CVE-2017-2636

CVE-2017-2636 details (NORMAL mode) : A race condition in the Linux kernel N_HLDC driver (n_hdlc) can lead to a double free. A local, unprivileged user who sets the HDLC line discipline on a tty device could exploit this to escalate privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash). Exploita...

CVE-2018-16882

CVE-2018-16882 is a use-after-free in the Linux kernel KVM hypervisor when handling posted interrupts with nested virtualization. In nested_get_vmcs12_pages(), an error while processing the posted interrupt address can leave pi_desc_page unmapped without resetting the pi_desc descriptor, which is...

CVE-2019-10140

Technical details for CVE-2019-10140 are not provided in the connected documents. The initial description contains the vulnerability specifics, but no additional technical data appears here. Monitor for updates from the CNA and vendor advisories.

CVE-2019-15215

The CVE-2019-15215 issue is a use-after-free in the Linux kernel, caused by a malicious USB device via the cpia2_usb.c driver (drivers/media/usb/cpia2). Affected: kernel versions before 5.2.6. Impact: potential local denial of service or privilege issues due to use-after-free in USB cpia2 handlin...

CVE-2020-28915

CVE-2020-28915 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in the fbcon framebuffer code, where a buffer over-read before 5.8.15 could allow a local attacker to read kernel memory. The issue is caused by improper bounds handling in the framebuffer font-related path used by fbcon. Affected fix: upstream patch...

CVE-2022-1116

CVE-2022-1116 is a Linux kernel local‑privilege‑escalation issue due to an integer overflow in io_uring. Affected: Linux kernel versions prior to 5.4.189; and 5.4.24 and later versions (per the entry). Root cause: overflow/wraparound in io_uring handling that can lead to memory corruption. Impact...

CVE-2022-2959

CVE-2022-2959 is a Linux kernel race condition in the watch queue due to a missing lock in pipe_resize_ring(), affecting handling of pipe buffers. The flaw, described in multiple sources (including upstream commit references and security bulletins), can allow a local user to crash the system or e...

CVE-2023-52809

CVE-2023-52809 : Linux kernel vulnerability in scsi: libfc where fc_lport_ptp_setup() could dereference a NULL pointer if fc_rport_create() returns NULL. The fix adds a check on fc_rport_create()’s return value and logs an error when it fails. Affects the kernel’s SCSI/FC path; local access requi...

CVE-2023-6915

CVE-2023-6915 is a NULL pointer dereference in ida_free() within lib/idr.c of the Linux kernel leading to potential denial of service. Connected advisories show affected kernels across distributions: Astra Linux lists linux-5.10, 5.15, 6.1; CloudLinux notes ida_free in kernel (CVE-2023-6915) for ...

CVE-2025-21669

CVE-2025-21669 concerns the Linux kernel’s vsock/virtio transport: when a socket is de-assigned or reassigned to another transport, incoming packets must be discarded to avoid accessing vsk->transport in an inconsistent state. The advisory notes a scenario where a connect() interrupted by a si...

CVE-2025-38352

CVE-2025-38352: In the Linux kernel, a TOCTOU race affects posix-cpu-timers between handle_posix_cpu_timers() and posix_cpu_timer_del() when an exiting non-autoreaping task runs from IRQ. The fix adds a tsk->exit_state check into run_posix_cpu_timers() to prevent misdetection of timer->it.c...

CVE-2019-19448

CVE-2019-19448 is a use-after-free in Linux kernel’s Btrfs code (try_merge_free_space in fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c). It can be triggered by mounting a crafted Btrfs image and performing operations followed by a syncfs, due to a pointer alias between left and right data structures. Affected: Lin...

CVE-2019-15213

CVE-2019-15213: Linux kernel before 5.2.3 contains a use-after-free in the DVB‑USB driver (drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c) triggered by a malicious USB device. The issue is limited to the kernel plasma stack in this component and is mitigated by upgrading to kernel 5.2.3 or newer, per t...

CVE-2019-7308

CVE-2019-7308 affects the Linux kernel’s BPF verifier in kernel/bpf/verifier.c prior to 4.20.6. The issue is undesirable out-of-bounds speculation on pointer arithmetic across branches with different state/limits, enabling potential side-channel attacks. Public sources in connected documents cons...

CVE-2022-1734

CVE-2022-1734 affects the Linux kernel nfcmrvl NFC driver (drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/main.c). The flaw is a use-after-free caused by a race between the cleanup path and firmware download, allowing memory corruption with local access (read/write) and potentially denial of service or privilege escalation...

CVE-2022-2503

CVE-2022-2503 affects Linux kernels using Dm-verity/LoadPin. A device-mapper table reload can swap the target to an equivalent dm-linear target, bypassing verification until reboot and allowing root to load untrusted/unsigned kernel modules and firmware. This can enable arbitrary kernel execution...

CVE-2022-36402

CVE-2022-36402 is described in connected advisories as an integer overflow in the vmwgfx driver (Linux kernel) within vmwgfx_execbuf.c, affecting GPUs exposed via /dev/dri/renderD128 (Dxxx). The vulnerability allows a local attacker with a user account to gain elevated privileges and can cause a ...

CVE-2023-39191

The CVE-2023-39191 issue affects the Linux kernel eBPF subsystem: improper validation of dynamic pointers in user-supplied eBPF programs can be exploited by a user with CAP_BPF privileges to escalate privileges and run code in kernel context. Multiple connected advisories (e.g., Red Hat RHSA entr...

CVE-2023-4387

CVE-2023-4387 affects VMware’s vmxnet3 Ethernet NIC driver in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free in vmxnet3_rq_alloc_rx_buf can lead to a double-free during vmxnet3_rq_cleanup_all, causing a system crash and, per advisory text, kernel information leakage. The issue is publicly documented in Nessu...

CVE-2024-44989

CVE-2024-44989 is a Linux kernel vulnerability affecting bonding with xfrm offload, caused by setting real_dev to NULL (callbacks assume real_dev is always set). This can lead to a null-pointer dereference in offload/add SA paths (notably bond_ipsec_offload_ok/nsim_ipsec_offload_ok) when SA setup...

CVE-2018-10876

A confirmed vulnerability in the Linux kernel ext4 filesystem: CVE-2018-10876 is a use-after-free in ext4_ext_remove_space() when mounting a crafted ext4 image, allowing a local attacker to crash the system and, per some sources, potentially execute arbitrary code. Public references in the connec...

CVE-2020-25673

CVE-2020-25673 is described in connected documents as a Linux kernel vulnerability where a non-blocking socket in llcp_sock_connect() can cause a memory leak and eventually hang the system. The Unity Linux UTSA-2026-001467 advisory and related Nessus plugins reiterate this issue, referencing a vu...

CVE-2023-3773

The CVE-2023-3773 entry describes a flaw in the Linux kernel’s XFRM (IP framework) where parsing netlink attributes can trigger a 4-byte out-of-bounds read of XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH. This could allow a malicious user with CAP_NET_ADMIN to leak sensitive heap data to userspace. The provided descripti...

CVE-2024-53142

CVE-2024-53142: Linux kernel initramfs fix for filename buffer overrun. Root cause: during initramfs cpio extraction, the do_name() path passed a non-zero-terminated filename to kernel file operations, allowing trailing bytes from uninitialized memory to be incorporated into a created path. Impac...

CVE-2019-9003

CVE-2019-9003 affects the Linux kernel prior to 4.20.5. The issue is a use-after-free in drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c that can trigger an oops under certain concurrent execution, demonstrated by a service ipmievd restart loop. Impact is availability disruption (HIGH) with no confidentialit...

CVE-2021-3659

CVE-2021-3659 is a local NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel’s IEEE 802.15.4 LR-WPAN subsystem. The specific code path cited in connected sources is a NULL pointer dereference in llsec_key_alloc() within net/mac802154/llsec.c, which can be triggered during LR-WPAN connection closure and ...

CVE-2023-0045

The CVE-2023-0045 entry concerns the Linux kernel Spectre v2 mitigation for prctl-based task toggling. The underlying issue is that IBPB is not issued immediately during the prctl syscall; ib_prctl_set updates TIFs and SPEC_CTRL MSR, but IBPB is only emitted on the next schedule after TIF checks....

CVE-2023-28466

Summary: CVE-2023-28466 affects the Linux kernel up to 6.2.6, where do_tls_getsockopt in net/tls/tls_main.c can race due to a missing lock_sock, causing a use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference. The condition is a local, kernel‑level issue with potential crashes or memory corruption as descri...

CVE-2013-2929

CVE-2013-2929 : The Linux kernel before 3.12.2 fails to properly use get_dumpable in the ptrace subsystem (kernel/ptrace.c, arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h). This allows a local unprivileged user to bypass ptrace restrictions or read IA64 scratch registers via a crafted application. The vulnera...

CVE-2016-8655

CVE-2016-8655 describes a race condition in the Linux kernel AF_PACKET path (net/packet/af_packet.c) that, up to version 4.8.12, could allow a local user with CAP_NET_RAW to change a socket version via packet_set_ring/packet_setsockopt, leading to use-after-free, privilege escalation or DoS. Conn...

CVE-2020-8835

CVE-2020-8835 affects Linux kernel 5.5.0 and newer, with backports to 5.4.x. The issue is in the BPF verifier (kernel/bpf/verifier.c): it truncates 64-bit values to 32-bit for 32-bit operations, causing the verifier’s checked bounds to diverge from actual execution. This can lead to out-of-bounds...

CVE-2022-49543

CVE-2022-49543 documents a Linux kernel issue in the ath11k/mhi PM wake path. The root cause is a mismatch between mhi_deassert_dev_wake() and __mhi_device_get_sync() during recovery, where pm_state is not normal and dev_wake may remain non-zero, triggering a warning in mhi_pm_disable_transition(...

CVE-2023-2235

CVE-2023-2235 describes a local privilege-escalation use-after-free in the Linux Kernel Performance Events subsystem. The flaw stems from perf_group_detach not checking siblings’ attach_state before add_event_to_groups(), coupled with remove_on_exec allowing list_del_event() on the event before d...

CVE-2023-3141

CVE-2023-3141 : A use-after-free in the Linux kernel memstick driver (drivers/memstick/host/r592.c, function r592_remove) can crash the system on device disconnect and may lead to kernel information leaks. Affected tracked advisories confirm this issue across multiple vendor/distro kernels (e.g.,...

CVE-2024-42070

CVE-2024-42070 affects the Linux kernel netfilter nft_tables component. The issue is in the NFT_DATA_VALUE store validation for data registers; the datatype can be NFT_DATA_VALUE or NFT_DATA_VERDICT, and a new helper to infer the register type from the set datatype removes a conditional check. Th...

CVE-2024-44990

CVE-2024-44990 is a Linux kernel vulnerability fixed in the bonding subsystem: the function bond_ipsec_offload_ok dereferenced a pointer without validating an active slave, risking a NULL pointer dereference. The connected docs confirm the root cause (checking for an active slave before dereferen...

CVE-2025-21638

CVE-2025-21638 affects the Linux kernel SCTP sysctl: auth_enable. Root cause: using current->nsproxy can be NULL or inconsistently reflect netns, causing potential issues; remediation fixes rely on obtaining net from table->data via container_of() rather than current. Affected advisories in...

CVE-2013-4343

CVE-2013-4343 is a use-after-free in drivers/net/tun.c of the Linux kernel up to and including 3.11.1. An unprivileged local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN can exploit an invalid tuntap interface name passed to TUNSETIFF to gain privileges. The vulnerability affects the tun/tap subsystem by abusing a us...

CVE-2018-19407

CVE-2018-19407 affects the Linux kernel’s KVM x86 code path: the function vcpu_scan_ioapic in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c can trigger a NULL pointer dereference when the IOAPIC is uninitialized, leading to local denial of service. Affected scope is Linux kernels up to 4.19.2 (no explicit exploit details p...

CVE-2024-26915

The Linux kernel contains a vulnerability in the drm/amdgpu component where the IH OVERFLOW_CLEAR bit was not being reset. This issue allows for the detection of subsequent IH ring buffer overflows . The vulnerability has been addressed in various distributions, including Astra Linux , Unity Linu...

CVE-2022-0286

Summary: CVE-2022-0286 affects the Linux kernel and is caused by a null pointer dereference in bond_ipsec_add_sa(), which can enable a local attacker to cause a denial of service. The NVD metrics indicate a Local, Low/Medium impact with a base CVSSv3.1 score of 5.5 (I/N/A high) and base CVSSv2 sc...

CVE-2022-36123

The CVE-2022-36123 entry pertains to the Linux kernel prior to 5.18.13, where an unclear clear operation for the .bss block may allow Xen PV guests to trigger a denial of service or privilege escalation. Affected component: Linux kernel (xen pv guest context) up to version 5.18.12; fixed in 5.18....

CVE-2022-4139

CVE-2022-4139 describes an incorrect TLB flush in the Linux kernel’sGPU i915 driver, potentially causing random memory corruption or data leaks. The issue could allow a local user to crash the system or escalate privileges. The available connected documents consistently present the same descripti...

CVE-2023-2162

Astra Linux security bulletin mirrors CVE-2023-2162, documenting a use-after-free in Linux kernel (iscsi_sw_tcp_session_create in drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c) that could allow a local attacker to leak kernel internal information. The Astra Linux entry identifies the affected kernel subcomponent (SCS...

CVE-2023-2513

CVE-2023-2513 is a use-after-free in the Linux kernel ext4 filesystem related to handling extra inode size for extended attributes. The flaw could let a privileged local user crash the system or trigger undefined behavior. The Astra Linux bulletin confirms the same issue in Linux kernel (linux-5....

CVE-2023-42756

CVE-2023-42756 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in the Netfilter/IPSET subsystem caused by a race between IPSET_CMD_ADD and IPSET_CMD_SWAP that can lead to a kernel panic and local system crash. The description indicates a local attacker may crash the machine due to calling __ip_set_put on a wrong...

CVE-2023-52438

CVE-2023-52438 concerns a Linux kernel use-after-free in the binder shrinker path. The issue arises because the mmap read lock is held during the shrinker’s callback, making alloc->vma unsafe to access when munmap races with shrink. The fix downgrades or avoids the unsafe path by isolating the...

CVE-2015-7872

CVE-2015-7872 affects the Linux kernel (security/keys/gc.c: key_gc_unused_keys) up to version 4.2.6. A local attacker can trigger a DoS (OOPS) using crafted keyctl commands. Connected documents reference upstream kernel commits (f05819df10d7b09f6d1eb6f8534a8f68e5a4fe61 and ce1fad2740c648a4340f6f6...

CVE-2019-18683

CVE-2019-18683 affects the Linux kernel’s V4L2 vivid driver (drivers/media/platform/vivid). The issue arises from wrong mutex locking in functions vivid_stop_generating_vid_cap(), vivid_stop_generating_vid_out(), sdr_cap_stop_streaming(), and related kthreads, causing multiple race conditions dur...

CVE-2022-28389

CVE-2022-28389 : In the Linux kernel up to version 5.17.1, mcba_usb_start_xmit implemented in drivers/net/can/usb/mcba_usb.c has a double free vulnerability. The issue is documented in multiple advisories linked to this CVE, including Astra Linux and Amazon Linux 2 ALAS advisories, which explicit...