CVE-2026-52914

In the Linux kernel, the batman-adv component is affected by CVE-2026-52914. The root cause is an accounting bug where the accumulated fragment length used for validating queued fragment chains can be truncated during updates. This allows malformed fragment chains to bypass validation and drive r...

CVE-1999-0138

CVE-1999-0138 affects the suidperl and sperl programs, which do not relinquish root privileges when reverting UIDs to the original user. This can grant root access with impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability as described (local, low complexity, no auth required). The vulnerability...

CVE-2005-0756

CVE-2005-0756 affects Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 on the amd64 platform, where ptrace() does not properly verify addresses, allowing a local attacker to crash the kernel (denial of service). The issue is reiterated across multiple advisories (Red Hat/CentOS RHSA-2005:514, Debian DSA-922/DSA-921, etc.), ...

CVE-2007-1592

The CVE-2007-1592 vulnerability affects the Linux kernel (2.6.x up to 2.6.21-rc3) in net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c, where ipv6_fl_socklist is inadvertently shared from a listening IPv6 socket to child sockets. This can allow a local user to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or a double free by attaching a f...

CVE-2007-3731

CVE-2007-3731 affects the Linux kernel 2.6.20/2.6.21. The vulnerability arises from handling an invalid LDT segment selector in %cs during ptrace single-step operations, enabling a local user to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and an OOPS, via PTRACE_SETREGS and PTRACE_SINGLESTEP (TRACE_IRQS_O...

CVE-2007-3740

CVE-2007-3740 describes a flaw in the CIFS filesystem of the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.22 where Unix extension support can fail to honor the process umask, enabling a local user to gain privileges. Affected are kernels with CIFS Unix extensions enabled; impact is local privilege escalation. Remed...

CVE-2009-4141

CVE-2009-4141 is a local-privilege escalation in the Linux kernel (fs/fcntl.c: fasync_helper) where enabling O_ASYNC on a locked file and closing it can grant privileges. Affected: Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc4-git1. Root cause: use-after-free in fasync_helper. Mitigation: apply the upstream pat...

CVE-2010-0003

The connected document confirms CVE-2010-0003 affects the Linux kernel (i386) before 2.6.32.4, where the print_fatal_signal path in kernel/signal.c can let local users read arbitrary memory by jumping to an address and reading a log, with potential DoS via the same jump. This is associated with t...

CVE-2010-0291

CVE-2010-0291 is a Linux kernel local privilege/escalation/DoS issue described in connected advisories as affecting the kernel before 2.6.32.4. The vulnerability stems from the do_mremap/mmap handling, allowing local users to gain privileges or trigger a panic. The MiracleLinux AXSA:2010-377:12 a...

CVE-2010-1087

CVE-2010-1087 affects the Linux kernel family 2.6.x up to 2.6.33-rc5. The vulnerability is in nfs_wait_on_request (fs/nfs/pagelist.c) and can cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) via unknown vectors related to truncating a file and an operation that is not interruptible. The impact is a DoS on...

CVE-2010-3297

CVE-2010-3297 affects the Linux kernel net/eql driver; the eql_g_master_cfg function in drivers/net/eql.c did not initialize a structure member, enabling local users to read kernel stack memory via an EQL_GETMASTRCFG ioctl. Affects kernels before 2.6.36-rc5; corrected in subsequent patches (net/e...

CVE-2010-4074

CVE-2010-4074 affects Linux kernel USB subsystem prior to 2.6.36-rc5, where several structure members were not properly initialized. This can let local users read potentially sensitive data from kernel stack memory via TIOCGICOUNT-related ioctl paths, specifically mos7720_ioctl and mos7840_ioctl ...

CVE-2010-4565

CVE-2010-4565 affects the Linux kernel CAN implementation (bcm_connect in net/can/bcm.c) on 2.6.36 and earlier, where a publicly accessible file is created with a filename containing a kernel memory address. This filename exposure can allow local attackers to glean potentially sensitive informati...

CVE-2011-2182

The CVE-2011-2182 bug affects the Linux kernel’s LDM partition handling (fs/partitions/ldm.c) prior to 2.6.39.1, where memory allocation for non-initial fragments could misbehave, potentially enabling local users to trigger a buffer overflow, gain privileges, or access sensitive information when ...

CVE-2011-2905

CVE-2011-2905 refers to an untrusted search path vulnerability in the perf tool’s perf_config function (tools/perf/util/config.c) as distributed in the Linux kernel prior to 3.1. A local user can overwrite files via a crafted config file located in the current working directory. The vulnerability...

CVE-2011-4347

CVE-2011-4347 affects the Linux kernel KVM: kvm_vm_ioctl_assign_device in virt/kvm/assigned-dev.c fails to verify permissions for PCI config space and BAR resources, enabling a local attacker (host OS user) to assign PCI devices via KVM_ASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE and cause a host crash; fixed in Linux ker...

CVE-2013-1826

The CVE-2013-1826 issue affects the Linux kernel’s xfrm_state_netlink() in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c prior to 3.5.7. The vulnerability stems from not properly handling error conditions in dump_one_state() calls, which can allow a local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN to gain privileges or trigger a denial of ...

CVE-2013-3234

The vulnerability CVE-2013-3234 affects the Linux kernel’s rose_recvmsg function (net/rose/af_rose.c) prior to 3.9-rc7. It does not initialize a certain data structure, allowing local attackers to read sensitive information from kernel stack memory via crafted recvmsg/recvfrom calls. The issue im...

CVE-2013-4591

CVE-2013-4591 is a Linux kernel vulnerability affecting the nfs4 ACL path: a buffer overflow in __nfs4_get_acl_uncached within fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c, fixed in kernel 3.7.2. Versions before 3.7.2 are vulnerable to local memory corruption leading to denial of service (memory corruption and system crash...

CVE-2014-4322

CVE-2014-4322 affects the Linux kernel 3.x QSEECOM driver. The qseecom.c ioctl logic does not validate certain offset, length, and base values, enabling a crafted application to escalate privileges or trigger memory corruption. Affected component: drivers/misc/qseecom.c in the QSEECOM driver used...

CVE-2014-7843

The CVE-2014-7843 entry affects the Linux kernel on ARM64 and is caused by the __clear_user function in arch/arm64/lib/clear_user.S. It allows local attackers to trigger a denial of service (system crash) by reading one byte beyond a /dev/zero page boundary in kernels prior to 3.17.4. Public refe...

CVE-2014-9870

The CVE-2014-9870 entry concerns the Linux kernel prior to 3.11 on ARM, including Android devices (Nexus 5/7) before 2016-08-05. It exposes a privilege-escalation path via improper handling of user-space access to the TPIDRURW register, enabling local attackers to gain privileges with a crafted a...

CVE-2016-2062

The CVE-2016-2062 issue affects the Adreno GPU driver for the Linux kernel (3.x) as used in Qualcomm QuIC MSM Android contributions. The root cause is an incorrect integer data type in adreno_perfcounter_query_group within drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_perfcounter.c, which can lead to a denial of servic...

CVE-2017-18550

CVE-2017-18550 affects Linux kernels up to 4.12: in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c, aac_get_hba_info does not initialize hbainfo, exposing kernel stack memory. Severity is low (CVSS v3: 5.5) but local access required. The Unity Nessus advisories reproduce this issue and reference a kernel fix pr...

CVE-2018-14615

CVE-2018-14615 concerns a buffer overflow in the Linux kernel up to version 4.17.10, triggered in truncate_inline_inode() within fs/f2fs/inline.c when unmounting an f2fs image because a length value may be negative. The connected Nessus entries repeat the same description and tie the issue to the...

CVE-2019-19378

Technical details are not provided in the connected documents. CVE-2019-19378 is described as a slab-out-of-bounds write in fs/btrfs/raid56.c for Linux kernel 5.0.21 when mounting crafted images; no patch/version specifics or exploit info are present.

CVE-2021-47091

CVE-2021-47091 affects the Linux kernel mac80211 component. Root cause: locking in ieee80211_start_ap error path where local channel context release wasn’t guaranteed to hold local->mtx, risking improper synchronization. The fix enforces holding local->mtx when releasing the channel context...

CVE-2021-47137

CVE-2021-47137 affects the Linux kernel, specifically the net/lantiq RX ring. When memory allocation or DMA mapping fails, an invalid address may be programmed into the descriptor, causing memory corruption. The patch fixes this by ensuring that, on allocation failure, DMA reuses the previous skb...

CVE-2021-47261

CVE-2021-47261 affects the Linux kernel mlx5 IB driver. The CQ fragment initialization could read from the wrong buffer due to using get_cqe(), risking kernel panic when CQ size grows. The fix uses mlx5_frag_buf_get_wqe() to obtain CQEs from the correct source buffer, mitigating the issue. The li...

CVE-2021-47329

The Linux kernel contains a vulnerability in the scsi: megaraid_sas driver where it fails to properly clean up all allocated resources during a PCI device probe if the scsi_add_host() or megasas_start_aen() functions fail. This resource leak can lead to uncontrolled resource consumption , potenti...

CVE-2021-47446

The CVE-2021-47446 issue affects the Linux kernel DRM MSM MSM Adreno a4xx GPU driver, specifically in a4xx_gpu_init(). The vulnerability arises from error handling that returned 1 on error instead of a negative error code, causing an Oops in the caller. A second problem was that the check for if ...

CVE-2021-47452

CVE-2021-47452: In the Linux kernel, nf_tables netdev event handling during net namespace removal could lead to a redundant UNREGISTER notifier action because the base hook was removed too late. The issue is a sequence/order problem in the notifier vs .pre_exit hook, which could cause an attempt ...

CVE-2021-47463

CVE-2021-47463 concerns a Linux kernel NULL pointer dereference in mm/secretmem during GUP operations. The issue arises from dereferencing page->mapping without ensuring it is non-NULL as a page mapping can be nulled while gup() runs (e.g., by reclaim or truncation). A fix was implemented to ...

CVE-2021-47553

The CVE describes a Linux kernel issue (CVE-2021-47553) in the SCS and KASAN shadow stack handling for the idle task during CPU hotplug (bringup_cpu). When a CPU is offline and brought back online, stale KASAN shadow and stale shadow call stack (SCS) state could lead to bogus warnings or leak por...

CVE-2021-47616

CVE-2021-47616 affects the Linux kernel RDMA code. On error handling in rxe_qp_from_init(), the SQ queue is freed but a last reference drop occurs in rxe_create_qp(), risking a use-after-free. The fixed patch zeroes the qp->sq.queue pointer after freeing the queue in rxe_qp_from_init() to prev...

CVE-2021-47640

CVE-2021-47640 describes a Linux kernel vulnerability in the powerpc/KASAN pathway where the shadow page table was not updated correctly when PTE_RPN_SHIFT = 24 and PAGE_SHIFT = 12. The issue caused false positives and false negatives in KASAN reports (vmalloc-out-of-bounds in pcpu_alloc) and was...

CVE-2021-47647

CVE-2021-47647 relates to the Linux kernel on Qualcomm IPQ8074 PCIe clock driver. The root cause is a missing clock parent setup in pcie0_rchng_clk_src: there were two declared parents but only one was actually provided via parent_hws, and the fix introduces the use of clk_parent_data to supply t...

CVE-2022-48665

CVE-2022-48665 concerns the Linux kernel exFAT code, where using an int as the sector index can overflow on large-capacity partitions (e.g., 512-byte sectors with >2 TB). The vulnerability is described as a memory/overflow issue in exfat handling that could affect large partitions. Connected a...

CVE-2022-48709

CVE-2022-48709 : In the Linux kernel, the ice switch path could leak memory if ice_add_special_words() failed, because the error path did not release the remaining resources before exiting. The fix adds the proper cleanup path by jumping to the err_unroll label to ensure the rm is released. The v...

CVE-2022-48728

CVE-2022-48728 corresponds to a Linux kernel flaw in IB/hfi1: Fix AIP early init panic. The issue is a NULL pointer dereference triggered by an early failure in hfi1_ipoib_setup_rn(), causing a NULL dereference in hfi1_ipoib_txreq_deinit() during netdev destruction. The root cause is a NULL deref...

CVE-2022-48756

CVE-2022-48756 relates to the Linux kernel DRM MSM DSI driver. The vulnerability stems from an invalid parameter check in msm_dsi_phy_enable where the function uses the PHY input before validating it, risking a NULL pointer dereference. The fix is to initialize the dev variable after performing t...

CVE-2022-48759

CVE-2022-48759 describes a race in the Linux kernel between releasing rpmsg_ctrldev and its associated cdev, potentially freeing rpmsg_ctrldev before the cdev is fully released. The issue affects rpmsg_ctrldev which includes a struct cdev; freeing the rpmsg_ctrldev via rpmsg_ctrldev_release_devic...

CVE-2022-48763

CVE-2022-48763 relates to the Linux kernel KVM/x86 nested virtualization when SMM state is toggled. The issue occurs if userspace forces a vCPU out of SMM during post-VMXON and injects an SMI, causing vmx_enter_smm() to overwrite vmx->nested.smm.vmxon and leave vmxon and smm.vmxon false while ...

CVE-2022-48825

CVE-2022-48825 concerns the Linux kernel fix for scsi: qedf: Add stag_work to all the vports. The issue manifested as a call trace when NPIV ports are created, with only 32 of 64 ports online because stag work was not initialized for vports. The provided Linux kernel data shows a 4.18.0-348.el8.x...

CVE-2022-48826

Mode C: CVE-2022-48826 affects the Linux kernel drm/vc4, where a deadlock can occur during DSI device attach error when the host device lock is held. Specifically, in the device attach error path, un-registering the host can deadlock with a call trace involving device_del/unregister, mipi_dsi_hos...

CVE-2022-48846

CVE-2022-48846 affects the Linux kernel block layer. The root cause was a memory leak in rq QoS structures added by blkcg_init_queue() when a request queue could lack a disk (e.g., unpresent SCSI LUNs or NVMe admin queue) after a patch moved rq_qos_exit() into del_gendisk(). The fix restores prop...

CVE-2022-49064

CVE-2022-49064 affects the Linux kernel's cachefiles code. The issue is an in-use flag leakage in error paths: in cachefiles_open_file(), an in-use flag could leak and cause the system to log “Inode already in use” on subsequent lookups; in cachefiles_create_tmpfile() this leakage could occur wit...

CVE-2022-49075

CVE-2022-49075 is a Linux kernel issue in btrfs where qgroup reserve tracking used an unsigned int for bytes_changed, allowing overflow when fallocate exceeds 4 GiB. This caused incorrect qgroup accounting and could breach the qgroup limit. The published fixes switch bytes_changed to a 64-bit fie...

CVE-2022-49118

CVE-2022-49118 relates to the Linux kernel SCSI driver for Hisilicon SAS v3 hardware. The vulnerability arises when the driver probe fails to request the channel IRQ or a fatal IRQ, causing the driver to free IRQ vectors before freeing the IRQs in free_irq(), which can trigger a kernel BUG. The d...

CVE-2022-49191

Concrete details found: CVE-2022-49191 affects the Linux kernel mxser code path, where xmit_buf leaks in activate() when LSR == 0xff and ->shutdown() is not called on failure, leaving the buffer unfreed. The fix adds a proper free path to a designated label and ensures the code jumps there fro...