CVE-2026-53175

The CVE-2026-53175 entries describe a use-after-free in the Linux kernel’s fragment reassembly during netns teardown. Root cause: fqdir_pre_exit() flushes fragment queues but may leave freed skbs referenced by fragment queue state (fragments_tail/last_run_head) before INET_FRAG_COMPLETE is set, a...

CVE-2026-53247

CVE-2026-53247: Linux kernel MTK ethernet driver (mtk_eth_soc) fix for use-after-free in metadata_dst teardown. mtk_free_dev() previously called metadata_dst_free() (kfree’d immediately, bypassing RCU). In RX, skb_dst_set_noref() kept non-refcounted pointers to metadata_dst; freed memory could ra...

CVE-2026-63800

CVE-2026-63800 — Linux kernel (pNFS use-after-free) Affected: kernel code handling pnfs_update_layout() for NFS_LAYOUT_RETURN.Cause: If pnfs_prepare_to_retry_layoutget(lo) succeeds, pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo) runs before trace_pnfs_update_layout(), while the tracepoint still references the structure...

CVE-1999-0720

The set of connected records confirms a Linux-specific vulnerability in the pt_chown utility: local attackers can modify TTY terminal devices that belong to other users, indicating a local privilege/permission misuse at the device level. The description across sources is consistent (pt_chown affe...

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-2004-1058

CVE-2004-1058 is a race-condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel that can allow a local user to read environment variables of another process that is still spawning via /proc/.../cmdline. The initial description specifies Linux kernel 2.6 as affected. Connected advisories confirm this CVE is r...

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-2005-1265

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-2005-3783

CVE-2005-3783 affects the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.14.2. The vulnerability lies in the ptrace.c implementation (ptrace functionality) where CLONE_THREAD can attach to a process without validating the thread group ID, allowing a local user to trigger a crash (Denial of Service). The issue is lo...

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-2006-5754

CVE-2006-5754 is a Linux kernel local vulnerability in the aio_setup_ring path where an incorrect initialization of nr_pages can lead to a local DoS (crash). The issue is described in multiple advisories and open‑source scanning feeds as part of a broader set of kernel flaws resolved by kernel up...

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-2007-3719

CVE-2007-3719 concerns the Linux kernel scheduler around version 2.6.16, which gives preference to “interactive” processes that perform voluntary sleeps. This bias can be exploited by a local user to trigger a denial of service via CPU consumption. The connected documents reiterate the vulnerabil...

CVE-2007-5501

The CVE-2007-5501 entries confirm a vulnerability in the Linux kernel 2.6.21–2.6.23.7 and 2.6.24-rc through 2.6.24-rc2 where remote attackers can cause a denial of service (crash) by sending crafted ACKs that trigger a NULL pointer dereference in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c (tcp_sacktag_write_queue). Th...

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-2012-2127

CVE-2012-2127 affects the Linux kernel prior to 3.2, where fs/proc/root.c in procfs does not properly interact with CLONE_NEWPID clone system calls. This can enable a remote attacker to trigger a denial of service via a reference leak and growing memory usage by opening many connections to a PID-...

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-2016-10907

Vulnerability CVE-2016-10907 affects the Linux kernel in drivers/iio/dac/ad5755.c up to version 4.8.5, with an out-of-bounds write in the function ad5755_parse_dt. Exploitation could lead to memory corruption. The ChangeLog indicates the issue was addressed in kernel 4.8.6 (and later). Controlled...

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-2017-8063

The CVE-2017-8063 issue affects Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x before 4.10.12, where the cxusb.c driver in drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb mishandles interaction with CONFIG_VMAP_STACK, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (system crash) or other unspecified impact by leveraging more than ...

CVE-2021-47129

CVE-2021-47129 relates to Linux kernel netfilter nft_ct: nft_ct_expect_obj_eval() calls nf_ct_ext_add() for confirmed conntrack entries, but nf_ct_ext_add() requires !nf_ct_is_confirmed(), causing skip of extensions on confirmed conntrack. A fix described in connected docs is to add the ct helper...

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-2021-47568

CVE-2021-47568 concerns the ksmbd module in the Linux kernel, where a memory leak in get_file_stream_info() (fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c) could lead to resource exhaustion and a denial-of-service risk. The issue is resolved in the provided documents by applying a fix for the memleak; exploitation details ...

CVE-2022-48964

The CVE-2022-48964 entry concerns a use-after-free in the Linux kernel ravb_rx_gbeth() path. The vulnerability arises when a socket buffer (skb) is freed by napi_gro_receive(), and later dereferenced, leading to potential memory corruption. The connected sources consistently describe this as a fi...

CVE-2022-49141

CVE-2022-49141 affects the Linux kernel net: dsa: felix path, where kzalloc() may return NULL and lead to a NULL pointer dereference. The connected docs confirm the issue and state that the fix checks the SGI to prevent dereferencing NULL. The reported CVSS indicates a local attack with low privi...

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-2022-49387

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-2022-49558

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-2022-49896

CVE-2022-49896 relates to the Linux kernel’s cxl/pmem subsystem. The issue: when a cxl_nvdimm object is removed, associated regions were not consistently disabled, because the driver tracked only one region per nvdimm device. This could leak regions and cause cxl_memdev reference leaks. The vulne...

CVE-2022-50014

CVE-2022-50014 is a Linux kernel issue resolved by removing FOLL_COW and tightening COW handling in mm/gup. The advisories state that FOLL_FORCE could cause a read-only, shared page to become writable, enabling local exploitation similar to Dirty COW, particularly via exclusive anonymous pages an...

CVE-2022-50038

CVE-2022-50038 affects the Linux kernel in drm/meson, specifically the meson_vpu_has_available_connectors() function. The issue consists of two refcount leak bugs: (1) missing of_node_put() for the 'ep' when exiting for_each_endpoint_of_node(), and (2) missing of_node_put() for the reference from...

CVE-2022-50123

CVE-2022-50123 affects the Linux kernel ASoC Mediatek mt8173 stack (mt8173_rt5650_rt5676_dev_probe). Root cause: of_parse_phandle() returns a node pointer with an incremented refcount and missing of_node_put() in error paths, leading to a potential refcount leak. The connected advisories document...

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-2022-50199

Mode C: The CVE-2022-50199 issue affects the Linux kernel on ARM (OMAP2+). The root cause is a refcount leak in omapdss_init_of: omapdss_find_dss_of_node() calls of_find_compatible_node() which returns a node with a refcount incremented, but of_node_put() is not always called. The fix adds missin...

CVE-2022-50231

Root cause: in neon_poly1305_blocks, when both s[] and r[] are uninitialized, the code incorrectly uses the first 32-byte block to initialize s[] (first 16 bytes as key, next 16 as s[]), causing a read-out-of-bounds. The patch fixes this by ensuring the initialization uses poly1305_init_arm64() (...

CVE-2023-20811

CVE-2023-20811 involves a boundary-check failure in the MediaTek IOMMU, causing an out-of-bounds write that could enable local privilege escalation with system privileges. Affected component: IOMMU sub-system (MediaTek). Root cause: missing bounds check leading to out-of-bounds write. Impact: loc...

CVE-2023-52704

The CVE-2023-52704 issue concerns the Linux kernel component freezer,umbh (kernel/umh.c). A regression from the commit f5d39b020809 in freezer/sched rewrite caused call_usermode_helper_exec() to malfunction for the KILLABLE case because a second unconditional wait_for_completion() was not optiona...

CVE-2023-52995

CVE-2023-52995 concerns a Linux kernel vulnerability in riscv/kprobe instruction simulation for JALR when probing vfs_write. The flaw could cause a crash (kernel Oops) with an invalid user-memory access, as shown in the crash trace (e.g., Unable to handle kernel access to user memory without uacc...

CVE-2023-53261

CVE-2023-53261 : Linux kernel coresight memory leak in acpi_buffer->pointer. The leak occurs because the temporary buffer is not freed before returning from acpi_get_dsd_graph(); the fix moves buf to acpi_coresight_parse_graph() and frees it prior to function return. Affected: Linux kernel (as...

CVE-2024-38609

The CVE-2024-38609 issue is a Linux kernel vulnerability in wifi/mt76 (connac) where a NULL wcid could be dereferenced, leading to a crash. The fixed code adds a validity check before dereferencing the wcid to prevent a NULL pointer dereference. Exploitation would be local, with a crash impact (I...

CVE-2024-46684

CVE-2024-46684 : In the Linux kernel, the binfmt_elf_fdpic path is affected. The vulnerability stems from an incorrect AUXV size calculation in create_elf_fdpic_tables() when ELF_HWCAP2 is defined, which could result in the last AUXV entry being zero and trigger a kernel BUG. The fix adds one to ...

CVE-2024-58022

CVE-2024-58022 relates to a NULL vs IS_ERR() handling bug in the Linux kernel’s mailbox th1520 path. The vulnerable code used to treat NULL returns from devm_ioremap() as errors consistent with IS_ERR() checks, which is incorrect since devm_ioremap() returns NULL on failure. The fixed description...

CVE-2025-21813

CVE-2025-21813 affects the Linux kernel timers/migration code. The root cause is an off-by-one mis-count during the migration of the top CPU group to a new root, where the old root is pre-accounted as a child of the new root. After attaching the upcoming CPU’s top group, the expected children cou...

CVE-2025-21879

CVE-2025-21879 describes a Linux kernel use-after-free in the btrfs code. In btrfs_scan_root(), the kernel could dereference inode->root->fs_info after scheduling the inode for delayed iput, if the cleaner kthread ran iput first, leading to a use-after-free of the inode and potential crash....

CVE-2025-38169

Technical details for CVE-2025-38169 are not publicly available in the provided documents. Monitor for updates from kernel advisories and vendor notices.

CVE-2025-38408

CVE-2025-38408 pertains to the Linux kernel’s genirq/irq_sim component. The issue arises from improper initialization of the simulation work context pointers in the ops structure, where pointers were allocated with kmalloc() and could contain random content, risking invalid dereferencing. The doc...

CVE-2025-38514

CVE-2025-38514 affects the Linux kernel RXRPC path. When an AF_RXRPC service socket is opened/bound and calls are preallocated, rxrpc_alloc_incoming_call() may oops if the rxrpc_backlog struct is not allocated yet. The fix returns NULL from rxrpc_alloc_incoming_call() when no backlog exists, caus...

CVE-2025-38549

Technical details about CVE-2025-38549 (affected components, root cause, impact, and remediation) are not provided in the supplied documents; monitor for updates.

CVE-2025-38571

CVE-2025-38571 is a Linux kernel vulnerability affecting sunrpc/NFS over TLS. The issue arises from the client-side handling of TLS alerts in tls_alert_recv, caused by an assumption that the msghdr iterator’s kvec contains valid data. The patch reworks how control messages are set up and used by ...