CVE-2019-14283

CVE-2019-14283 affects the Linux kernel up to version 5.2.2, where floppy drive handling in set_geometry() in drivers/block/floppy.c fails to validate sect and head, enabling an integer overflow and out-of-bounds read. This can be triggered by an unprivileged local user when a floppy is present (...

CVE-2019-14821

CVE-2019-14821 is a Linux kernel KVM issue: an out-of-bounds access in the Coalesced MMIO write path can occur if a host user controls the MMIO ring buffer indices (ring->first/ring->last). A local attacker with /dev/kvm access could crash the host kernel or potentially escalate privileges ...

CVE-2017-16995

CVE-2017-16995 is a sign-extension defect in the Linux kernel's eBPF verifier (kernel/bpf/verifier.c) that can be triggered via BPF syscall, allowing a local user to escalate privileges or affect memory/behavior. Public writeups and Arch security advisories indicate the issue affects kernels prio...

CVE-2019-11478

CVE-2019-11478 describes a DoS in the Linux kernel TCP SACK handling where the TCP retransmission queue can fragment, leading to degraded performance or denial of service when processing crafted SACK sequences. The initial entry notes a fixed commit f070ef2ac66716357066b683fb0baf55f8191a2e and st...

CVE-2021-46931

CVE-2021-46931 involves the Linux kernel mlx5e path (net/mlx5e, mlx5_core) where a TX-timeout-recovery flow calls mlx5e_tx_reporter_dump_sq() with a void* that is actually a mlx5e_tx_timeout_ctx*. The mismatch corrupts stack state and can trigger a kernel panic/stack overflow. The fix adds a wrap...

CVE-2023-1206

CVE-2023-1206 describes a hash collision flaw in the Linux kernel’s IPv6 connection lookup table that can allow a local attacker or a user with high bandwidth to cause significant CPU spike (up to 95%) on the server accepting IPv6 connections. Connected advisories show this CVE being addressed in...

CVE-2020-25705

CVE-2020-25705 is a Linux kernel ICMP handling flaw that lets an off-path attacker bypass UDP source port randomization and rapidly scan open UDP ports. Affected products include various kernel versions and embedded/Linux-based devices; remediation is via kernel updates (e.g., CentOS/AlmaLinux ad...

CVE-2021-46908

CVE-2021-46908 affects the Linux kernel BPF verifier: the issue stems from using an incorrect permission flag for mixed signed bounds arithmetic. The fix ensures bypass_spec_v1 is used (instead of allow_ptr_leaks) to align with spectre v1 mitigation requirements. The vulnerability has been resolv...

CVE-2023-39194

CVE-2023-39194 – The Apollo/CVE entry documents a flaw in the Linux kernel XFRM subsystem: during processing of state filters, an out-of-bounds read past the end of an allocated buffer can be triggered by a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges, potentially leading to information disclosur...

CVE-2021-46952

Summary (CVE-2021-46952): In the Linux kernel, NFS with UDP transport was vulnerable to a shift-out-of-bounds due to a garbage UDP retrans timeout being passed to xprt_calc_majortimeo. If retrans is >= 64, the mount fails with an error, preventing exploitation. The fix is a patch to validate U...

CVE-2025-21877

CVE-2025-21877 (Linux kernel, usbnet gl620a) affects the usbnet implementation in the kernel where GenelInK_bind() fails to verify that the device actually provides the endpoints it requests. This can lead to a mismatch when an artificially manufactured endpoint is encountered, as Syzbot observed...

CVE-2026-53359

CVE-2026-53359 is a KVM/x86 shadow MMU use-after-free caused by a role mismatch when reusing shadow pages during a nested walk. The flaw arises when a PDE is modified and a 4KB leaf SPTE is installed on the new path, but the parent 2MB page’s direct flag and the shadow page’s role may not align, ...

CVE-2019-15902

CVE-2019-15902 describes a backporting error that reintroduced Spectre-v1 in ptrace_get_debugreg() due to swapped lines during cherry-picking. Affected Linux kernels include 4.4.x (up to 4.4.190), 4.9.x (up to 4.9.190), 4.14.x (up to 4.14.141), 4.19.x (up to 4.19.69), and 5.2.x (up to 5.2.11). Th...

CVE-2020-28374

CVE-2020-28374 affects the Linux kernel’s SCSI target (LIO) code, specifically drivers/target/target_core_xcopy.c, where insufficient identifier checking could let a remote attacker read or write files via directory traversal in an XCOPY request. Affected component is the Linux kernel prior to 5....

CVE-2019-12614

CVE-2019-12614 affects Linux kernels up to 5.1.6 in the PowerPC pseries dlpar.c: a NULL pointer dereference triggered by unchecked kstrdup of prop->name can allow a local attacker to crash the system via a crafted request. The issue is confirmed in the initial description and corroborated by c...

CVE-2021-4154

CVE-2021-4154 is a Linux kernel use-after-free in cgroup v1 parsing (cgroup1_parse_param) that allows local privilege escalation via the fsconfig parameter, potentially enabling container breakout and system DoS. Affected component: kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c in the Linux kernel. Root cause: use-a...

CVE-2019-15917

CVE-2019-15917 concerns a use-after-free in the Linux kernel before 5.0.5. The bug occurs when hci_uart_register_dev() fails in hci_uart_set_proto() within drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c, potentially after a local Bluetooth UART device setup. Affected: Linux kernel versions prior to 5.0.5. Impact ...

CVE-2019-17133

CVE-2019-17133 affects Linux kernel up to 5.3.2, where cfg80211_mgd_wext_giwessid in net/wireless/wext-sme.c fails to reject an oversized SSID IE, causing a Buffer Overflow. The available connected docs confirm the vulnerability and its impact but do not provide a specific patched version or reme...

CVE-2023-39192

CVE-2023-39192 : A flaw in the Linux kernel Netfilter xt_u32 module allows a local privileged attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read by crafting improper values in the xt_u32 structure. The root cause is missing validation of fields in xt_u32, leading to crash or information disclosure. Impact...

CVE-2025-21971

Summary (CVE-2025-21971): In the Linux kernel, an issue in net_sched can cause incorrect parent backlog statistics when a Qdisc class is created with classid TC_H_ROOT (0xFFFFFFFF). The traversal in qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() terminates at TC_H_ROOT instead of the actual root, which can lead to ...

CVE-2020-12770

CVE-2020-12770 arises from the Linux kernel sg_write path in the SCSI generic (sg) driver not releasing internal resources in a specific error path because sg_remove_request is not called. This root cause is cited in multiple sources (e.g., ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-012) and is described as a local-ac...

CVE-2021-46950

The CVE-2021-46950 entry concerns a Linux kernel data corruption issue in md/raid1(bitmaps): when ending a failed write request, bitmap bits could be cleared, causing corruption. The vulnerability arises in the failure handling path of raid1_end_write_request, where the I/O might be retried (R1BI...

CVE-2023-4194

CVE-2023-4194 affects the Linux kernel TUN/TAP network devices. A type confusion in initialization of tun/tap sockets could let a local user bypass network filters and access resources. The description notes patches for CVE-2023-1076 were incomplete; upstream commits (tun_chr_open/tun_open and re...

CVE-2023-5345

CVE-2023-5345 : A use-after-free in the Linux kernel kernel’s fs/smb/client component can enable local privilege escalation. Specifically, an error in smb3_fs_context_parse_param frees ctx->password but does not set it to NULL, risking a double-free scenario. The issue is documented in the CVE...

CVE-2025-21765

CVE-2025-21765 is a Linux kernel IPv6 stack issue where ip6_default_advmss() reads the net structure without proper RCU protection, risking use-after-free scenarios. The vulnerability is fixed in updated kernels across Linux distributions (examples: ALAS2KERNEL advisories for AL2 kernels 5.10/5.1...

CVE-2023-39193

CVE-2023-39193 affects the Linux kernel Netfilter SCTP path, where sctp_mt_check fails to validate the flag_count field, enabling a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN to trigger an out-of-bounds read that can crash the system or cause information disclosure. Connected advisories (Red Hat, AlmaLinu...

CVE-2021-46945

CVE-2021-46945 concerns the Linux kernel ext4 filesystem. The vulnerability causes a kernel panic when the filesystem is mounted with errors=panic, prior to a specific commit. After the patch 014c9caa29d3, remounting a filesystem with abort no longer panics, and the behavior is restored to what i...

CVE-2021-46935

CVE-2021-46935 : Linux kernel binder vulnerability where async_free_space accounting for empty parcels leaked up to 8 bytes per 8-byte-or-smaller async transaction. Root cause: after a patch fixing visibility (Android binder buffer moved out of user space), the free operation didn’t add back size...

CVE-2021-46953

The CVE-2021-46953 issue affects the Linux kernel ACPI GTDT driver. If a probe fails due to invalid firmware properties, the driver may unmap an interrupt it mapped earlier without verifying that the mapping succeeded, and if the firmware reports an interrupt number overlapping the GIC SGI range,...

CVE-2021-46918

CVE-2021-46918 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in the IDXDMA/DMAR DMA engine where MSIX permission entries were not cleared on device shutdown. The issue arose because MSIX entries were left enabled and pasid entries remained programmed when the device shut down, potentially enabling persistence ...

CVE-2021-4083

CVE-2021-4083 is a read-after-free in Linux kernel Unix domain socket GC triggered by a race between close() and fget(). Affected kernels are prior to 5.16-rc4. Local users could crash the system or escalate privileges. Affected products include upstream kernel and Linux distributions (Astra Linu...

CVE-2022-32250

CVE-2022-32250 : A local privilege-escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel affects net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c (up to 5.18.1). An incorrect NFT_STATEFUL_EXPR check leads to a use-after-free, allowing a local user with namespace creation capability to escalate to root. Affected: Linux kerne...

CVE-2023-4155

CVE-2023-4155 describes a vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s KVM AMD SEV implementation. A KVM guest using SEV-ES or SEV-SNP with multiple vCPUs can trigger a double fetch race that causes the VMGEXIT handler to be invoked recursively. If the handler is called multiple times, this can lead to a ...

CVE-2020-8648

CVE-2020-8648 is a use-after-free in the Linux kernel’s n_tty_receive_buf_common function (drivers/tty/n_tty.c), affecting kernel builds up to 5.5.2. It is a local vulnerability; exploitation could crash the kernel (DoS), with CVSS notes indicating local access and high impact on availability. Co...

CVE-2021-46938

CVE-2021-46938 affects the Linux kernel in the device-mapper (dm-mq) path for request-based mapped devices. When loading a device-mapper table, if the allocation/initialization of blk_mq_tag_set for the device fails, a subsequent dev_remove can trigger a double free during cleanup because the poi...

CVE-2017-18017

CVE-2017-18017 affects the Linux kernel’s tcpmss_mangle_packet in net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c. When xt_TCPMSS is used in an iptables action, a remote attacker can trigger a use-after-free and memory corruption, leading to a denial of service. Affected versions are Linux kernel before 4.11, and 4.9....

CVE-2021-46917

CVE-2021-46917 is a Linux kernel vulnerability tied to the dmaengine: idxd subsystem. The issue stems from a pre-release silicon erratum workaround where a wq reset did not clear WQCFG registers, leaking into upstream code and risking clobbering registers on future devices. The documented fix rep...

CVE-2021-46919

CVE-2021-46919 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in dmaengine/idxd where WQ size could be changed while the device was enabled. The fix changes the state check to ensure the WQ size is only modifiable when the device is disabled, addressing a race between device state and WQ configuration. Connecte...

CVE-2023-1829

CVE-2023-1829 affects the Linux kernel tcindex subsystem. A use-after-free can occur in tcindex_delete when filters are not properly deactivated for a perfect-hash underlying structure, potentially enabling local privilege escalation to root. The flaw is tied to the traffic control index filter (...

CVE-2019-6974

CVE-2019-6974 affects the Linux kernel KVM subsystem: a race in kvm_ioctl_create_device() mishandles reference counting, enabling a local user with access to /dev/kvm to cause a use-after-free, potentially crashing the guest or escalating privileges. The issue is fixed in kernel 4.20.8 and relate...

CVE-2021-32399

CVE-2021-32399 affects the Linux kernel’s Bluetooth HCI handling, specifically a race condition in removal of the HCI controller implemented in net/bluetooth/hci_request.c up to version 5.12.2. The connected Astra Linux entry references the same race condition in the Linux kernel, and a dated Lin...

CVE-2023-1192

CVE-2023-1192 denotes a use-after-free in CIFS smb2_is_status_io_timeout() within the Linux kernel, where memory freed during a system call and CIFS’ later access to that memory can trigger a denial of service. The connected advisories confirm this UAF issue exists in kernel CIFS code and link it...

CVE-2024-26590

Summary (CVE-2024-26590) : In the Linux kernel, the EROFS filesystem’s per-file compression format handling could become inconsistent when a crafted image uses an algorithm type not listed in sbi->available_compr_algs. This could trigger a NULL pointer dereference if the corresponding decompre...

CVE-2021-46942

CVE-2021-46942 relates to the Linux kernel io_uring shared sqpoll cancellation hang. The root cause is an incorrect accounting of inflight requests when cancelling sqpoll contexts that share a sqpoll, caused by per-task counters that can count more requests than are present in the io_uring contex...

CVE-2021-46954

CVE-2021-46954 affects the Linux kernel net/sched IPv4 path. When act_mirred attempts to fragment IPv4 packets that were previously reassembled by act_ct, sch_frag used a temporary dst_entry, which was later treated as an rtable pointer in the fragment/MTU flow. This caused a stack out-of-bounds ...

CVE-2021-27363

CVE-2021-27363 affects the Linux kernel iSCSI subsystem. A flaw leaks the iSCSI transport’s kernel address via the sysfs handle (/sys/class/iscsi_transport/$TRANSPORT_NAME/handle), enabling a local attacker to leak the iscsi_transport pointer and potentially end arbitrary iSCSI connections. Conne...

CVE-2021-33624

CVE-2021-33624 affects the Linux kernel prior to 5.12.13, where the eBPF verifier in kernel/bpf/verifier.c could mispredict branches (e.g., due to type confusion), allowing an unprivileged BPF program to read arbitrary kernel memory locations via a side-channel attack. Several connected advisorie...

CVE-2021-46933

CVE-2021-46933 affects the Linux kernel USB gadget f_fs: ffs_data_clear may double-call eventfd_ctx_put when closing ep0 and unmounting, causing a refcount underflow. The fix is to NULL-ify the ffs_eventfd and set epfiles to NULL after deallocation. Advisories (e.g., SUSE-SU-2024:2184-1) note the...

CVE-2017-1000253

CVE-2017-1000253 is a Linux kernel PIE stack buffer corruption vulnerability in load_elf_binary() that can allow local privilege escalation when PIE is used and memory mapping overlaps the stack region. The issue stems from not accounting for space for the entire binary, causing later PT_LOAD seg...

CVE-2021-46921

CVE-2021-46921: Linux kernel vulnerability in locking/qrwlock where queued_write_lock_slowpath()’s acquire/cmpxchg ordering allows reads to observe values before the writer lock is truly acquired (A-B-A window). Exploitation would be local (epoll-related) and requires the read/write path to run w...