CVE-2022-49830

CVE-2022-49830 affects the Linux kernel’s DRM subsystem. The issue occurs in drm_dev_init(), which adds drm_dev_init_release() as a callback; if drmm_add_action() fails, the release callback isn’t registered, causing the refcnt from device_get() in drm_dev_init() to leak instead of being released...

CVE-2022-49869

CVE-2022-49869 (bnxt_en): In the Linux kernel bnxt_hwrm_set_coal() may crash during error recovery because rtnl_lock isn’t held for the entire sequence, allowing freed datastructures. The fix uses BNXT_STATE_OPEN rather than netif_running() to ensure the device is fully operational before reconfi...

CVE-2022-49886

The CVE-2022-49886 issue affects the Linux kernel related to x86/tdx memory handling. The vulnerability stems from how private memory (TDX private memory, including kernel stacks/text) may trigger a virtualization exception (#VE) and the difficulty of handling such exceptions. The root cause desc...

CVE-2022-49919

CVE-2022-49919 : In the Linux kernel, the nf_tables flow rule object release path was fixed. The underlying issue was a use-after-free (UAF) triggered by races with the netlink notifier, observed when the flow rule object is accessed only from the control plane (no data packets traverse it). The ...

CVE-2022-49945

The CVE-2022-49945 issue affects the Linux kernel hwmon gpio-fan driver. The vulnerability occurs because gpio_fan_set_cur_state() does not validate the cooling state against fan_data->num_speeds, allowing an out-of-bounds index in set_fan_speed(). Practical impact is potential kernel oops or ...

CVE-2022-49954

The CVE-2022-49954 issue concerns the Linux kernel and a race where, after clearing IFORCE_XMIT_RUNNING, wake_up was not invoked, causing a hung task in input handling (hang at __input_unregister_device() during iforce_close and input_disconnect_device()). The root cause per the provided descript...

CVE-2022-49978

In the Linux kernel, CVE-2022-49978 concerns the fbdev subsystem (fb_pm2fb) where, during do_fb_ioctl() handling of FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO, a freely copied var may propagate to fb_set_var()/fb_check_var() and reach pm2fb_check_var(). If var->pixclock is zero, the reciprocal check can trigger a di...

CVE-2022-49982

CVE-2022-49982 affects the Linux kernel media driver pvrusb2. The leak arises from error handling in pvr2_hdw_create: the v4l2 device is not unregistered when control flow returns to pvr2_context_create, causing pvr2_hdw_destroy to exit early. The fix adds v4l2_device_unregister to decrement the ...

CVE-2022-49989

CVE-2022-49989 concerns the Linux kernel’s xen/privcmd code. The vulnerability stems from: (1) error exit handling in privcmd_ioctl_dm_op() calling unlock_pages() with NULL pages, risking a NULL dereference, and (2) lock_pages() not verifying pin_user_pages_fast() success, potentially leaving som...

CVE-2022-50040

CVE-2022-50040 affects the Linux kernel internal DSA path for sja1105 (net: dsa: sja1105). The vulnerability is a buffer overflow caused when an error occurs in dsa_devlink_region_create(), leading to a negative index (-1) access of priv->regions. The issue has been fixed in the cited commits,...

CVE-2022-50165

CVE-2022-50165 affects the Linux kernel wifi/wil6210 debugfs, where a logic error in wil_write_file_wmi() stems from a commit that changed simple_write_to_buffer() to memdup_user() but did not adjust the return value, leaving rc uninitialized and returning rc. The fix is to return the length when...

CVE-2022-50179

CVE-2022-50179 concerns a use-after-free in the Linux kernel’s ath9k driver, specifically in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb. The issue stems from incorrect initialization of htc_handle->drv_priv, which can be freed and leaked during a probable call trace that starts at ath9k_htc_probe_device and leads to...

CVE-2022-50187

CVE-2022-50187 involves the ath11k driver netdev open race in the Linux kernel. The issue occurs when ath11k_mac_op_start() runs before mon_reap_timer is set up, leading to a racing open() that can trigger a BUG_ON() in mod_timer(). The fixed advisory notes allocate necessary resources before dev...

CVE-2023-20838

CVE-2023-20838 concerns the imgsys component. Multiple connected sources confirm a race-condition–driven out-of-bounds read that can leak local information and, in some scenarios, enable system-level execution with user interaction required for exploitation. Affected references consistently descr...

CVE-2023-20846

CVE-2023-20846 concerns MediaTek chips where the vulnerability resides in the imgsys_cmdq path, caused by missing valid range checking that enables an out-of-bounds read. The documented impact is local information disclosure with system-level execution privileges required, and exploitation report...

CVE-2023-52744

CVE-2023-52744 concerns the Linux kernel RDMA/irdma path. The in_dev_get() function can return NULL, and the code may dereference idev in in_dev_for_each_ifa_rtnl(), causing a crash. A patch was added to check for NULL before dereferencing idev, mitigating the NULL pointer dereference. The issue ...

CVE-2023-52745

The CVE-2023-52745 entry concerns the Linux kernel’s IPoIB (IB/IPoIB) legacy interface handling. The issue arises when a netlink operation creates child PKEY interfaces with multiple transmit/receive queues, while some devices support only a single tx/rx queue. This mismatch can trigger a NULL-po...

CVE-2023-52893

Summary: CVE-2023-52893 is a Linux kernel vulnerability where a call path using get_variable with a NULL attr triggers a null-deref/panic in the gsmi subsystem. Root cause: The patch accompanying the EFI varstore change (efi: pstore: Omit efivars caching EFI varstore access layer) added a new get...

CVE-2023-52906

CVE-2023-52906 affects the Linux kernel’s net/sched code (act_mpls). The TCA_MPLS_LABEL attribute is NLA_U32 but uses NLA_POLICY_VALIDATE_FN, causing nla_get_range_unsigned() warnings due to negative min/max values. The fix changes the attribute type to NLA_BINARY and relocates length validation ...

CVE-2023-52983

The CVE-2023-52983 issue affects the Linux kernel’s bfq (multiqueue block I/O) subsystem. It describes a use-after-free (UAF) where bic_set_bfqq() could access a bfqq after it had been freed in certain contexts. The root cause was that bfqq was freed in the wrong place relative to bic_set_bfqq(),...

CVE-2023-53022

CVE-2023-53022 concerns a deadlock in the Linux kernel’s enetc driver. The vulnerability stems from a locking sequence in enetc_tx_onestep_tstamp() where a work item runs in process context with softirqs enabled and holds netif_tx_lock. If a transmission interrupt occurs, the NET_TX softirq can r...

CVE-2023-53082

CVE-2023-53082 affects the Linux kernel’s VP_VDPA/VDPA path. The root cause is a use-after-free when unplugging a vp_vdpa device, caused by vdpa_mgmtdev_unregister() accessing modern devices during removal, leading to a crash observed as a kernel panic. The patches fix the crash by changing the s...

CVE-2024-34030

CVE-2024-34030 is a Linux kernel local vulnerability affecting PCI property handling. The issue occurs in pci/of_property code where int_map allocation can fail, potentially leading to a NULL pointer dereference. The fix returns -ENOMEM from of_pci_prop_intr_map() on allocation failure to prevent...

CVE-2024-38551

CVE-2024-38551 : In the Linux kernel, the ASoC Mediatek path assigns a dummy codec to a DAI link if no real codec is present, to avoid NULL pointer errors during string comparisons. This vulnerability was resolved by the kernel fix described in the initial document, with MediaTek sound card drive...

CVE-2024-38563

CVE-2024-38563 affects the Linux kernel wifi driver for the MT76 MT7996. When reading the chip temperature, a memory leak could occur prior to the fix. The issue is resolved by a kernel commit that patches the MT7996 temperature-reading path; details are in the vendor/kernel advisories and linked...

CVE-2024-38624

CVE-2024-38624 affects the Linux kernel NTFS3 file system code. The issue arises from using 32-bit arithmetic in a computing expression (for example, vbo = 2 * vbo + skip), risking overflow; the fix is to switch to a 64-bit variable to prevent 32-bit overflow. Multiple advisories (e.g., Ubuntu US...

CVE-2024-41086

CVE-2024-41086 affects the Linux kernel's bcachefs sb-downgrade handling. The root cause was insufficient validation in bch2_sb_downgrade_validate() for downgrade entries and in for_each_downgrade_entry() when input is malformed or a field extends past the superblock section. A fix was applied to...

CVE-2024-52560

CVE-2024-52560 concerns Linux kernel’s NTFS-3G support. A change in fs/ntfs3 extends the mi_enum_attr() interface by adding a new parameter, struct ntfs_inode *ni, enabling the kernel to mark the inode as bad as soon as an error is detected. The vulnerability discussion and multiple sources (NVD ...

CVE-2025-21900

CVE-2025-21900 : In the Linux kernel, a deadlock can occur in NFSv4 state recovery for a sillyrenamed file scheduled for delete-on-close, when a server reboot triggers an open reclaim and races with close(). The root cause is a synchronous delegreturn call from put_nfs_open_context() that isn’t m...

CVE-2025-23153

The CVE-2025-23153 entry is confirmed with concrete details in connected sources: Linux kernel affected area is arm/crc-t10dif, where a bug caused an out-of-scope array access in crc_t10dif_arch(). The issue is fixed by the patch(es) referenced from kernel stable commits, addressing the use-after...

CVE-2025-37868

Technical details beyond the initial Linux kernel description are not provided in the connected documents. Monitor for updates; this entry notes a fix for notifier vs folio deadlock in drm/xe/userptr in the Linux kernel, cherry-picked from a commit.

CVE-2025-38008

CVE-2025-38008 affects the Linux kernel: a race in the page allocator’s handling of unaccepted memory across zones due to non-serialized updates to a static key, making the -1/0 boundary vulnerable in concurrent scenarios. The issue is localized to memory management paths (mm/page_alloc) and beco...

CVE-2025-38091

CVE-2025-38091 affects the Linux kernel’s AMD display stack. It fixes a false positive warning in drm/amd/display when querying plane_id in DML21, which could trigger a warning during mode1 reset. The issue arises from insufficient checks in dml2_map_dc_pipes and is resolved by a patch cherry-pic...

CVE-2025-38097

In the Linux kernel, CVE-2025-38097 concerns the espintcp encap socket cache. The vulnerability stems from the current caching of the encap socket, which can cause a reference leak in the netns when xfrm_state references are dropped out of order (xfrm_state -> encap_sk -> netns). If the net...

CVE-2025-38115

Root cause: In the Linux kernel net_sched, the SFQ qdisc could crash when gso_skb handling inflated sch->q.len and an enqueue on an empty SFQ qdisc was followed by an immediate drop. The fix updates sfq_drop() to properly clear q->tail in that scenario. Affected component: net_sched sch_sfq...

CVE-2025-38155

CVE-2025-38155: In the Linux kernel, the wifi mt76/mt7915 driver had a NULL pointer dereference in mt7915_mmio_wed_init() because devm_ioremap() can return NULL and this was not checked. The fix adds a NULL check to prevent the dereference, mitigating an potential crash/vector local to the system...

CVE-2025-38203

The CVE-2025-38203 entry concerns the Linux kernel JFS file-system driver. A concurrency-related null pointer dereference in jfs_ioc_trim can occur when JFS_SBI(ipbmap->i_sb)->bmap is NULL and is dereferenced, leading to a kernel crash. The issue is tied to a previously fixed patch, but und...

CVE-2025-38272

CVE-2025-38272 : In the Linux kernel, the bcm63xx DSA switch could attempt to enable EEE on external PHYs connected to multiple RGMII ports, causing a system hang when accessing non-existent EEE registers. The fix is to gate EEE configuration by actually checking switch support before enabling it...

CVE-2025-38313

CVE-2025-38313 affects the Linux kernel in the bus: fsl-mc path. The issue is a double-free of mc_dev on error paths when the MC device is a DPRC, where mc_bus is allocated and mc_dev points to one field; only the mc_bus should be freed in that path. The description notes a fix/workaround impleme...

CVE-2025-38319

CVE-2025-38319 affects the Linux kernel’s DRM/AMD/PP path. The vulnerability arises because atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table() and atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table_v2_2() do not validate the return value of smu_atom_get_data_table(); if that call fails to obtain vram_info and returns NULL, a NULL...

CVE-2025-38387

CVE-2025-38387 affects the Linux kernel’s RDMA/mlx5 subsystem. The issue arises when an obj_event is inserted into a list before its obj_sub_list is initialized, risking a poisonous pointer if the event is loaded immediately after insertion. The referenced fix initializes obj_event->obj_sub_li...

CVE-2026-43198

CVE-2026-43198 is a Linux kernel race in IPv6 TCP socket handling. The issue occurs in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock() where the child socket becomes visible before IPv6 state is initialized, allowing other CPUs to access it and potentially triggering instability. The fix moves the problematic code into t...

CVE-2004-0010

This CVE describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the ncp_lookup function of ncpfs in Linux kernel 2.4.x, enabling local privilege escalation. The provided documents do not specify affected kernel versions beyond 2.4.x, nor remediation or exploit status. No connected documents add concrete tech...

CVE-2004-0427

The CVE-2004-0427 issue affects Linux kernels: do_fork in 2.4.x prior to 2.4.26 and 2.6.x prior to 2.6.6 fails to decrement mm_count when an error occurs after activating the child mm_struct, causing a memory leak and a local denial-of-service via CLONE_VM. The description specifies the root caus...

CVE-2004-1071

The CVE-2004-1071 issue affects the Linux kernel’s binfmt_elf loader (binfmt_elf.c) in kernels 2.4.x up to 2.4.27 and 2.6.x up to 2.6.8. A failed mmap is not handled correctly, leading to an incorrectly mapped image and potential local code execution by unauthorized users. The connected SUSE advi...

CVE-2004-1237

CVE-2004-1237 : A vulnerability in the system call filtering code of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 audit subsystem could allow a local user to cause a denial of service (system crash) when auditing is enabled. The issue is addressed in the Red Hat kernel security advisory RHSA-2005:043, which up...

CVE-2005-0531

CVE-2005-0531 refers to a bug in the Linux kernel (2.6.10 and 2.6.11 before 2.6.11-rc4) where the atm_get_addr function in addr.c could be triggered by negative length arguments, allowing a local user to overwrite substantial kernel memory. The issue stems from insufficient input validation in th...

CVE-2005-3180

The CVE-2005-3180 issue concerns the Linux kernel Orinoco wireless driver (orinoco.c). In kernels up to 2.6.13 and earlier, memory from a previously used packet is not cleared when the packet length is increased, which can allow a remote attacker to observe sensitive information (information leak...

CVE-2005-3257

Summary: CVE-2005-3257 affects the Linux kernel (examples: 2.6.12 and possibly 2.6.14.4) where a local user can exploit the KDSKBSENT ioctl on terminals of other users to escalate privileges, demonstrated by modifying key bindings via loadkeys. Affected components: vt_ioctl.c in the VT subsystem ...

CVE-2005-3271

CVE-2005-3271 affects the Linux kernel 2.6 series. Description and multiple advisories (SUSE, Debian, Mandriva) show exec() does not properly clear posix-timers in multi-threaded environments, causing a resource leak. This can enable a large number of local users to cause a denial of service by e...