CVE-2025-38291

CVE-2025-38291 concerns the Linux kernel wifi driver ath12k. The issue arises when the host erroneously sends WMI commands to the firmware during a firmware crash/recovery, which can trigger a kernel call trace. The documented fix is to set ATH12K_FLAG_CRASH_FLUSH and ATH12K_FLAG_RECOVERY when th...

CVE-2025-38500

CVE-2025-38500 : In the Linux kernel, a use-after-free could occur when changing xfrm interface collect_md state via xfrmi_changelink(), because the collect_md interface could be placed in both xfrmi_net and collect_md_xfrmi structures. The fix uses the xi from netdev_priv earlier in the path to ...

CVE-2025-38527

CVE-2025-38527 – Linux kernel SMB (CIFS) oplock_break UAF : A race during unmount can lead to use-after-free of cinode in cifs_oplock_break. The fix is to hold an extra reference to the superblock for the duration of the oplock-break operation, ensuring the superblock and inodes remain valid unti...

CVE-2025-39718

CVE-2025-39718 affects the Linux kernel’s vsock/virtio handling. The issue arises when receiving a vsock packet: virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put() uses the packet header length as the skb_put() length without proper validation, risking an SKB overflow if the header length is not trustworthy. The fix vali...

CVE-2004-0415

The CVE-2004-0415 issue affects the Linux kernel where 64-bit file offset pointers are not reliably converted to 32 bits, enabling a local unprivileged user to access portions of kernel memory. An attacker can leverage this through file I/O paths that manipulate 32/64-bit offset conversions, pote...

CVE-2004-2302

CVE-2004-2302 is a race condition in the Linux kernel’s sysfs_read_file and sysfs_write_file, present in 2.6.10 and earlier. It can let local users read kernel memory and cause a denial of service (crash) by exploiting large offsets in sysfs files. Public advisories (e.g., Debian DSA-922-1) docum...

CVE-2005-0839

CVE-2005-0839 affects the Linux kernel 2.6 family, where access to the N_MOUSE line discipline for TTYs was not restricted. This allowed a local attacker to inject mouse movements or keystrokes into other user sessions, potentially enabling privilege escalation. The issue is fixed in later kernel...

CVE-2005-1265

CVE-2005-1265 relates to the mmap weakness in Linux kernel 2.6.x (notably around 2.6.10) that allows a local attacker to create memory maps starting beyond the end address, causing a kernel crash (denial of service) and potentially enabling arbitrary code execution. Connected advisories confirm t...

CVE-2005-3110

CVE-2005-3110 is a race condition in the Linux kernel after the ebtables netfilter module tightens lock handling. In SMP systems under heavy load, a value can be modified after it is read but before it is locked, enabling a remote attacker to cause a kernel crash (DoS). Public advisories referenc...

CVE-2005-4618

CVE-2005-4618 corresponds to a Linux kernel local-denial-of-service issue caused by a buffer overflow in sysctl writes. Affected are Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.15; exploitation could corrupt user memory or cause a denial of service via a long string, with the caveat that the vulnerability may ...

CVE-2006-0741

CVE-2006-0741 affects the Linux kernel before 2.6.15.5 on Intel EM64T/Intel processors. The issue enables a local denial of service via an endlessly recursive fault caused by a bad ELF entry address. The vulnerability is exploited locally (no authentication required). The documented fixes indicat...

CVE-2006-2445

CVE-2006-2445 is a race-condition bug in Linux kernels prior to 2.6.16.21 affecting run_posix_cpu_timers. A local attacker can trigger a denial-of-service (BUG_ON crash) by attaching a timer to a process that is exiting on a single CPU. The connected SUSE/Ubuntu/Mandriva advisories describe the s...

CVE-2006-2629

CVE-2006-2629 concerns a race condition in the Linux kernel (versions 2.6.15 to 2.6.17) on SMP systems. An attacker with local access can cause a denial of service (kernel crash) by rapidly creating and exiting a large number of tasks, then querying the /proc entry of an exiting task. This leads ...

CVE-2006-4663

The CVE-2006-4663 entry concerns weak permissions (0666/0777) in the Linux kernel source tarballs for 2.6.16 through 2.6.17.11, potentially allowing a local user to insert Trojan horse source code that could be used when the kernel is next compiled. Primary details from connected documents indica...

CVE-2008-2750

CVE-2008-2750 affects the Linux kernel (2.6.x) prior to 2.6.26-rc6. The vulnerability is in pppol2tp_recvmsg (drivers/net/pppol2tp.c) and can be triggered by a crafted PPPOL2TP packet that sets an abnormally large length value. Impact per the sources: remote attackers can cause a denial of servic...

CVE-2011-2209

The CVE-2011-2209 issue affects the Linux kernel on the Alpha architecture, where an integer signedness error in osf_sysinfo (arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c) could allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted call. Vulnerable when using kernel versions before 2....

CVE-2013-2017

CVE-2013-2017 affects the Linux kernel veth driver: SKB handling during congestion is flawed, enabling a remote DoS (system crash) via lack of skb consumption and a double-free. Affected: kernel versions before 2.6.34; remediation is upgrading to a kernel version where the issue is fixed (2.6.34+...

CVE-2013-2546

CVE-2013-2546 concerns the Linux kernel 3.8.2 era: the crypto report API in the crypto user configuration API uses an incorrect string-copy function, enabling a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN to leak information from kernel stack memory. The vulnerability is scoped to the report API in the ker...

CVE-2013-2891

The CVE-2013-2891 vulnerability affects the Linux kernel HID subsystem, specifically the file drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c. When CONFIG_HID_STEELSERIES is enabled, a crafted device can trigger a heap-based out-of-bounds write, allowing a physically proximate attacker to cause aDenial of Service....

CVE-2013-6763

CVE-2013-6763 : The Linux kernel function uio_mmap_physical (drivers/uio/uio.c) is vulnerable in all versions before 3.12 due to missing validation of the mmaped memory block size. This can enable local users to trigger memory corruption and potentially gain privileges through crafted mmap operat...

CVE-2015-0568

The CVE-2015-0568 entry describes a use-after-free in the MSM-Camera driver (drivers/media/video/msm/msm_camera.c), in the msm_set_crop function, for the Linux kernel 3.x used with Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions. A crafted ioctl call from a local attacker can trigger memo...

CVE-2016-2059

The CVE-2016-2059 issue affects the Linux kernel IPC router module (msm_ipc_router_bind_control_port) in the IPC router core for kernel 3.x used in Qualcomm QuIC Android MSM devices. The vulnerability arises because the function does not verify that a port is a client port, enabling a local attac...

CVE-2016-5856

Technical details for CVE-2016-5856 are not publicly available in the provided documents. Monitor for updates.

CVE-2016-6761

CVE-2016-6761 describes an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm media codecs on Android. A local malicious app could execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process due to this flaw in the media codecs. Affected devices include Nexus 5X/6/6P, Nexus 9, Android One, Ne...

CVE-2017-0572

The CVE-2017-0572 entry concerns Broadcom Wi‑Fi driver (bcmdhd) used in Android. The connected analysis provides concrete technical details: in the function dhd_pno_process_anqpo_result, a buffer is allocated as kmalloc(mem_needed,...), but a subsequent memcpy uses bi->SSID_len to copy the SSI...

CVE-2021-47127

CVE-2021-47127: The Linux kernel AF_XDP copy-mode Tx regression (introduced by commit that removed xsk_buff_pool from VSI) is fixed by adding a bitmap of zero-copy queues. Each bit corresponds to a queue where an xsk pool is configured; the bitmap is updated in ice_xsk_pool_en/disable and consult...

CVE-2021-47151

CVE-2021-47151 affects the Linux kernel interconnect: qcom bcm-voter code. The root cause is a missing of_node_put() in of_bcm_voter_get(), leading to a reference leak. This vulnerability pertains to the bcm-voter path within Qualcomm interconnect and can impact kernel reference handling. A patch...

CVE-2021-47244

The CVE-2021-47244 entry concerns the Linux kernel mptcp option parsing (mptcp_get_options). The vulnerability is a potential out-of-bounds read when parsing TCP options: if an option’s length is 1, the parser loops and reads the opcode byte; if the opcode is not TCPOPT_EOL or TCPOPT_NOP, it read...

CVE-2021-47286

CVE-2021-47286 affects the Linux kernel MHI bus core. The issue arises when processing command completions: the channel ID read from the device event ring can be any value 0–255, risking out-of-bounds accesses. The fix adds a bounds check against the controller’s maximum channels and against chan...

CVE-2021-47317

CVE-2021-47317 concerns the Linux kernel’s powerpc/bpf component. A commit changed BPF_XADD to BPF_ATOMIC and introduced a mechanism to distinguish instructions by the immediate field. JITs were updated to enforce that only certain immediates (e.g., BPF_ADD) are allowed, but the powerpc64 JIT che...

CVE-2021-47561

CVE-2021-47561 affects the Linux kernel i2c virtio driver. The issue arises when a timeout occurs: the device can continue operating on buffers the guest has freed, risking data corruption on the I2C bus and potential memory corruption inside the guest. The root cause is improper timeout handling...

CVE-2021-47584

CVE-2021-47584 : In Linux kernel iocost donation logic, a low hweight donor (active hweight=1) could trigger a divide-by-zero during donation calculation. The fix excludes cgroups with active hweight

CVE-2021-47607

CVE-2021-47607 is a Linux kernel issue where BPF_CMPXCHG could leak kernel addresses due to the verifier not rejecting unprivileged programs that place a pointer in R0. The high-level POC probes kernel addresses by using the map value pointer as R0 while SRC_REG has a canary, enabling address lea...

CVE-2022-48781

CVE-2022-48781 affects Linux kernel crypto: af_alg. The issue stems from removing alg_memory_allocated and an alg_proto memory_allocated field without a corresponding sysctl_mem, which makes sk_has_account() true and causes NULL pointer dereferences in sk_prot_mem_limits()/sock_reserve_memory whe...

CVE-2022-48890

No connected documents with concrete technical details for CVE-2022-48890 beyond the initial description. Technical specifics (affected components/versions/exploit specifics) are not provided here; monitor for updates.

CVE-2022-49415

The CVE-2022-49415 description is supported by multiple connected sources indicating a Linux kernel issue: ipmi:ipmb: Fix refcount leak in ipmi_ipmb_probe. The root cause is that of_parse_phandle() returns a node pointer with its refcount incremented, and the proper cleanup requires calling of_no...

CVE-2022-49461

CVE-2022-49461 concerns the Linux kernel where the gateway’s handling of an advertising message fails to free relay information after extraction, causing a memory leak. The root cause is in the advertisement handler not freeing allocated relay data, leading to local memory exhaustion. Multiple co...

CVE-2022-49554

CVE-2022-49554 concerns the Linux kernel’s zsmalloc code. The issue arises from races between the asynchronous zspage free worker and page migration, where lock_zspage() may interact with pages that migrate away, leading to potential invalid dereferences and incomplete locking of zspage page list...

CVE-2022-49932

CVE-2022-49932 affects the Linux kernel KVM/vMX path where /dev/kvm is exposed before VMX initialization is complete. The EulerOS advisories (EulerOS-SA-2025-2464/2483, EulerOS-SA-2025-2436/2447) flag this issue as part of kernel fixes and describe the root cause as incomplete initialization prio...

CVE-2022-49974

The CVE-2022-49974 vulnerability affects the Linux kernel HID Nintendo driver (drivers/hid/hid-nintendo.c) and stems from dereferencing a NULL pointer when queuing rumble work to a destroyed workqueue after disconnection, leading to a potential crash. The issue is mitigated by avoiding usage of t...

CVE-2022-50007

CVE-2022-50007: In the Linux kernel xfrm_policy_check(), on the error path when fetching pols[1] fails, pols[0] is not decremented, causing a refcount leak. The fix adds a decref for pols[0] in that path. Affected component: Linux kernel xfrm policy check. Impact described as memory leaks on erro...

CVE-2022-50219

In CVE-2022-50219, the issue is in the Linux kernel’s BPF subsystem. Syzbot reported a use-after-free in compute_effective_progs when detaching BPF links, where a freed memory path could be dereferenced by update_effective_progs() leading to a KASAN UAF. The fix removes the pointer from the cgrou...

CVE-2023-20840

CVE-2023-20840 affects imgsys with a possible out-of-bounds read/write caused by missing valid-range checks. Exploitation requires user interaction and can grant local escalation of privilege with system execution privileges. A patch is referenced: ALPS07326430 (Issue ALPS07326430). No additional...

CVE-2023-39176

CVE-2023-39176 concerns the ksmbd kernel module in Linux, where parsing of SMB2 transform-header requests allows reading past the end of an allocated buffer. This results in information disclosure on affected systems with ksmbd enabled. Public sources in the connected documents consistently descr...

CVE-2023-52897

CVE-2023-52897 affects the Linux kernel Btrfs quota management (qgroup) accounting. Root cause: after introducing NO_ACCOUNTING, some qgroup records could have old_roots unset (NULL). During a qgroup rescan, NO_ACCOUNTING is cleared and current transaction is committed, which may trigger a WARN_O...

CVE-2023-52986

CVE-2023-52986 is a Linux kernel issue affecting bpf, sockmap where a listening socket linked to a sockmap can have its sk_prot overridden to a variant in tcp_bpf_prots. The root cause is that cloning a child from a TCP listener checked only for the TCP_BPF_BASE proto variant, whereas the listene...

CVE-2023-53061

CVE-2023-53061 affects the Linux kernel (ksmbd) and describes a refcount leak in smb2_open() where the reference count of acls can leak if memory allocation fails. The fix adds the missing posix_acl_release() to prevent the leak. Connected documents confirm the vulnerability was addressed in the ...

CVE-2024-27406

CVE-2024-27406 refers to a Linux kernel issue where the iov_iter unit test (TEST_IOV_ITER) incorrectly depended on MMU, causing a crash on nommu systems (e.g., qemu kc705-nommu) when vmap() is invoked. The root cause is that vmap() is not supported on nommu, leading to a kernel panic. The vulnera...

CVE-2024-39470

CVE-2024-39470 : In the Linux kernel, a null-pointer dereference could occur in eventfs_find_events() when ei is NULL after update_events_attr, potentially leading to a crash if ei->is_freed is set. The issue has been resolved via kernel patches (stable releases) implementing a guard that retu...

CVE-2024-41043

The CVE-2024-41043 entry concerns a Linux kernel netfilter nfnetlink_queue issue where a WARN_ON can be triggered when rules are flushed/deleted while a packet is in flight. The root cause is a bogus WARN_ON that existed since v4.14; the fix removes this WARN_ON and uses a more recent fixes tag i...