CVE-2007-4567

CVE-2007-4567 affects the Linux kernel (ipv6_hop_jumbo in net/ipv6/exthdrs.c). The vulnerability arises from improper validation of the hop-by-hop IPv6 extended header, enabling remote attackers to trigger a denial of service via a crafted IPv6 packet that can cause a NULL pointer dereference and...

CVE-2025-37927

CVE-2025-37927 affects the Linux kernel’s iommu/amd subsystem (parse_ivrs_acpihid). A string parsing logic error could cause a buffer overflow in HID or UID buffers when combining strings, because ACPIID_LEN is compared to the total length rather than the lengths of the individual HID and UID buf...

CVE-2025-37953

CVE-2025-37953 affects the Linux kernel sch_htb component. The issue stems from a regression caused when htb_qlen_notify() and htb_deactivate() interactions could leave prt pointers NULL, enabling a NULL pointer dereference path via htb_next_rb_node() and in certain qlen/dequeue_backlog sequences...

CVE-2025-37956

CVE-2025-37956 affects the Linux kernel ksmbd server. A client can send an empty newname string when renaming a file or directory, which previously triggered a kernel oops in d_alloc. A patch has been applied to return an error when attempting to rename with an empty new name string, preventing t...

CVE-2025-37996

Summary: CVE-2025-37996 affects the Linux kernel on ARM64 with KVM. The root cause was an uninitialized local memcache pointer in user_mem_abort() caused by a conditional initialization after the commit that plumbed the pKVM MMU. A code path through kvm_pgtable_stage2_map() could use the uninitia...

CVE-2025-38022

The CVE-2025-38022 issue resides in the Linux kernel RDMA/core where KASAN reports a slab-use-after-free Read in ib_register_device. Root cause: ib_device_rename() renames the device name under a lock while kobject_uevent() accesses the name without lock protection, leading to a race. The fix is ...

CVE-2025-38211

In the Linux kernel, CVE-2025-38211 affects the RDMA/iwcm path where use-after-free of cm_id_private work objects can occur during cm_id destruction. The root cause involved cm_id resource management and last-reference handling; prior fixes flushed pending works at cm_id destruction, but a remain...

CVE-2006-2935

CVE-2006-2935 affects the Linux kernel starting with 2.2.16 and later, where the dvd_read_bca function in the DVD handling code (drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c) assigns the wrong value to a length variable, enabling a local user to trigger a buffer overflow via a crafted USB Storage device and execute arb...

CVE-2006-5757

CVE-2006-5757 is a local privilege vulnerability in the Linux kernel (2.6.x) related to the __find_get_block_slow function within the ISO9660 filesystem. The issue allows a local user to trigger a denial of service (infinite loop) by mounting a crafted ISO9660 image containing malformed data stru...

CVE-2009-1337

CVE-2009-1337 : Affected: Linux kernel up to 2.6.30-rc1 (exit_notify in kernel/exit.c). Root cause: exit_notify does not restrict exit signals when CAP_KILL is held, enabling a local user to set a process exit_signal and use exec to launch a setuid program. Impact: local privilege escalation via ...

CVE-2010-4342

Vulnerability (CVE-2010-4342) in the Linux kernel affects the AUN path when Econet is enabled. The flaw is in the aun_incoming function (net/econet/af_econet.c) and allows remote attackers to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and kernel OOPS, causing a denial of service via UDP-based Acorn Unive...

CVE-2010-5331

CVE-2010-5331 affects the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.34, due to a range-check off-by-one issue in drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios.c that can cause a buffer overflow. The vulnerability is rooted in how a value is used in that path; at least one Linux maintainer believes the CVE may be incorrectly a...

CVE-2011-1767

CVE-2011-1767 affects the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.34, where ip_gre, if built as a module, can trigger a remote denial of service (OOPS) by processing a crafted packet during module loading in net/ipv4/ip_gre.c. Investigations in connected advisories confirm related patches exist to address GRE/...

CVE-2011-2495

CVE-2011-2495 affects the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.39.4. The issue is in fs/proc/base.c where access to /proc/#####/io is insufficiently restricted, allowing local users to poll a file and infer sensitive I/O statistics (e.g., length of another user’s password). The MiracleLinux advisories refer...

CVE-2011-3359

CVE-2011-3359 affects the Linux kernel (pre-2.6.39), specifically the b43 wireless driver. The dma_rx path does not allocate receive buffers properly, enabling remote attackers to crash the system via a crafted frame (DoS). Affected code is in drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c. Remediation: upgrade ...

CVE-2012-6548

CVE-2012-6548 affects the Linux kernel: the udf_encode_fh function in fs/udf/namei.c does not initialize a structure member in kernels before 3.6, enabling a local user to read sensitive information from kernel heap memory via a crafted application. Several connected advisories (e.g., Red Hat RHS...

CVE-2013-0228

CVE-2013-0228 affects the Linux kernel before 3.7.9 on 32-bit Xen paravirt_ops platforms, where xen_iret in arch/x86/xen/xen-asm_32.S mishandles an invalid DS segment value. This allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges via a crafted application. Remediation is a kernel update to include...

CVE-2013-0349

CVE-2013-0349 affects the Linux kernel’s HIDP path: hidp_setup_hid in net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c fails to copy a certain name field, enabling a local attacker to read sensitive kernel memory by setting an oversized name and issuing HIDPCONNADD. The issue exists in kernel versions before 3.7.6. Mit...

CVE-2013-1943

CVE-2013-1943 affects the KVM subsystem of the Linux kernel prior to 3.0. It arises because memory slots in a guest’s physical address space may be allocated without validating kernel addresses, enabling local users to gain privileges or read kernel memory. Affected components: arch/x86/kvm/pagin...

CVE-2013-2897

CVE-2013-2897 affects the Linux kernel HID multitouch driver (drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c) with CONFIG_HID_MULTITOUCH enabled, up to kernel 3.11. The vulnerability allows physically proximate attackers to trigger a denial of service via crafted HID devices, causing heap memory corruption or a NU...

CVE-2013-4592

CVE-2013-4592: Memory leak in Linux kernel

CVE-2015-1465

The CVE-2015-1465 issue affects the Linux kernel IPv4 code prior to 3.18.8, where the RCU grace period length is not properly considered when redirecting lookups without caching. This can allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of packets, leading to memory consumption or ...

CVE-2016-2065

The CVE-2016-2065 entry concerns the MSM QDSP6 audio driver (sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/msm-audio-effects-q6-v2.c) in the Linux kernel 3.x, used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices. The flaw arises from incorrect use of a parameters pointer when handling an ioctl...

CVE-2016-6786

CVE-2016-6786 affects the Linux kernel’s performance subsystem: kernel/events/core.c mismanages locks during certain migrations, enabling a local user to escalate privileges. Public documents indicate this vulnerability exists in kernels before 4.0, with several Nessus advisories (Unity Linux/Mir...

CVE-2019-16230

CVE-2019-16230 in Linux kernel 5.2.14 (drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c) does not check the return value of alloc_workqueue, enabling a NULL pointer dereference during device initialization (boot). Unity Linux 20.1070e and Unity UTSA-2026 advisories reproduce this issue for kernel 5.2.14; ...

CVE-2021-47071

CVE-2021-47071 in the Linux kernel affects the uio_hv_generic path. If vmbus_establish_gpadl() fails, the recv/gpadl paths are not updated, and the error-path free in hv_uio_cleanup() may not release the associated buffer, causing a memory leak. The description in the initial document confirms th...

CVE-2021-47168

CVE-2021-47168 affects the Linux kernel NFS code, specifically filelayout_decode_layout. The bug stems from sizeof(struct nfs_fh) being two bytes larger than the actual NFS_MAXFHSIZE buffer, risking memory corruption. The fix changes the size to match NFS_MAXFHSIZE (the buffer for ->data[]) an...

CVE-2021-47182

The CVE-2021-47182 entry concerns the Linux kernel scsi_mode_sense() implementation. Affected component: scsi core. Issues: improper handling of the MODE SENSE(10) allocation length field (16-bit, truncating lengths >255) and buffer length adjustments that could corrupt memory when len is too ...

CVE-2021-47212

CVE-2021-47212 affects the Linux kernel in the mlx5/ib stack. The issue arises in the fast unload flow where the device state enters internal error during a destroy command, causing a call path that would return EIO. The fix updates MLX5_CMD_OP_DESTROY_UCTX and MLX5_CMD_OP_DESTROY_UMEM to return ...

CVE-2021-47260

In CVE-2021-47260, the Linux kernel NFS client had a potential NULL dereference in nfs_get_client(), which callers did not expect and could trigger an Oops. The issue is resolved by returning an error pointer instead of NULL. The description notes this is likely dead code and may not affect many ...

CVE-2021-47362

CVE-2021-47362 affects the Linux kernel’s drm/amd/pm power management code. The vulnerability occurs during DPM initialization when set_power_state reads values from the current state; if current state is not populated, this can lead to a NULL pointer dereference. The ATCS/ACPI path for PCI speed...

CVE-2021-47541

CVE-2021-47541 targets the Linux kernel mlx4_en driver. In mlx4_en_try_alloc_resources(), mlx4_en_copy_priv() may free tmp->tx_cq on the error path, and later mlx4_en_alloc_resources() dereferences &tmp->tx_cq[t][i], risking a use-after-free. The fix adds a guard/check around mlx4_en_copy_p...

CVE-2022-47942

CVE-2022-47942 affects ksmbd in Linux kernels 5.15–5.19 before 5.19.2. The issue is a heap-based buffer overflow in set_ntacl_dacl triggered by use of SMB2_QUERY_INFO_HE after a malformed SMB2_SET_INFO_HE, potentially exposing memory corruption paths. Public references confirm the vulnerability a...

CVE-2022-48656

CVE-2022-48656 relates to a refcount leak in Linux kernel dmaengine: ti: k3-udma-private (of_xudma_dev_get). The issue stems from a missing of_node_put() in the error/fail path, causing a reference leak. The fix moves of_node_put() before the check to ensure proper reference handling. Impact is m...

CVE-2022-48868

The CVE-2022-48868 issue affects the Linux kernel’s dmaengine: idxd driver. The root cause is in the probe/enabling path: drv_enable_wq() may return success on failure to enable the workqueue, allowing the driver to load while allocations intended for the workqueue enablement were never valid, wh...

CVE-2022-48911

CVE-2022-48911 affects the Linux kernel nf_queue path in the netfilter subsystem. The vulnerability arises from a use-after-free risk when skb/nf_queue handling interacts with sock_hold/sk_refcnt, potentially causing a stored packet to be mishandled; on failure the packet is dropped by the caller...

CVE-2022-49074

CVE-2022-49074 concerns the Linux kernel vulnerability in the GICv3 interrupt controller. The issue was caused by incorrect polling of GICR RWP in redistributors, where the code tested the distributor bit index instead of the correct RWP bit, a mistake that reportedly persisted for eight years. T...

CVE-2022-49076

CVE-2022-49076 concerns the Linux kernel RDMA/hfi1 subsystem. The issue is a use-after-free in the mm struct lifecycle: under certain conditions (e.g., MPI_Abort), hfi1_mmu_rb_unregister() may drop the last reference to a task mm, freeing it before its final use in hfi1_release_user_pages. This c...

CVE-2022-49176

CVE-2022-49176: Linux kernel fix for a use-after-free in bfq_dispatch_request (bfq) causing potential memory corruption in SCSI-mq paths. The issue is addressed by kernel patches referenced in the linked advisories (Unity Linux UTSA updates and Astra/Linux advisories). Exploitation status is not ...

CVE-2022-49216

In CVE-2022-49216, the Linux kernel drift/tegra code suffered a reference leak in tegra_dsi_ganged_probe caused by a reference from of_find_device_by_node() not being released. The fix adds a put_device() to release the reference when it is no longer needed. Affected component: drm/tegra within L...

CVE-2022-49218

CVE-2022-49218 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in the DRM DP driver: an OOB read when handling the Post Cursor2 register due to an undersized link_status array. The fix removes the common helper and replaces the fetch/decode path with an open-coded approach, mirroring the handling in a related DR...

CVE-2022-49241

CVE-2022-49241 affects the Linux kernel ASoC: atmel subsystem, specifically the sam9x5_wm8731_driver_probe. The root cause is a device_node pointer returned by of_parse_phandle() with refcount incremented, but of_node_put() is not invoked in the error path, causing a refcount leak. The fix adds p...

CVE-2022-49312

CVE-2022-49312 (Linux kernel) : The vulnerability concerns a potential memory leak in the rtl8712 staging path. In r871xu_drv_init(), if r8712_init_drv_sw() fails, memory allocated by r8712_alloc_io_queue() in r8712_usb_dvobj_init() is not released because there is no action in r8712_usb_dvobj_de...

CVE-2022-49346

CVE-2022-49346 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in the net: dsa: lantiq_gswip path. The issue is a refcount leak in gswip_gphy_fw_list caused by every iteration of for_each_available_child_of_node() decrementing the previously referenced node, and a missing explicit of_node_put() when breaking ear...

CVE-2022-49366

CVE-2022-49366 affects ksmbd in the Linux kernel. The vulnerability arises in smb_check_perm_dacl() when id and uid have the same value, causing a path to exit the loop without decrementing the reference count of the posix_acls object (increased by get_acl()), which may lead to memory leaks. The ...

CVE-2022-49411

The CVE-2022-49411 entry describes a Linux kernel BFQ IO scheduler issue where bios queued to a bfq_group tied to an offline cgroup could be inserted into the service tree and be freed when the last bio completes, causing a use-after-free. The documented fix is to always operate on an online bfq_...

CVE-2022-49445

CVE-2022-49445 is described in the initial document as a Linux kernel vulnerability where pinctrl: renesas: core could dereference a NULL pointer in sh_pfc_map_resources() if platform_get_resource() returns NULL. The fix moves using the resource after devm_ioremap_resource() (which checks NULL) a...

CVE-2022-49449

The CVE-2022-49449 issue affects Linux kernel pinctrl: renesas: rzn1. The root cause is a possible null-ptr-deref when using 'res' if platform_get_resource() returns NULL. The patch defers dereferencing 'res' by performing devm_ioremap_resource() first (which validates the resource) and then uses...

CVE-2022-49542

Summary: CVE-2022-49542 affects the Linux kernel SCSI lpfc path. The vulnerability arises in logging code: during an attempt to log a TRACE message, the code could take a hard lockup path due to an unsafe lock acquisition sequence. Root cause (as described): the cfg_log_verbose check was performe...

CVE-2022-49569

CVE-2022-49569 affects the bcm2835 SPI driver in the Linux kernel. When an IRQ-based transfer times out, bcm2835_spi_handle_err() could dereference ctlr->dma_tx/ctlr->dma_rx if DMA pointers are not set, due to the removal of the dma_pending flag. A fix was implemented to check that ctlr-&gt...