CVE-2006-1856

CVE-2006-1856 is a confirmed issue in the Linux kernel up to 2.6.8 where the readv and writev LSM hooks could be bypassed due to a missing file_permission check. The Debian advisory DSA-1184-2 and related distributions (e.g., Ubuntu USN-302-1) document this as one of several vulnerabilities fixed...

CVE-2006-2448

Concrete details found: CVE-2006-2448 affects the Linux kernel on PowerPC, specifically versions before 2.6.16.21 and 2.6.17. The root cause is missing access_ok checks in PowerPC signal handling (signal_64.c, potentially signal_32.c). Impact as stated: local users could read arbitrary kernel mem...

CVE-2006-5158

CVE-2006-5158 affects the Linux kernel’s NFS lockd (nlmclnt_mark_reclaim in clntlock.c). The connected advisories (RHSA-2007-0488, CESAs for RHEL/CentOS, SL) describe a vulnerability in NFS locking daemon that can cause a denial of service (deadlock) or kernel oops via NULL dereference, allowing ...

CVE-2006-6053

CVE-2006-6053 affects the Linux kernel 2.6.x: the ext3fs_dirhash function can crash the kernel via a malformed ext3 stream, enabling a local user to cause a denial of service. The issue is tied to the ext3 filesystem code in the 2.6.x series and is listed among kernel vulnerabilities addressed by...

CVE-2007-3851

CVE-2007-3851 affects the Linux kernel’s i915 DRM path on Intel 965-era chipsets. The flaw lets a local user with access to an X11 session and DRM write to arbitrary memory via a crafted batchbuffer, enabling privilege escalation. The issue is tied to the DRM/i915 driver before kernel 2.6.22.2. P...

CVE-2007-6733

CVE-2007-6733 affects the Linux kernel 2.6.9, where the nfs_lock function in fs/nfs/file.c fails to properly remove POSIX locks on files that are setgid without group-execute permission. This can allow local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) by locking a file on an NFS fil...

CVE-2008-2372

CVE-2008-2372 affects the Linux kernel versions 2.6.24 and 2.6.25 before 2.6.25.9. The root cause is a lack of ZERO_PAGE optimization in get_user_pages, causing the allocation of many useless newly zeroed pages and enabling a local user to trigger a denial of service through memory exhaustion. Th...

CVE-2009-1388

CVE-2009-1388 affects the Linux kernel 2.6.18, where the ptrace_start function does not properly handle simultaneous execution with do_coredump, enabling local users to trigger a deadlock (DoS) via ptrace and a coredumping thread. The connected MiracleLinux doc explicitly lists CVE-2009-1388 amon...

CVE-2010-0623

The CVE-2010-0623 issue affects the Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.33-rc7, where futex_lock_pi in kernel/futex.c mishandles a reference count. This allows local users to trigger a denial of service (OOPS) by exploiting an unmount of an ext3 filesystem. The SUSE entry confirms the same descrip...

CVE-2010-1641

CVE-2010-1641 affects the Linux kernel’s gfs2 file operations. MiracleLinux AXSA-2010-377:12 notes the affected kernel (2.6.18-194.3.AXS3) and flags that do_gfs2_set_flags does not verify file ownership, allowing local bypass via a SETFLAGS ioctl. The vulnerability corresponds to Linux kernels be...

CVE-2010-4343

CVE-2010-4343 affects the Linux kernel, where drivers/scsi/bfa/bfa_core.c may fail to initialize a port data structure in fc_host, enabling a local user to crash the system by reading the fc_host statistics file. This is fixed in kernel versions starting with 2.6.35 (i.e., patched in 2.6.35+). Ev...

CVE-2011-1169

CVE-2011-1169 affects the Linux kernel before 2.6.38.1 via an array index error in the AudioScience HPI driver (sound/pci/asihpi/hpioctl.c) that can memory-corrupt local kernel data and may allow local privilege escalation. Connected advisories (SUSE/Ubuntu) confirm the root cause and impact, wit...

CVE-2011-2184

The CVE-2011-2184 entry concerns Linux kernel prior to 2.6.39.1 where key_replace_session_keyring fails to initialize a structure member, enabling local users to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and system crash via KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT in keyctl. This is a distinct issue from CVE-2010-2960...

CVE-2011-2695

CVE-2011-2695 involves multiple off-by-one errors in the Linux kernel ext4 subsystem (before 3.0-rc5). Local users can cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) by performing a write operation to a sparse file in extent format where the block number equals the maximum 32-bit unsigned va...

CVE-2011-4080

CVE-2011-4080 affects the Linux kernel: sysrq_sysctl_handler in kernel/sysctl.c did not require CAP_SYS_ADMIN to modify dmesg_restrict, enabling local users (e.g., in LXC) to bypass restrictions and read the kernel ring buffer with root privileges. Public sources (Red Hat, SUSE, NVD) cite impact ...

CVE-2012-2384

CVE-2012-2384 : Integer overflow in i915_gem_do_execbuffer (drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c) of the Linux kernel before 3.3.5 on 32-bit platforms. Local users may trigger an out-of-bounds write via a crafted ioctl, causing denial of service (and possibly other impact). Affected: DRM/i9...

CVE-2012-3364

CVE-2012-3364 relates to multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Linux kernel’s Near Field Communication Controller Interface (NCI) before version 3.4.5. The flaw allows remote attackers to crash the system and potentially execute arbitrary code via incoming frames with crafted length fields...

CVE-2012-6539

CVE-2012-6539: In Linux kernel prior to 3.6, dev_ifconf in net/socket.c fails to initialize a structure, allowing local attackers to read kernel stack memory. SUSE advisories (SUSE-SU-2014:0536-1) roll up fixes and list this CVE among many kernel mitigations; patching/upgrading to kernel 3.6+ is ...

CVE-2012-6546

CVE-2012-6546 affects the Linux kernel up to version 3.6, where the ATM implementation may not initialize certain structures. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application. Connected advisories (e.g., MiracleLinux AXSA entries) confirm ...

CVE-2013-1772

CVE-2013-1772 affects the Linux kernel 3.x prior to 3.4.33. The vulnerability stems from the log_prefix function in kernel/printk.c, which fails to correctly remove a prefix from the syslog header, enabling a local attacker with /dev/kmsg write access to trigger call_console_drivers and cause a d...

CVE-2013-2548

The CVE-2013-2548 entry concerns the Linux kernel crypto user configuration API (the report API). Specifically, in crypto_report_one (crypto/crypto_user.c), an incorrect length value during a copy operation in the report path allows a local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN to leak kernel memory. The descr...

CVE-2013-2896

The CVE-2013-2896 issue affects the Linux kernel HID driver: drivers/hid/hid-ntrig.c, applicable when CONFIG_HID_NTRIG is enabled, up to kernel version 3.11. It allows physically proximate attackers to trigger a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted HID device. Explo...

CVE-2013-3226

CVE-2013-3226 affects the Linux kernel Bluetooth SCO stack: sco_sock_recvmsg() in net/bluetooth/sco.c does not initialize a length variable, allowing local attackers to read kernel stack memory via crafted recvmsg/recvfrom calls. Affected releases are kernels prior to 3.9-rc7; the issue is addres...

CVE-2013-4300

CVE-2013-4300 affects the Linux kernel (pre-3.11). The vulnerability arises from a faulty capability check in scm_check_creds() in net/core/scm.c that uses an incorrect namespace, enabling local users to gain privileges via PID spoofing. Impact: local privilege escalation with complete confidenti...

CVE-2013-5634

CVE-2013-5634 affects the Linux kernel on ARM when KVM is used: arch/arm/kvm/arm.c allows a host OS user to trigger a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, OOPS, host crash) by omitting vCPU initialization before a KVM_GET_REG_LIST ioctl. The issue is fixed by upgrading to a kernel version...

CVE-2014-9888

CVE-2014-9888 affects the Linux kernel on ARM: memory allocated for DMA buffers could be mapped with executable permissions due to insufficient validation in arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c, before version 3.13. This is noted as affecting Android on Nexus devices (Nexus 5 and 7 2013) prior to 2016-08-0...

CVE-2016-6516

The CVE-2016-6516 issue is a race condition in the Linux kernel’s ioctl_file_dedupe_range implementation (fs/ioctl.c) present in kernels up to 4.7. It can allow local users to cause a denial of service via a heap-based buffer overflow, or potentially gain privileges by altering a count value (a d...

CVE-2016-8413

CVE-2016-8413 is an information disclosure vulnerability in the Qualcomm camera driver on Android. The issue affects Kernel-3.10 and Kernel-3.18 environments and could let a local malicious application access data outside its usual permission level after compromising a privileged process. Impact ...

CVE-2017-18200

CVE-2017-18200 affects the f2fs implementation in the Linux kernel prior to 4.14. The root cause is mishandled reference counts associated with f2fs_wait_discard_bios calls, which can enable a local user to cause a denial of service, demonstrated by fstrim. Public exploit details are not provided...

CVE-2021-47174

CVE-2021-47174 refers to a Linux kernel netfilter nft_set_pipapo_avx2 issue. The vulnerability stems from missing irq_fpu_usable() handling in the AVX2 path, triggering a backtrace in nft_pipapo_avx2_lookup and related nft lookups under AVX2. The vulnerability was resolved by adding an irq_fpu_us...

CVE-2021-47268

CVE-2021-47268: Unity/Linux kernel advisory describes a fix for usb: typec: tcpm: cancel vdm and state machine hrtimer when unregister tcpm port, addressing a pending hrtimer that may expire after tcpm port destruction. Root cause is a pending hrtimer in tcpm that could fire during module unload,...

CVE-2021-47318

CVE-2021-47318 concerns the Linux kernel’s topology management. The vulnerability arises in arch_topology where topology_scale_freq_tick() may dereference a pointer to a previously cleared scale_freq_data , due to missing protection before the data is freed. The issue is localized to the kernel’s...

CVE-2021-47349

The CVE-2021-47349 issue is a kernel-level deadlock in the mwifiex path: when removing the mwifiex interface or during firmware reset, cfg80211_unregister_wdev() may need to bring down the link, which then attempts to acquire the same wiphy lock already held. The provided traces show the lock/inv...

CVE-2021-47528

CVE-2021-47528 in the Linux kernel USB CDNSP code fixes a NULL pointer dereference in cdnsp_endpoint_init() by adding a check for pep->ring after cdnsp_ring_alloc() (previously dereferenced on potential failure). The vulnerability could occur when cdnsp_ring_alloc() fails and pep->ring is N...

CVE-2022-48753

CVE-2022-48753 : In the Linux kernel, a memory leak affects the disk Register/IA ranges path. The root cause is an extra reference from kobject_init_and_add() when it fails, leading to allocated memory not being freed. The fix adds a kobject_put() call to ensure proper cleanup and updates the blk...

CVE-2022-48800

CVE-2022-48800 : In the Linux kernel, a soft lockup deadlock was observed involving kcompactd when rescheduling and draining PCP lists during page migration, caused by throttling not making progress. The issue is tied to CONFIG_PREEMPT being disabled (CONFIG_PREEMPT=n) and a task migrating pages ...

CVE-2022-48832

In CVE-2022-48832, the Linux kernel audit subsystem was fixed to prevent dereferencing the openat2 open_how.args in audit_match_perm(), which could cause an oops/page-fault. The root cause was unsafe access to syscall arguments when checking permissions, leading to potential instability. The reso...

CVE-2022-48837

The CVE-2022-48837 vulnerability affects the Linux kernel USB gadget RNDIS code: rndis_set_response() may overflow ifBufOffset is very large, because BufOffset + 8 can wrap. The documented impact is a potential overflow with high severity (CVE-2019-like pattern) and is described as impacting conf...

CVE-2022-48869

CVE-2022-48869 concerns the Linux kernel gadgetfs USB driver. The issue arises from a race between gadgetfs_fill_super() (mount path) and gadgetfs_kill_sb() (unmount path), where the_device could be deallocated while gadgetfs_fill_super() still uses it, resulting in a use-after-free. The provided...

CVE-2022-48878

CVE-2022-48878 affects the Linux kernel Bluetooth stack (hci_qca) and the serdev shutdown path. The issue arises when the HCI device is not open (e.g., hci_dev_open_sync() failed) and the shutdown callback may still attempt to send EDL_SOC_RESET over serdev, potentially triggering a use-after-fre...

CVE-2022-48896

CVE-2022-48896 concerns a PCI device refcount leak in the Linux kernel’s ixgbe driver. The root cause, per the provided documents, is that pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() returns a PCI device with an incremented refcount and callers must balance with pci_dev_put(). In affected paths (ixgbe_get_firs...

CVE-2022-48898

CVE-2022-48898 concerns the Linux kernel drm/msm/dp path where the DP controller’s aux ISR could prematurely complete dp_aux_cmd_fifo_tx() even when the interrupt was not for an aux transfer, causing potential data corruption in EDID transfers during boot and in the host buffer. Multiple connecte...

CVE-2022-49186

CVE-2022-49186 describes a Linux kernel vulnerability in the Visconti clock driver where a -1 sentinel used to indicate no reset function is stored in an unsigned 8-bit field. This caused the check if (clks[i].rs_id >= 0) to always be true, leading to an out-of-bounds access in visconti_clk_re...

CVE-2022-49393

CVE-2022-49393 affects the Linux kernel code path misc: fastrpc: fix list iterator in fastrpc_req_mem_unmap_impl. The root cause is an incorrect use of the list iterator and a NULL check on the iterator value, where list_for_each_entry() guarantees a non-NULL map, causing the loop exit condition ...

CVE-2022-49458

CVE-2022-49458 concerns the Linux kernel MSM DRM path where, if an error occurs before a request_irq() call, msm_drm_uninit() could call free_irq() on an IRQ that was not requested. The described backtrace shows a “Trying to free already-free IRQ” in a Qualcomm SM8350 environment, indicating a us...

CVE-2022-49662

CVE-2022-49662 : Linux kernel vulnerability involving a lockdep splat in in6_dump_addrs() due to incorrect use of rcu_dereference() without rcu_read_lock() held. Affects net/ipv6/addrconf.c (illustrated at line ~5175) and is shown in the provided stack trace (in6_dump_addrs → inet6_dump_addr → ne...

CVE-2022-49757

CVE-2022-49757 – Linux kernel EDAC highbank memory leak fix . The vulnerability occurs in the highbank MC probe path where, if devres_open_group() fails, memory allocated by edac_mc_alloc() is not freed, causing a memory leak. The provided fixes call edac_mc_free() on the error handling path to p...

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-2022-50062

CVE-2022-50062 affects the Linux kernel net/bgmac path. The issue is a BUG_ON triggered by a race where, if an RX interrupt occurs between setting ring->end and netdev_sent_queue(), bgmac_dma_tx_free() can miscalculate the queue size when called from bgmac_poll(), causing a kernel BUG at lib/d...

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...