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...

CVE-2024-42100

Technical details for CVE-2024-42100 are not provided in the connected documents. The materials reference the CVE but do not specify affected products, versions, root cause, impact, or fixes beyond the initial description; monitor for updates.

CVE-2024-45014

In CVE-2024-45014, Linux kernel s390/boot exposes a memory-muncertainty issue: when the kernel image is allocated, extra memory for offsetting the image start to align with the lower 20 bits of the KASLR base address was not accounted for, potentially allowing the kernel to access memory beyond i...

CVE-2024-45023

CVE-2024-45023 affects the Linux kernel’s MD raid1 path. Root cause: the recovery status was not checked in raid1’s choose_bb_rdev() (and similarly in choose_slow_rdev()), allowing unrecovered data to be read when a degraded array lands valid data on slow disks while a normal disk is still recove...

CVE-2024-45024

CVE-2024-45024 relates to a Linux kernel Hugetlb PT locking issue fixed by aligning huge page table locking with core-mm PT walkers. The root cause: during GUP’s shared page-table walking, hugetlb folios spanning multiple PTEs could be locked using PTE table locks (pte_offset_map_lock) while core...

CVE-2024-56554

CVE-2024-56554: Linux kernel binder use-after-free due to freeze work left queued when cleaning up a binder reference. The issue occurs when a reference is freed while ref->freeze.work remains queued in the process workqueue, triggering KASAN slab-use-after-free in binder_release_work. A patch...

CVE-2025-21841

CVE-2025-21841 : Linux kernel vulnerability in cpufreq/amd-pstate where amd_pstate_update_limits() takes a cpufreq_policy reference but fails to decrement the refcount on an exit path. This can lead to a use-after-free or resource mismanagement depending on refcount handling. The issue is resolve...

CVE-2025-21842

The CVE-2025-21842 entry concerns amdkfd in the Linux kernel where gang_ctx_bo memory is not freed correctly when user-queue init fails. The destructor for a gtt BO is declared as void amdgpu_amdkfd_free_gtt_mem(struct amdgpu_device adev, void mem_obj), taking a void . GCC will implicitly allow p...

CVE-2025-37966

CVE-2025-37966 affects the Linux kernel (RISC‑V) where a PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL path crashes if the Supm extension is unavailable. The fixed version checks Supm availability to prevent Oops, addressing a LOCAL, LOW‑complexity issue with HIGH availability impact per the provided metrics.

CVE-2025-38356

CVE-2025-38356 (Linux kernel) . The issue affects the DRM frontend (drm/xe/guc) where during driver probe the code may briefly run in CT safe mode (driven by a delayed work). If probe aborts early, unwind can destroy a pending delayed work that would restart itself, triggering a WARN in the workq...

CVE-2025-38501

CVE-2025-38501 concerns the Linux kernel component ksmbd. The vulnerability arises from allowing repeated connections from the same IP, which can exhaust the server’s maximum connections and deny access to normal clients. The connected sources indicate a patch was applied to limit repeated connec...

CVE-2026-46317

CVE-2026-46317 concerns the Linux kernel KVM on arm64. A traversal of the array kvm->arch.nested_mmus[] occurs under kvm->mmu_lock, while kvm_vcpu_init_nested() reallocates the array and frees the old buffer with only kvm->arch.config_lock held. The fix moves the allocation outside the m...

CVE-2005-0530

CVE-2005-0530 is a signedness error in the copy_from_read_buf function in n_tty.c of the Linux kernel (affected: 2.6.10 and 2.6.11rc1) that allows local users to read kernel memory via a negative argument. The vulnerability is documented across multiple advisories, including Red Hat (RHSA-2005:36...

CVE-2006-0095

CVE-2006-0095 affects dm-crypt in Linux kernel 2.6.15 and earlier, where an internal structure isn’t cleared before freeing, potentially leaking cryptographic key material to local users. Connected advisories (e.g., RHSA-2006:0132 and Debian DSA-1017-1) confirm the issue and describe the fix as a...

CVE-2006-1855

The CVE-2006-1855 case concerns Linux kernel code (choose_new_parent) containing obsolete debugging paths that can be exploited locally to cause a kernel panic/Denial of Service. The vulnerability is described as a local issue in the kernel prior to a fixed release (notably reflected across multi...

CVE-2006-5871

CVE-2006-5871 affects the Linux kernel (notably 2.6.8 and 2.4.x prior to 2.4.34) where UNIX extensions are enabled. The vulnerability arises because smbfs ignores certain mount options, allowing a client to end up using server-specified uid, gid, and mode settings. Connected records (e.g., Debian...

CVE-2007-1388

CVE-2007-1388 affects the Linux kernel IPv6 stack (do_ipv6_setsockopt in net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c). A local user can trigger a NULL pointer dereference by calling setsockopt with IPV6_RTHDR (and possibly a zero/invalid option length), causing a kernel crash (DoS). The issue is addressed by kernel...

CVE-2007-2480

CVE-2007-2480 affects Linux kernel 2.6.21 and earlier, in net/ipv4/udp.c. The _udp_lib_get_port function allows binding a port with a specific local address even when the port is already bound by a wildcard local address, potentially letting local users intercept local traffic for daemons or othe...

CVE-2007-6417

The connected Nessus entry links CVE-2007-6417 to the Linux kernel, affecting 2.6.11–2.6.23. The root cause is in shmem_getpage (mm/shmem.c) where allocated memory is not properly cleared in rare tmpfs-related paths, potentially allowing local users to read sensitive kernel data or crash the syst...

CVE-2011-4325

CVE-2011-4325 – Linux kernel NFS vulnerability : The NFS implementation in the Linux kernel up to 2.6.31-rc6 can dereference uninitialized data, enabling a local denial-of-service via NULL pointer dereference and an O_DIRECT oops (e.g., demonstrated with diotest4 from LTP). Affected component: ke...

CVE-2021-47092

Summary: CVE-2021-47092 relates to a Linux kernel KVM VMX issue where setting vmx->fail during emulation_required in L2 nesting was incorrect, potentially causing a VM-Exit/VM-Fail contradiction and a warning during teardown (nested_vmx_vmexit). The fix reverts that change so vmx->fail is n...

CVE-2021-47164

CVE-2021-47164 is a Linux kernel vulnerability fixed by correcting a NULL dereference in net/mlx5e related to lag device handling. Explanation: in bond_enslave(), the active/backup slave was set before the upper dev is assigned; a second event with an upper dev can occur, and if lag dev is NULL a...

CVE-2021-47225

Linux kernel mac80211 deadlock when AP_VLANs are up and the AP interface is closed. Root cause: dev_close() held the wiphy mutex triggers netdev cfg80211 notifier to re-acquire the wiphy mutex. Fixes described: (1) prevent changing iftype while AP_VLANs are up; (2) move the dev_close() loop over ...

CVE-2021-47264

The CVE-2021-47264 issue is tied to the Linux kernel ASoC core code, where a null pointer dereference in fmt_single_name() could occur if the return value of devm_kstrdup() is not checked. The connected documents confirm the vulnerability and indicate that it has been resolved by adding a check o...

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-2021-47292

CVE-2021-47292 affects the Linux kernel io_uring subsystem. The issue is a memory leak in io_init_wq_offload() where a leaked hash_map can occur when io_uring_enter() is called in parallel (syz-executor traffic). Root cause: missing synchronization around kzalloc/hash_map updates in io_init_wq_of...

CVE-2021-47299

CVE-2021-47299 affects the Linux kernel XDP/BPF path: use-after-free in bpf_xdp_link_release between dev_get_by_index() and dev_xdp_attach_link(). Affected in-kernel code; patches are referenced (ca9ba1de8f09976b45ccc8e655c51c6201992139, a7537dc73e69ad9c0b67ad24ad3ebee954ed0af6, 5acc7d3e8d3428584...

CVE-2022-48762

CVE-2022-48762 affects the Linux kernel on arm64, where the extable path load_unaligned_zeropad() incorrectly derives register indices from ex->type instead of ex->data in ex_handler_load_unaligned_zeropad(). This misinterpretation (treating X0 as the address register and X4 as the data reg...

CVE-2022-48876

CVE-2022-48876 concerns the Linux kernel wifi/mac80211 path, where rx->link and rx->link_sta were not always initialized, risking a NULL pointer dereference in code paths such as __ieee80211_rx_h_amsdu invoked from fast-rx. The public records in the provided documents describe the vulnerabi...

CVE-2022-48963

CVE-2022-48963 refers to a Linux kernel flaw in net: wwan: iosm where a memory leak could occur if allocation of ipc_mux->ul_adb.pp_qlt in ipc_mux_init() fails, leaving ipc_mux unreleased. The CVE is documented as resolved in multiple vendor advisories; the NVD entry cites a CVSSv3.1 base scor...

CVE-2022-49387

CVE-2022-49387 concerns the Linux kernel watchdog driver rzg2l_wdt. The root cause is a 32-bit overflow in timer_cycle_us that can yield 0, e.g., when a counter like 0xfff is used to compute maxval. The provided connected documents confirm a patch that promotes values to 64-bit by appending ULL t...

CVE-2022-49550

CVE-2022-49550 affects the Linux kernel ntfs3 filesystem. The root cause is the absence of the ‘invalidate_folio’ method, which leads to a memory leak where cached written data are not freed after unmount. The documented fix is to add a new implementation, block_invalidate_folio, to ntfs3 to reso...

CVE-2022-49558

CVE-2022-49558 affects the Linux kernel nf_tables/netfilter path. The issue is a double unregistration of hooks in netns path: __nft_release_hooks() unregisters hooks during pre_netns exit, and NETDEV_UNREGISTER triggers unregister again, leading to potential hook handling inconsistencies. The pr...

CVE-2022-49747

Summary (concrete details found in connected docs): CVE-2022-49747 refers to a Linux kernel issue where the offset calculation in erofs/zmap.c was incorrect, causing iomap->length to be set to 0 and triggering a WARN_ON in iomap_iter_done(). The issue affects the kernel’s handling path involvi...

CVE-2022-49766

The CVE-2022-49766 entry concerns the Linux kernel netlink path: it fixes a bounds-check issue in the creation of struct nlmsgerr. The underlying cause was related to a memcpy across a composite flexible array struct, which is mitigated by switching from __nlmsg_put to nlmsg_put() and explaining ...

CVE-2022-49949

The CVE-2022-49949 issue affects the Linux kernel’s firmware_loader path and is resolved by fixing a memory leak during firmware upload. Specifically, an instance of struct fw_upload is allocated in firmware_upload_register() and must be freed in fw_dev_release(). The remedy introduces a dedicate...

CVE-2022-50080

CVE-2022-50080 (Linux kernel) affects kernel code path for tee/shm handling. The issue is an integer overflow in register_shm_helper() when calculating pages for a memory region supplied by user space, which can lead to a NULL pointer dereference in internal_get_user_pages_fast() via pin_user_pag...

CVE-2022-50108

CVE-2022-50108 affects the Linux kernel via the mfd: max77620 sub-system. The root cause is a refcount leak in max77620_initialise_fps: of_get_child_by_name() returns a node pointer with an incremented refcount, and the patch adds missing of_node_put() to release it when no longer needed. The iss...

CVE-2022-50161

CVE-2022-50161 is a Linux kernel vulnerability where the of_flash_probe_versatile refcount leak is fixed. The root cause is that of_find_matching_node_and_match() returns a node pointer with an incremented refcount, and the patch adds a missing of_node_put() to release it when no longer needed. D...

CVE-2022-50171

CVE-2022-50171 affects the Linux kernel crypto path for Hisilicon sec2 (drivers/crypto/hisilicon/sec2/sec_crypto.c). The issue arises when the Kunpeng920 encryption driver processes packets during softirq: mutex locking is improperly used in softirq context, causing a scheduling-while-atomic scen...

CVE-2022-50183

Summary: CVE-2022-50183 affects the Linux kernel’s DRM Meson encoder_cvbs path. The issue is a refcount leak in the initialization flow of meson_encoder_cvbs_init, caused by not calling of_node_put() on the remote node obtained via of_graph_get_remote_node(). This leads to a local leak in the ref...

CVE-2022-50184

The CVE-2022-50184 issue in the Linux kernel concerns a refcount leak in the Meson HDMI encoder path. Specifically, in drm/meson: encoder_hdmi_init, of_graph_get_remote_node() returns a remote device node pointer with an incremented refcount, and a missing of_node_put() could lead to a leak. The ...

CVE-2022-50198

CVE-2022-50198 applies to the Linux kernel ARM OMAP2+ stack. The vulnerability arises from a refcount leak in omap3xxx_prm_late_init: of_find_matching_node() returns a node pointer with a refcount incremented, and of_node_put() was added to release it when no longer needed. The patch fixes the le...

CVE-2023-20712

CVE-2023-20712 affects MediaTek WLAN code (wlan module) and is due to a missing bounds check, enabling an out-of-bounds write that can yield local privilege escalation to System level. Exploit requires LOCAL access with HIGH privileges and no user interaction. Patch: ALPS07796914 (Issue ALPS07796...

CVE-2023-20839

CVE-2023-20839 affects the imgsys component. The root cause is an out-of-bounds read due to missing valid range checking, leading to local information disclosure with system execution privileges required and user interaction for exploitation. The vulnerability is documented across multiple source...

CVE-2023-52668

CVE-2023-52668 concerns the Linux kernel, specifically the btrfs zoned code path. The issue arises from incorrect lock ordering in btrfs_zone_activate(), where fs_info->zone_active_bgs_lock is taken after a block_group lock in some code paths, creating a potential circular locking dependency. ...