kernel: Race between task migrating pages and another task calling exit_mmap to release those same pages getting invalid opcode BUG in include/linux/swapops.h

A flaw was found in pfnswapentrytopage in memory management subsystem in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw, an attacker with a local user privilege may cause a denial of service problem due to a BUG statement referencing pmdt x...

The vulnerability of the `nlm_swap_auxiliary_headers_in` function in the `bfd/nlmcode.h` header of the GNU Binutils development environment allows a attacker to access confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause service failures.

The vulnerability of the nlmswapauxiliaryheadersin function in the bfd/nlmcode.h header of the GNU Binutils development environment is related to reading data beyond the allowed buffer size. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to gain access to confidential data, compromise its...

A week in security (November 06 – November 12)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Defeating Little Brother requires a new outlook on privacy: Lock and Code S04E23 Medical research data Advarra stolen after SIM swap Okta breach happened after employee logged into personal Google account Introducing ThreatDown: A new chapter for Malwarebytes...

kernel: drm/ttm: Fix a NULL pointer dereference

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/ttm: Fix a NULL pointer dereference The LRU mechanism may look up a resource in the process of being removed from an object. The locking rules here are a bit unclear but it looks currently like res-bo assignment is protected ...

kernel: mm/swap: fix swap_info_struct race between swapoff and get_swap_pages()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/swap: fix swapinfostruct race between swapoff and getswappages The si-lock must be held when deleting the si from the available list. Otherwise, another thread can re-add the si to the available list, which can lead to memory...

kernel: cifs: Fix xid leak in cifs_copy_file_range()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix xid leak in cifscopyfilerange If the file is used by swap, before return -EOPNOTSUPP, should free the xid, otherwise, the xid will be leaked...

Medical research data Advarra stolen after SIM swap

Clinical research company Advarra has reportedly been compromised after a SIM swap on one of their executives. SIM swapping, also known as SIM jacking, is the act of illegally taking over a target’s cell phone number. This can be done in a number of ways, but one of the most common methods involv...

CVE-2023-4940

The BEAR for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.1.3.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the woobebulkoperationsswap function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to manipulate products via a forged...

PT-2023-31211 · WordPress · Bear

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: The BEAR for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.1.3.3 Description: The issue is due to a missing capability check on the woobe bulkoperations swap function, making it possible for authenticated attackers subscriber or higher to...

WordPress Plugin BEAR Security Vulnerability

WordPress and WordPress plugin are both products of the WordPress Foundation.WordPress is a blogging platform developed using the PHP language. The platform supports personal blog sites on servers with PHP and MySQL.WordPress plugin is an application plugin. A security vulnerability exists in...

SUSE CVE-2023-42756

A flaw was found in the Netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. A race condition between IPSETCMDADD and IPSETCMDSWAP can lead to a kernel panic due to the invocation of ipsetput on a wrong set. This issue may allow a local user to crash the system...

The vulnerability of the pfn_swap_entry_to_page() function in the include/linux/swapops.h module of the Linux operating system allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the pfnswapentrytopage function in the include/linux/swapops.h module of the Linux kernel is related to concurrent access to resources race condition. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a attacker to cause a service failure...

RLSA-2023:4517 Important: kernel security and bug fix update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: use-after-free in l2capconnect and l2capleconnectreq in net/bluetooth/l2capcore.c CVE-2022-42896 kernel: tcindex: use-after-free vulnerability in traffic control index filter allows...

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4732

A flaw was found in pfnswapentrytopage in memory management subsystem in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw, an attacker with a local user privilege may cause a denial of service problem due to a BUG statement referencing pmdt x...

Kernel: netfilter: race condition between ipset_cmd_add and ipset_cmd_swap

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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42756

A flaw was found in the Netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. A race condition between IPSETCMDADD and IPSETCMDSWAP can lead to a kernel panic due to the invocation of ipsetput on a wrong set. This issue may allow a local user to crash the system...

Swap functionality to sell rewards is too permissive and could cause accidental or intentional loss of value

Lines of code Vulnerability details Summary While the intention is to use the 0x protocol to sell rewards, the implementation doesn't provide any basic guarantee this will correctly happen and grants the rewarder arbitrary control over the tokens held by the strategy. Impact Rewards earned in the...

The vulnerability of the VPN protocol library using “IPsec” in libreswan, related to the swapping of the zero pointer, allows a attacker to perform a type of attack known as “denial-of-service attack”.

The vulnerability of the VPN protocol using “IPsec” with libreswan is related to insufficient validation of user-input data during the processing of IKEv1 ISAKMP SA packets. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a type of attack known as a “denial-of-service” attack...

Swap Slippage Check Missing Location: reLP function

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact If the swap doesn't meet the slippage tolerance, the function will still continue executing. This could lead to the contract holding less tokenA than expected, which could affect the subsequent addLiquidity call and the final balances of the AMO and...

This Week in Spring - August 29th, 2023 - the post SpringOne recovery blog

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! I'm exhausted. Seriously. Last week was mental. If you need me, I'll be over sipping on a tea... But, before that, there's a ton of things to cover from this last week, as always, and there's no rest for the curious, so let's...