible memory corruption due to a use after free in aiopollcompletework. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: Logging Subsystem 5.4.8 - Red Hat OpenShift security update

An update is now available for Logging subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift 5.4. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fr...

LSN-0090-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

David Bouman discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate passed user register indices. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-1015 David Bouman and Billy Jheng Bing Jhong discovered that a...

Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9999)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9999 advisory. - afkey: Do not call xfrmprobealgs in parallel Herbert Xu Orabug: 34610032 CVE-2022-3028 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from...

RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2022:8267)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8267 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: off-path attacker may inject data or...

kernel: block: don't delete queue kobject before its children

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: don't delete queue kobject before its children kobjects aren't supposed to be deleted before their child kobjects are deleted. Apparently this is usually benign; however, a WARN will be triggered if one of the child kobjec...

kernel: ASoC: SOF: Intel: Fix NULL ptr dereference when ENOMEM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: SOF: Intel: Fix NULL ptr dereference when ENOMEM Do not call snddmafreepages when snddmaallocpages returns -ENOMEM because it leads to a NULL pointer dereference bug. The dmesg says: T1387 sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl...

kernel: vsock: remove vsock from connected table when connect is interrupted by a signal

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's vsock subsystem's vsockstreamconnect function where improper handling of the socket state can lead to the connected table's list being corrupted. This occurs when a signal interrupt occurs and resets the socket's state without removing it from the...

kernel: scsi: lpfc: Fix possible memory leak when failing to issue CMF WQE

A flaw was found in the lpfc module in the Linux kernel. A missing release of allocated memory when an error occurs will cause a memory leak, potentially impacting system performance and resulting in a denial of service...