AlmaLinux 8 : kernel (ALSA-2025:16372)

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:16372 advisory. kernel: vsock: Fix transport TOCTOU CVE-2025-38461 kernel: dochangetype: refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts CVE-2025-38498 kernel: HID: core:...

USN-3871-5 linux-azure vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

Ubuntu 18.10 : linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3878-1)

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the vsock address family implementation of the Linux kernel that could lead to a use-after-free condition. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to expose sensitive information host machine kernel memory. CVE-2018-14625 Cfir...

USN-3871-3 linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...