Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.10, Linux 6.1, Linux, Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: Properly handles errors when reading symbolic links. It’s a patch from the “Convert ocfs2 to use folios” series. Mark converted ocfs2 to use folios and sent it to me as a major patch for review ;-. So I reworked it into...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58001

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: handle a symlink read error correctly Patch series "Convert ocfs2 to use folios". Mark did a conversion of ocfs2 to use folios and sent it to me as a giant patch for review ;- So I've redone it as individual patches, and...

kernel: splice: fix bad unlock_page() in error case

fs/splice.c in the splice subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.2 does not properly handle a failure of the addtopagecachelru function, and subsequently attempts to unlock a page that was not locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel BUG and system crash, as...

PT-2008-5563 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.22.2 Description: The issue is related to the splice subsystem in the Linux kernel, where a failure in the add to page cache lru function is not properly handled, leading to an attempt to unlock a page that...