CVE-2019-12817

CVE-2019-12817 affects the PowerPC Linux kernel: a bug in arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_book3s64.c before 5.1.15 can allow unrelated processes to read/write each other’s memory via an mmap above 512 TB on a subset of PowerPC systems. The issue is limited to those platforms; impact is memory confide...

CVE-2023-33952

Summary (MODE C): CVE-2023-33952 is reported in an IBM Security Verified Governance (ISVG) context and affects IBM Security Verify Governance, Identity Manager software component and its virtual appliance, version 10.0.2. The entry states a double-free condition in handling vmw_buffer_object obje...

CVE-2017-17805

CVE-2017-17805 affects the Linux kernel prior to 4.14.8. The Salsa20 cipher implementation (crypto/salsa20_generic.c and arch/x86/crypto/salsa20_glue.c) mishandles zero-length inputs, allowing a local attacker to use the AF_ALG-based skcipher interface to trigger uninitialized memory free and ker...

CVE-2018-20961

CVE-2018-20961 affects the Linux kernel prior to 4.16.4. It is a double-free in the f_midi_set_alt function of drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_midi.c (f_midi driver) that may allow a denial of service or potentially other impacts. Affected versions are Linux kernel before 4.16.4; remediation is pro...

CVE-2020-25639

CVE-2020-25639: A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel’s GPU Nouveau driver (prior to 5.12-rc1) via DRM_IOCTL_NOUVEAU_CHANNEL_ALLOC allows local users to crash the system. Affected: Linux kernel/Nouveau driver; Root cause: NULL pointer dereference in channel allocation path; Impact: local...

CVE-2020-25668

CVE-2020-25668 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in the TTY subsystem (con_font_op) caused by unsynchronized access to fg_console, leading to a use-after-free. According to Debian, this can cause a crash or memory corruption and may enable privilege escalation; CloudLinux notes a fix was applied in...

CVE-2023-1380

CVE-2023-1380 is referenced in the Connected documents as a slab-out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically in brcmf_get_assoc_ies() within the brcmfmac CFG80211 path. The underlying issue is when assoc_info->req_len exceeds the buffer size (WL_EXTRA_BUF_MAX), enabling ...

CVE-2023-46813

CVE-2023-46813 affects the Linux kernel before 6.5.9. The issue arises from incorrect access checking in the #VC handler and SEV-ES MMIO instruction emulation, allowing a race where an attacker with userspace MMIO access can replace an instruction before the #VC handler reads it. This can lead to...

CVE-2023-5633

CVE-2023-5633 is documented in an IBM QRadar SIEM bulletin as a Linux Kernel use-after-free vulnerability: a memory-management flaw in handling memory objects for GEM objects can allow a local, authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges within a VM with 3D acceleration (VMware guest). The...

CVE-2017-1000111

CVE-2017-1000111 describes a heap/out-of-bounds race in the Linux kernel’s AF_PACKET socket handling (packet_set_ring) that can be exploited by a local user possessing CAP_NET_RAW to elevate privileges. The issue arises when a socket option changes socket state and races with safety checks; the r...

CVE-2019-15212

CVE-2019-15212 describes a vulnerability in the Linux kernel prior to 5.1.8 where a malicious USB device can trigger a double-free in drivers/usb/misc/rio500.c. This is a local/physical-access issue with potential impact to availability as per CVSS metrics shown. The connected Unity Nessus adviso...

CVE-2019-19338

CVE-2019-19338 describes a flaw in the Linux kernel related to the handling of TAA/MDS interactions in TSX-enabled cascaded environments, affecting guests on Cascade Lake hosts with TSX enabled and a host-side fix for CVE-2019-11135 in kernels prior to 5.5. The Connected documents confirm affecte...

CVE-2021-29265

CVE-2021-29265 affects the Linux kernel prior to 5.11.7. The vulnerability is in the usbip_sockfd_store function (drivers/usb/usbip/stub_dev.c) where the stub-up sequence has race conditions during updates of local and shared status, enabling a local attacker to trigger a denial of service (kerne...

CVE-2024-53168

CVE-2024-53168 is a Linux kernel vulnerability related to a use-after-free (UAF) in sunrpc over a kernel TCP socket. The issue, illustrated by a KASAN report (slab-use-after-free in tcp_write_timer_handler), was fixed in the kernel to address a UAF in sunrpc’s TCP path. Connected advisories (SUSE...

CVE-2019-16413

CVE-2019-16413 : Affects the Linux kernel prior to 5.0.4 where the 9p filesystem does not properly protect i_size_write(), causing i_size_read() to loop indefinitely and trigger a denial of service on SMP systems. The public evidence ties this to a kernel patch in ChangeLog-5.0.4 and the commit r...

CVE-2022-3643

CVE-2022-3643: Linux kernel netback driver vulnerability allowing a guest to trigger NIC interface reset/abort/crash by sending packets with split headers. Root cause is an assumption that packet protocol headers reside in the SKB's linear section; certain NICs (e.g., Cisco ENIC, Broadcom NetXtre...

CVE-2022-45869

CVE-2022-45869 is a Linux kernel issue describing a race condition in the x86 KVM subsystem that can be triggered when nested virtualization and the TDP MMU are enabled. The vulnerability affects the Linux kernel up to version 6.1-rc6 as described in the Astra Linux security bulletin, which mirro...

CVE-2025-21700

CVE-2025-21700 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in net: sched that allowed a use-after-free (UAF) scenario to escalate privileges when replacing a child qdisc from one parent to another. The provided description and demonstration show steps manipulating tc qdisc/classqdisc layout and grafting, cul...

CVE-2017-12192

CVE-2017-12192 affects the Linux kernel Key Management subcomponent: keyctl_read_key in security/keys/keyctl.c may be read on negatively instantiated keys, enabling a local attacker to cause a denial of service (kernel oops and crash). Affected: kernel before 4.13.5; fix implemented in 4.13.5 (Ch...

CVE-2017-17807

CVE-2017-17807 : Linux kernel KEYS subsystem vulnerability where the request_key() path can bypass access control when adding a key to the current task’s default request-key keyring. An unpatched kernel (pre-4.14.6) could allow a local attacker to craft a sequence of system calls to insert keys i...

CVE-2018-20784

CVE-2018-20784 affects the Linux kernel prior to 4.20.2, where kernel/sched/fair.c mishandles leaf cfs_rq’s, allowing a denial of service via an infinite loop in update_blocked_averages and potentially other impact from induced high load. The publicly documented fix is in kernel version 4.20.2 (C...

CVE-2020-15437

CVE-2020-15437 affects the Linux kernel up to version 5.7.x, where a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:serial8250_isa_init_ports() can be triggered by an uninitialized p->serial_in, enabling local denial of service. Affected component: kernel serial driver (8250) ...

CVE-2021-3506

CVE-2021-3506 : An out-of-bounds memory access in fs/f2fs/node.c of the Linux kernel (f2fs module) allows a local attacker to read/write out-of-bounds memory, leading to a system crash or leakage of kernel information. Affected are kernel versions before 5.12.0-rc4. The description notes the high...

CVE-2023-6531

CVE-2023-6531 is a Linux kernel use-after-free race in the unix garbage collector where deletion of SKB races with unix_stream_read_generic() on the socket the SKB is queued on. The issue enables local privilege escalation as described in multiple advisories. Public documents consistently identif...

CVE-2024-38541

CVE-2024-38541: Linux kernel of_modalias() had a potential buffer overflow when the destination buffer was too small, causing len to become negative and str to point beyond the buffer. The fix adds a buffer overflow check after the first snprintf() and corrects the check after strlen() to account...

CVE-2026-43038

CVE-2026-43038 affects the Linux kernel IPv6 ICMP error path. A forged IPv4 ICMP error with CIPSO options could cause ip6_err_gen_icmpv6_unreach() to misinterpret an inner IPv4 inet_skb_parm as an IPv6 parameter, allowing an offset misreference (dsthao) that could enable out-of-bounds or memory a...

CVE-2016-10229

The CVE-2016-10229 issue affects the Linux kernel’s UDP handling: udp.c in versions before 4.5 contains an unsafe second checksum calculation when a recv call uses MSG_PEEK, enabling remote code execution. Reports and advisories (e.g., ALAS-2017-832, Alpine, Debian, Broadcom/Big-IP advisories) co...

CVE-2017-1000364

CVE-2017-1000364 affects the Linux kernel stack guard page (4k) so the stack-pointer can jump over the guard, enabling local privilege escalation. Affected: Linux kernel 4.11.5 and earlier. Impact: privilege escalation via stack-clash-like behavior; no remote vector described. Root cause: insuffi...

CVE-2022-3524

CVE-2022-3524 affects the Linux kernel IPv6 Handler’s ipv6_renew_options, causing a memory leak. The vulnerability can be triggered remotely per some sources; a patch is available and applies to mitigate the issue. Review the Linux kernel patches referenced in the CVE details and apply the approp...

CVE-2023-1989

CVE-2023-1989 affects the Linux kernel, in particular the bluetooth driver path drivers/bluetooth/btsdio.c, function btsdio_remove. A call to btsdio_remove with an unfinished job can create a race condition that leads to a use-after-free (UAF) on hdev devices. Connected Astra Linux bulletin mirro...

CVE-2024-53050

The CVE-2024-53050 issue affects the Linux kernel’s DRM/i915 HDCP path. The vulnerability arises from a missing encoder check in hdcp2_get_capability, and a fix was applied to Add encoder check in intel_hdcp2_get_capability to prevent a null pointer dereference. The description indicates the prob...

CVE-2017-18344

CVE-2017-18344 affects the Linux kernel before 4.14.8. The timer_create syscall in kernel/time/posix-timers.c fails to validate sigevent->sigev_notify, causing out-of-bounds access in show_timer when /proc/$PID/timers is read and enabling a local user to read arbitrary kernel memory on builds ...

CVE-2017-7533

CVE-2017-7533 describes a race condition in the Linux kernel where inotify_handle_event and vfs_rename concurrently executing can be exploited by a local attacker to cause memory corruption, a denial of service, or privilege escalation. It affects Linux kernel versions up to 4.12.4; exploitation ...

CVE-2018-7191

CVE-2018-7191 affects the Linux kernel tun subsystem prior to 4.13.14. Root cause: dev_get_valid_name is not called before register_netdevice, enabling a local user to trigger a NULL pointer dereference via ioctl(TUNSETIFF) with a device name containing a “/” character, potentially causing a deni...

CVE-2020-12657

CVE-2020-12657 affects the Linux kernel before 5.6.5 due to a use-after-free in bfq_idle_slice_timer_body within bfq-iosched.c. The connected advisories (Unity Linux UTSA-2026-00x, Red Hat RHSA/CESA entries, CentOS plugin references) confirm kernel versions impacted and reference the 5.6.5 patch/...

CVE-2022-1679

CVE-2022-1679 is a use-after-free flaw in the Linux kernel’s Atheros ath9k_htc driver. Connected advisories specify a use-after-free in ath9k_htc_wait_for_target (and related notes) that can allow a local user to crash or escalate privileges. Affected component: Linux kernel wireless driver (ath9...

CVE-2022-1852

CVE-2022-1852 concerns a NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel’s KVM module during x86 emulation (x86_emulate_insn) when the guest executes an illegal instruction on Intel CPUs, which can lead to a denial of service. The vulnerability is in the KVM emulation path (arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c) a...

CVE-2022-25265

CVE-2022-25265 is a Linux kernel issue affecting binaries built around 2003 (e.g., GCC 3.2.2 with Linux 2.4.20) that can allow local attackers to execute code by exploiting exec-all attribute in non-executable regions. Connected advisories show the vulnerability being addressed as part of kernel/...

CVE-2022-3594

CVE-2022-3594 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in the BPF component: the intr_callback in drivers/net/usb/r8152.c can cause logging of excessive data. It is exploitable remotely as described; a patch/update is recommended. Connected advisories (Astra Linux, Amazon Linux livepatch) mirror these det...

CVE-2022-39188

CVE-2022-39188 describes a race in include/asm-generic/tlb.h in the Linux kernel up to version 5.18/5.19 where unmap_mapping_range races with munmap for VM_PFNMAP VMAs can free a page still holding stale TLB entries. This can cause a page to be freed while TLBs still cache old mappings, potential...

CVE-2018-15471

CVE-2018-15471 affects the Linux kernel Xen netback driver: the xenvif_set_hash_mapping function in drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c handles request queue mapping with insufficient input validation (e.g., for integer overflow), causing out-of-bounds memory access. This can allow a malicious or bugg...

CVE-2020-11669

CVE-2020-11669 affects the Linux kernel before 5.2 on the powerpc platform. The issue is in arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S where save/restore for PNV_POWERSAVE_AMR, PNV_POWERSAVE_UAMOR, and PNV_POWERSAVE_AMOR is missing (CID-53a712bae5dd). This can impact availability (per CVSS 3.1: Availabili...

CVE-2022-3435

CVE-2022-3435 affects the Linux kernel: an out-of-bounds read in fib_nh_match (net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c) could be exploited remotely by a remote, unauthenticated/partially privileged actor per the CVSS vector. The issue is rated CVSS v3.1 base 4.3 (Medium) with low impact to confidentiality and n...

CVE-2022-39842

CVE-2022-39842 affects the Linux kernel up to version 5.19, specifically in drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c (pxa3xx_gcu_write). The count parameter has a type conflict of size_t versus int, causing an integer overflow and bypassing the size check; this value is then passed as the third argument ...

CVE-2023-33951

The CVE-2023-33951 entry affects the vmwgfx driver in the Linux kernel, where a race condition in handling GEM objects due to improper locking can lead to information disclosure in kernel context. Connected advisories (MiracleLinux AXSA-2023-7038/AXSA:2023-7038:31) explicitly reference a vmwgfx i...

CVE-2023-52814

CVE-2023-52814 : Linux kernel has fixed a potential NULL pointer dereference in the AMDGPU driver. The function amdgpu_ras_get_context may return NULL if the device does not support ras, and the code now checks for NULL before dereferencing. This (local) vulnerability could crash the kernel if NU...

CVE-2023-7192

CVE-2023-7192 : Linux Kernel contains a memory-leak/denial-of-service issue in ctnetlink_create_conntrack() within net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c. A local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN can trigger a refcount overflow to cause DoS. The initial documents confirm the vulnerability and its local-...

CVE-2024-42231

CVE-2024-42231 affects the Linux kernel, specifically the btrfs filesystem in zoned mode. The issue is in calc_available_free_space(): the code incorrectly loops zone handling, treating each zone as a single chunk and not permitting partial allocations. This can yield a non-zone-aligned avail val...

CVE-2018-14646

CVE-2018-14646 path: Linux kernel contains a NULL pointer dereference in __netlink_ns_capable() (net/netlink/af_netlink.c). A local attacker with netnsid assigned to a net namespace can trigger a kernel panic, causing a denial of service. Connected advisories (e.g., Red Hat RHSA entries and Euler...

CVE-2019-15211

CVE-2019-15211 : Linux kernel before 5.2.6 contains a use-after-free in drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c triggered by a malicious USB device; the issue is tied to memory allocation in drivers/media/radio/radio-raremono.c. Evidence from multiple Nessus/SUSE/OpenOpen advisories confirms the descr...