DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1076

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel. The tun/tap sockets have their socket UID hardcoded to 0 due to a type confusion in their initialization function. While it will be often correct, as tuntap devices require CAPNETADMIN, it may not always be the case, e.g., a non-root user only having that...

CVE-2023-1076

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel. The tun/tap sockets have their socket UID hardcoded to 0 due to a type confusion in their initialization function. While it will be often correct, as tuntap devices require CAPNETADMIN, it may not always be the case, e.g., a non-root user only having that...

CVE-2023-1076

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel. The tun/tap sockets have their socket UID hardcoded to 0 due to a type confusion in their initialization function. While it will be often correct, as tuntap devices require CAPNETADMIN, it may not always be the case, e.g., a non-root user only having that...

Type confusion

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel. The tun/tap sockets have their socket UID hardcoded to 0 due to a type confusion in their initialization function. While it will be often correct, as tuntap devices require CAPNETADMIN, it may not always be the case, e.g., a non-root user only having that...

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1076

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel. The tun/tap sockets have their socket UID hardcoded to 0 due to a type confusion in their initialization function. While it will be often correct, as tuntap devices require CAPNETADMIN, it may not always be the case, e.g., a non-root user only having that...

kernel: tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev

A double-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TUN/TAP device driver functionality in how a user registers the device when the registernetdevice function fails NETDEVREGISTER notifier. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

kernel: tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev

A double-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TUN/TAP device driver functionality in how a user registers the device when the registernetdevice function fails NETDEVREGISTER notifier. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update

An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is availabl...

kernel: tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev

A double-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TUN/TAP device driver functionality in how a user registers the device when the registernetdevice function fails NETDEVREGISTER notifier. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system...

kernel: tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev

A double-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TUN/TAP device driver functionality in how a user registers the device when the registernetdevice function fails NETDEVREGISTER notifier. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from...

kernel: tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev

A double-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TUN/TAP device driver functionality in how a user registers the device when the registernetdevice function fails NETDEVREGISTER notifier. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system...

CVE-2023-1076

CVE-2023-1076 describes a Linux kernel flaw in tun/tap initialisation where the socket uid is hardcoded to 0 due to a type confusion. The result can cause tun/tap sockets to be treated as if they have root privileges when filtering/routing decisions are made, potentially bypassing network filters...

RHEL 9 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2023:1466)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:1466 advisory. This is a kernel live patch module which is automatically loaded by the RPM post-install script to modify the code of a running kernel. Security Fixe...

AlmaLinux 9 : kpatch-patch (ALSA-2023:1471)

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2023:1471 advisory. - A use after free vulnerability exists in the ALSA PCM package in the Linux Kernel. SNDRVCTLIOCTLELEMREAD|WRITE32 is missing locks that can be used in a...

CVE-2023-1076

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel. The tun/tap sockets have their socket UID hardcoded to 0 due to a type confusion in their initialization function. While it will be often correct, as tuntap devices require CAPNETADMIN, it may not always be the case, e.g., a non-root user only having that...

CVE-2023-1076

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel. The tun/tap sockets have their socket UID hardcoded to 0 due to a type confusion in their initialization function. While it will be often correct, as tuntap devices require CAPNETADMIN, it may not always be the case, e.g., a non-root user only having that...

RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2023:1470)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:1470 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: tun: avoid double free in...

RHEL 9 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2023:1467)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:1467 advisory. The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements. Securi...