CVE-2017-0440

CVE-2017-0440 describes an elevation-of-privilege flaw in the Qualcomm Wi‑Fi driver for Android kernels 3.10 and 3.18. A local malicious app could exploit it to execute code in the kernel context, after compromising a privileged process. The vulnerability is classified as High severity in the pub...

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-2017-9211

The CVE-2017-9211 flaw affects the Linux kernel component crypto_skcipher_init_tfm in crypto/skcipher.c up to version 4.11.2. It relies on setkey without a key-size check, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference. The connected documents indicate a patch/c...

CVE-2020-36790

The CVE-2020-36790 entry refers to a Linux kernel issue where a memory leak in nvmet was fixed: specifically, the code failed to free the new_model_number. The connected documents consistently identify this as a resolved kernel vulnerability (nvmet: fix a memory leak) with no additional exploit d...

CVE-2021-47251

Summary: CVE-2021-47251 affects the Linux kernel’s wireless stack via mac80211, where the skb length check in ieee80211_scan_rx() was corrected. The fix replaces hard-coded header-length constants with dynamic calculation based on the frame type, preventing a validation WARN_ON in cfg80211 later....

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-2022-48870

CVE-2022-48870 : In the Linux kernel, a null pointer dereference could occur in spk_ttyio_release due to a null-ptr-defer in tty handling, which has been fixed (tty: fix possible null-ptr-defer in spk_ttyio_release). The vulnerability affects kernel code involved with the Speakup Speakup AUDPTR/T...

CVE-2022-48881

CVE-2022-48881 (Linux kernel) affects the Linux kernel in the AMD platform x86 code. The vulnerability arises from a refcount leak in amd_pmc_probe, and a reference taken by pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() that callers must release with pci_dev_put() after use. The fix adds pci_dev_put() in the err...

CVE-2022-48906

CVE-2022-48906 affects the Linux kernel MPTCP implementation (DATA_FIN timeout calculation in net/mptcp/protocol.c). Syzkaller/UBSAN revealed a shift-out-of-bounds when many DATA_FIN retransmits occur, causing timeout miscalculation. The fix limits the maximum timeout by restricting the shift siz...

CVE-2022-48913

The CVE-2022-48913 issue is a Linux kernel use-after-free in blk_trace (blktrace) allocated when tracing a full disk, where created files under q->debugfs_dir are not removed if bt->dir is NULL, allowing stale pointers (dropped, msg) to be dereferenced. The result is a KASAN-triggered use-a...

CVE-2022-49383

CVE-2022-49383 describes a Linux kernel issue where during restart the watchdog driver for rzg2l_wdt could hit a BUG: Invalid wait context. The fix patches the restart sequence to use clk_prepare_enable() instead of pm_runtime_get_sync() to turn on clocks, addressing the invalid-wait context obse...

CVE-2022-49391

CVE-2022-49391 — Linux kernel remoteproc mtk_scp double free . The issue concerns the removal path for scp->rproc: it is allocated via devm_rproc_alloc(), so an explicit free in the remove function was unnecessary. The vulnerabilities describe a potential double free in the mtk_scp remoteproc ...

CVE-2022-49553

The CVE-2022-49553 entry is about the Linux kernel NTFS3 filesystem (fs/ntfs3/super.c). The vulnerability arises when the NTFS BOOT sectors_per_clusters field is > 0x80, which is treated as a shift value; if the shift is too large, the code may compute invalid shifts (max NTFS cluster size is ...

CVE-2022-49684

The Connected documents confirm CVE-2022-49684 relates to the Linux kernel, specifically the iio: adc: aspeed code. The issue is a refcount leak in aspeed_adc_set_trim_data caused by of_find_node_by_name() returning a node pointer with an incremented refcount; the remediation is to call of_node_p...

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-2022-49782

CVE-2022-49782 affects the Linux kernel perf subsystem, where __perf_event_overflow incorrectly handled missing SIGTRAP, allowing a scenario where hrtimer/irq work could re-enter kernel space before returning to user space. The fix introduces a 32‑bit hash of the current IP into pending_sigtrap t...

CVE-2022-49876

Summary: CVE-2022-49876 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in wifi/mac80211 that causes a general-protection fault when an interface’s status changes during active transmission. The issue stems from accessing sdata->bss after it is set to NULL during ieee80211_runtime_change_iftype/ieee80211_do_s...

CVE-2022-50052

The CVE-2022-50052 issue affects the Linux kernel ASoC: Intel: avs component. It stems from using snprintf(), which returns the would-be-filled size on buffer overflow, creating a potential buffer overflow; the patch replaces snprintf() with scnprintf() to mitigate this. The vulnerability is trac...

CVE-2022-50162

CVE-2022-50162 concerns the Linux kernel WiFi Libertus driver. The issue is a possible refcount leak in if_usb_probe caused by calling usb_get_dev before lbs_get_firmware_async, requiring usb_put_dev when lbs_get_firmware_async fails. The vulnerability is identified in the kernel’s Libertus USB p...

CVE-2022-50186

The CVE-2022-50186 entry concerns a Linux kernel issue in ath11k where on htc_tx_completion error the skb was not dropped, leading to a memory leak. The documented fix ensures the skb is freed on eid >= ATH11K_HTC_EP_COUNT before returning, as the completion_handler expects consumption even in...

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-2022-50209

The CVE-2022-50209 issue in the Linux kernel concerns a refcount leak in meson_mx_socinfo_init. The root cause is that of_find_matching_node() can return a node pointer with an incremented refcount, requiring an of_node_put() when the reference is no longer needed. The fix adds the missing of_nod...

CVE-2023-4130

The CVE-2023-4130 issue affects the Linux kernel’s ksmbd implementation for SMB2 set_ea(), where multiple smb2_ea_info buffers in a FILE_FULL_EA_INFORMATION request were parsed by iterating with NextEntryOffset. The root cause is incorrect validation of the next buffer length: ksmbd used the Next...

CVE-2023-53069

CVE-2023-53069 concerns the Linux kernel octeontx2-vf driver: missing free for alloc_percpu leading to a memory leak in vf->hw.lmt_info. The fix adds free_percpu for the allocated structure, mirroring the existing pf->hw.lmt_info cleanup in otx2_pf.c. This change reduces a local memory leak...

CVE-2023-53492

The CVE-2023-53492 entry describes a Linux kernel nf_tables issue: when adding a rule that refers to a chain by ID, Genmask was ignored if the chain had been deleted in the same batch, causing the rule to reference a deleted chain and trigger a warning. The root cause is nf_tables_lookup_byid ign...

CVE-2023-53618

The CVE-2023-53618 entry corresponds to a Linux kernel issue affecting Btrfs reloc trees. The problem was an invalid reloc tree root key being present for quota-related reloc trees, which could lead to a crash via an ASSERT() in prepare_to_merge() when the reloc tree is not properly referenced by...

CVE-2024-46704

In the Linux kernel workqueue code, CVE-2024-46704 is a data race fix in __flush_work() when flushing a work item for cancellation. The root cause was reading @work->data before testing from_cancel, which could spuriously trigger KCSAN reports. A patch reorganized the code to test @from_cancel...

CVE-2024-50097

CVE-2024-50097 is resolved in OpenSUSE kernel-devel-longterm-6.12.11-1.1 on GA media. The issue in the Linux kernel’s fec driver could panics when saving PTP state if PTP is unsupported; the fix guards fec_ptp_save_state behind a PTP-support check, preventing the unconditional state save. Technic...

CVE-2024-58238

CVE-2024-58238 : In the Linux kernel Bluetooth btnxpuart driver, a race around UART break handling and power-save state could cause a TX timeout during long stress tests. Root cause: ps_state read/write and UART break toggling were not synchronized, allowing simultaneous tx_work scheduling and in...

CVE-2025-21896

CVE-2025-21896 affects the Linux kernel fuse readahead path. The issue arose when converting readahead to folios: folio references were dropped after locking, breaking the expected reference on ap->folios during splice operations, risking use-after-free in readpages. The fix reverts to __reada...

CVE-2025-38028

The vulnerability CVE-2025-38028 affects the Linux kernel’s NFS/localio path (nfs_local_open_fh) due to a race condition involved when dropping the cl_uuid.lock. After the lock is released, another CPU could reclaim the just-added nfsd_file, risking use-after-free scenarios. The described fix is ...

CVE-2025-38041

CVE-2025-38041 concerns Linux kernel code: clk: sunxi-ng: h616 reparents the GPU clock to the GPU1 clock during frequency changes to mitigate panfrost OoOps and GPU hangs when performing device DVFS on the GPU. The vulnerability is effectively a local issue with the GPU clock DVFS pathway; the ex...

CVE-2025-38137

Technical details about CVE-2025-38137 (Linux kernel PCI/pwrctrl use-after-free due to rescan handling) are not provided in the connected documents. Public disclosures here list the CVE but do not elaborate affected versions, root cause, or fixes. Monitor for updates.

CVE-2025-38531

CVE-2025-38531 affects the Linux kernel IIO common/st_sensors code. The issue arises from using uninitialized indio_dev->dev in probe paths, which can trigger a kernel panic in st_sensors_power_enable() when devm_regulator_bulk_get_enable() fails and later calls dev_err_probe() with an uniniti...

CVE-2025-39902

The CVE-2025-39902 issue affects the Linux kernel mm/slub, where object_err() may access metadata for an invalid pointer, potentially crashing the kernel. The root cause is accessing object metadata when the pointer is invalid; a path is when alloc_consistency_checks() flags an invalid pointer du...

CVE-2026-23001

CVE-2026-23001 – Linux kernel macvlan UAF fix Multiple connected advisories reference this CVE as a fix in the macvlan subsystem. The vulnerability is described as a use-after-free (UAF) in macvlan_forward_source(), with the fix adding RC (read-copy-update) protection on (struct macvlan_source_en...

CVE-2026-23004

The CVE-2026-23004 issue in the Linux kernel concerns races in the IPv6 dst cache path (rt6_uncached_list_del/rt_del_uncached_list) leading to use-after-free during list_head initialization in INIT_LIST_HEAD, as observed by KASAN in rt6_uncached_list_flush_dev and related paths. The root cause is...

CVE-2026-31574

CVE-2026-31574 concerns the Linux kernel clockevents subsystem. The issue arises from missing resets of the next_event_forced flag in several code paths, including during clock event state changes, when arming a non-forced event, and in the suspend wakeup handler. This can leave the flag stale ac...

CVE-2026-43011

The CVE-2026-43011 issue concerns the Linux kernel net/x25 path where a skb may be freed twice due to a double-free path: if alloc_skb fails in x25_queue_rx_frame, kfree_skb(skb) is called, and later x25_backlog_rcv may free the same skb again, causing a crash/DoS. Public advisories confirm this ...

CVE-2026-45972

The CVE-2026-45972 issue affects the Linux kernel SMB client, specifically smb2_open_file(), where improper handling could lead to memory corruption (UAF) or a double free during SMB2_open() retries. The fixed description states that zeroing err_iov and err_buftype before retrying SMB2_open() pre...

CVE-2026-46302

CVE-2026-46302 concerns the Linux kernel SELinux policy handling. The vulnerability arises because multiple processes could concurrently open /sys/fs/selinux/policy, whereas previously only one open was allowed. The root cause is a retained policy_opened flag and a too-large critical section arou...

CVE-2026-52997

The CVE-2026-52997 issue affects the Linux kernel’s net/sched sch_dualpi2 qdisc. The root cause was that dualpi2_change() could attempt to dequeue from the C-queue even when it was empty while packets resided in the L-queue, leading to a NULL skb dereference during limit/memlimit enforcement. The...

CVE-2004-0816

CVE-2004-0816: Integer underflow in the Linux kernel’s iptables firewall logging rules prior to 2.6.8 can allow a remote attacker to crash the system via a malformed IP packet. Multiple sources (Mandrake MDKSA-2005:022, SUSE advisory, NVD, Exploit-DB/Seebug pages) confirm the vulnerability exists...

CVE-2004-1069

CVE-2004-1069 describes a race condition affecting SELinux-enabled Linux kernels in the 2.6.x series (through 2.6.9) when handling AF_UNIX network packets. Local attackers could cause a kernel DoS (kernel crash) via SOCK_SEQPACKET Unix domain sockets due to improper handling in sock_dgram_sendmsg...

CVE-2005-0749

The CVE-2005-0749 issue affects the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.11.6. The vulnerability arises in load_elf_library where freeing an invalid pointer via a crafted ELF library or executable can trigger a kernel crash (DoS). Affected component: kernel’s ELF loading/free path (load_elf_library). The pu...

CVE-2005-1264

The CVE-2005-1264 issue is a concrete flaw in Linux kernel 2.6.x where raw devices (raw.c) call the wrong function before passing an ioctl to block devices, exposing kernel address space to userspace. This local, privilege-escalation risk is corroborated across multiple advisories (e.g., RHSA-200...

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-2006-4663

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-2008-3496

CVE-2008-3496 affects the Linux kernel uvcvideo (V4L) in drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_driver.c, where a buffer overflow in format descriptor parsing occurs in uvc_parse_format. Affected are kernels older than 2.6.26.1; the ChangeLog indicates this version contains the fix. Public disclosures in SU...

CVE-2008-7256

CVE-2008-7256 affects the Linux kernel’s mm/shmem.c prior to 2.6.28-rc8 when strict overcommit is enabled and CONFIG_SECURITY is disabled. The vulnerability arises in how knfsd exports shmemfs objects, allowing a denial of service via NULL pointer dereference and knfsd crash, with possible other ...