CVE-2016-9756

CVE-2016-9756 affects Linux kernel’s x86 KVM emulation (arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c). The root cause is improper initialization of Code Segment (CS) in certain error paths, enabling a local attacker to read sensitive kernel stack memory via a crafted user-space program. A fix was released in Linux ker...

CVE-2016-1237

CVE-2016-1237 affects the Linux kernel’s nfsd: a missing permissions check when setting POSIX ACLs allows a local user to bypass file-permission restrictions by manipulating ACLs (nfs2acl.c, nfs3acl.c, nfs4acl.c). The vulnerability is described as present in kernels up to 4.6.3 and is addressed i...

CVE-2016-3689

CVE-2016-3689 affects the Linux kernel: the ims_pcu_parse_cdc_data function in drivers/input/misc/ims-pcu.c is exploitable via a USB device with no master/slave interfaces, allowing a physically proximate attacker to trigger a denial of service (system crash). A patch is available in kernel 4.5.1...

CVE-2016-9083

CVE-2016-9083 affects the Linux kernel VFIO PCI driver. The vulnerability is a state machine confusion bug in vfio_pci.c that lets a local attacker bypass integer overflow checks and trigger memory corruption, potentially causing a denial of service. Root cause is related to VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ...

CVE-2016-8630

Consolidated from CVE-2016-8630 detail: The Linux kernel, prior to 4.8.7, when KVM is enabled, is vulnerable to a local Denial of Service where a crafted ModR/M byte used with an undefined x86 instruction can crash the host OS. Affected component is arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c. Impact is host stabilit...

CVE-2016-9191

CVE-2016-9191 affects the Linux kernel (cgroup offline drain operations) up to version 4.8.11. A local attacker inside a container environment can cause a denial of service (system hang) by crafting an application. The provided documents confirm the vulnerability and affected mechanism but do not...

CVE-2016-3699

CVE-2016-3699 affects the Linux kernel as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 and Red Hat MRG 2 when booted with UEFI Secure Boot. The issue allows local attackers to bypass Secure Boot restrictions and execute untrusted code by appending ACPI tables to the initrd. The connected documents corrob...

CVE-2016-3951

CVE-2016-3951 concerns a double-free in Linux kernel drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c, exploitable when a USB device with an invalid descriptor is inserted. Affected: Linux kernel pre-4.5; impact: denial of service (system crash) and potential unspecified effects. The linked Unity security advisories co...

CVE-2015-8845

CVE-2015-8845 affects the Linux kernel on powerpc platforms prior to 4.4.1. The vulnerability arises because the tm_reclaim_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c may proceed with a TM reclaim call without verifying that TM suspend mode exists, enabling local users to trigger a denial o...

CVE-2016-3138

CVE-2016-3138 : The Linux kernel’s acm_probe in drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c is vulnerable before 4.5.1. A USB device with no both a control and a data endpoint descriptor can trigger a NULL pointer dereference, enabling a physically proximate attacker to crash the system. Impact is denial of serv...

CVE-2016-8632

CVE-2016-8632 affects the Linux kernel’s tipc_msg_build() in net/tipc/msg.c (up to version 4.8.11). The vulnerability stems from failing to validate the relationship between minimum fragment length and maximum packet size, enabling a local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN to gain privileges or cause a hea...

CVE-2016-1576

CVE-2016-1576 concerns the Linux kernel overlayfs. The overlayfs implementation up to version 4.5.2 does not properly restrict the mount namespace, enabling a local user to gain privileges by mounting an overlay filesystem on top of a FUSE filesystem and then executing a crafted setuid program. T...

CVE-2016-4580

CVE-2016-4580 affects the Linux kernel up to version 4.5.4 (pre-4.5.5). The vulnerability arises in x25_negotiate_facilities() inside net/x25/x25_facilities.c where a data structure is not properly initialized, enabling an attacker to read sensitive data from kernel stack memory via an X.25 Call ...

CVE-2016-9178

CVE-2016-9178 affects the Linux kernel prior to 4.7.5. The macro __get_user_asm_ex in arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h does not initialize a certain integer variable, allowing local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by triggering a failure of a get_user_ex call. Impact ...

CVE-2016-2053

CVE-2016-2053: The Linux kernel’s asn1_ber_decoder in lib/asn1_decoder.c is vulnerable to denial-of-service (panic) via a crafted ASN.1 BER file that lacks a public key. The issue occurs in kernel builds prior to 4.3. Consequence is a local DoS without authenticated user interaction. Affected com...

CVE-2016-6327

CVE-2016-6327 affects the Linux kernel: the infiniband ulp srpt driver (ib_srpt.c) before 4.5.1 is vulnerable to a local denial-of-service via an ABORT_TASK command that aborts a device write operation, leading to a NULL pointer dereference and system crash. Affected are kernels prior to 4.5.1; r...

CVE-2016-9644

CVE-2016-9644 involves the Linux kernel, where the __get_user_asm_ex macro in arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h, for kernels 4.4.22–4.4.28, uses extended asm statements that are incompatible with the exception table. This misalignment can allow local attackers to obtain root on non-SMEP platforms by...

CVE-2016-2550

The CVE-2016-2550 issue affects the Linux kernel prior to 4.5. It arises from incorrect tracking of descriptor ownership and from sending each descriptor over a UNIX domain socket before closing it, enabling a local attacker to bypass file-des descriptor limits and cause memory‑exhaustion denial ...

CVE-2016-3136

CVE-2016-3136 affects the Linux kernel up to version 4.5.0, where the mct_u232_msr_to_state function in drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232.c can be triggered by a crafted USB device without two interrupt-in endpoint descriptors. This allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NU...

CVE-2015-8551

CVE-2015-8551 affects the Xen PCI backend driver (pciback) when Xen runs on x86 with a Linux 3.1.x–4.3.x driver domain. The issue arises from missing sanity checks in XEN_PCI_OP_* operations, allowing a local guest administrator with access to a passed-through MSI/MSI-X PCI device to trigger BUG ...

CVE-2015-8787

The CVE-2015-8787 entry concerns the Linux kernel, specifically the nf_nat_redirect_ipv4() function in net/netfilter/nf_nat_redirect.c. The vulnerability arises in kernel builds before 4.4, where remote attackers can send IPv4 packets to an incompletely configured interface to trigger a NULL poin...

CVE-2015-8952

CVE-2015-8952 : The mbcache feature in the Linux kernel’s ext2/ext4 implementations mishandles xattr block caching, enabling a local attacker to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) in environments with many attributes (as demonstrated by Ceph and Samba). The vulnerability is present in kernel...

CVE-2015-8962

CVE-2015-8962: Double free in sg_common_write (drivers/scsi/sg.c) of the Linux kernel before 4.4. A local user can gain privileges or cause memory corruption/system crash by detaching a device during an SG_IO ioctl. Remediation: upgrade to Linux kernel 4.4+ or apply vendor patch; exploitation con...

CVE-2016-4568

CVE-2016-4568 affects the Linux kernel’s videobuf2-v4l2 implementation (drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-v4l2.c). The flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a kernel memory write (and potential other impact) via a crafted number of planes in a VIDIOC_DQBUF ioctl, leading to a denial of service ...

CVE-2016-0823

The CVE-2016-0823 entry concerns the Linux kernel vulnerability in which pagemap_open (fs/proc/task_mmu.c) on kernels before 3.19.3, including Android 6.0.1 before 2016-03-01, can let a local user read pagemap data to obtain sensitive physical-address information. This is triggered by reading the...

CVE-2015-8709

CVE-2015-8709 affects the Linux kernel, specifically the code path in kernel/ptrace.c up to version 4.4.1. The issue arises from how uid and gid mappings are handled when establishing a user namespace, allowing a local user to gain privileges by waiting for a root process to enter that namespace ...

CVE-2016-7915

CVE-2016-7915 affects the Linux kernel, where the hid_input_field function in drivers/hid/hid-core.c (pre-4.6) can be triggered by a physically proximate USB device (e.g., Logitech DJ receiver) to perform an out-of-bounds read, leaking kernel memory or causing a denial of service. The issue arise...

CVE-2015-0573

CVE-2015-0573 affects the Linux kernel 3.x TSC driver (drivers/media/platform/msm/broadcast/tsc.c) as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android MSM builds. The vulnerability is a use of the TSC_GET_CARD_STATUS ioctl that can trigger an invalid pointer dereference, leading to a denial of s...

CVE-2016-5412

CVE-2016-5412 affects the Linux kernel on PowerPC with CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HV enabled. A guest OS user can trigger a host denial of service (infinite loop) by issuing a H_CEDE hypercall while a transaction is suspended. The description in the supplied documents confirms the affected file and con...

CVE-2016-7917

CVE-2016-7917 affects the Linux kernel’s netfilter: the nfnetlink_rcv_batch() function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c does not validate the batch length against the message, enabling a local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN to read kernel memory or trigger a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds...

CVE-2016-5344

CVE-2016-5344 affects the MDSS driver in the Linux kernel 3.x, used in Qualcomm QuIC Android MSM contributions. The root cause is multiple integer overflows triggered by large size values in mdss_compat_utils.c, mdss_fb.c, and mdss_rotator.c, potentially causing denial of service and possibly oth...

CVE-2015-0570

CVE-2015-0570 is a stack-based buffer overflow in the SET_WPS_IE IOCTL in wlan_hdd_hostapd.c of the Linux kernel WLAN driver (3.x/4.x), as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and similar products. Exploitation requires a crafted application with a long ...

CVE-2016-4557

CVE-2016-4557 affects the Linux kernel up to 4.5.4, where the replace_map_fd_with_map_ptr function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c mishandles an fd data structure, enabling local privilege escalation or a denial of service (use-after-free) via crafted BPF instructions referencing an incorrect file descr...

CVE-2015-8575

CVE-2015-8575: In Linux kernel

CVE-2011-5321

The vulnerability CVE-2011-5321 affects the Linux kernel up to version 3.1.0, specifically the tty_open function in drivers/tty/tty_io.c, where a driver-lookup failure can lead to a NULL pointer dereference and system crash via crafted access to /dev/pts devices. Local users can cause a denial of...

CVE-2015-8944

CVE-2015-8944 concerns the Linux kernel up to version 4.7 (as used in Android on Nexus 6/7 devices before 2016-08-05). The ioresources_init function in kernel/resource.c uses weak permissions for /proc/iomem, allowing local users to read this file and obtain sensitive information. The description...

CVE-2016-2547

The CVE-2016-2547 issue affects Linux kernel sound/core/timer.c prior to 4.4.1. The root cause is a locking approach that ignores slave timer instances, enabling a local attacker to trigger a denial-of-service via a crafted ioctl (race condition/use-after-free leading to system crash). Public adv...

CVE-2016-2549

CVE-2016-2549 affects the Linux kernel prior to version 4.4.1, where sound/core/hrtimer.c fails to prevent recursive callback access, enabling local users to trigger a denial of service (deadlock) via a crafted ioctl. Connected advisories (Unity Linux UTSA-2026-000840/000...) confirm this issue i...

CVE-2015-8844

CVE-2015-8844 affects the Linux kernel on PowerPC where the signal implementation does not validate an MSR with both the S and T bits set. This can enable a local attacker to cause a denial of service (TM Bad Thing exception and panic) via a crafted application. The vulnerability is fixed in the ...

CVE-2016-5243

CVE-2016-5243 affects the Linux kernel up to 4.6.3. The tipc_nl_compat_link_dump function in net/tipc/netlink_compat.c does not properly copy a string, enabling a local attacker to read sensitive data from kernel stack memory via a Netlink message. Impact is information disclosure with LOCAL acce...

CVE-2016-8660

CVE-2016-8660 affects the Linux kernel XFS subsystem up to version 4.8.2. A local attacker can trigger a denial of service (fdatasync failure and system hang) by using the vfs syscall group in the Trinity program, due to a page lock order bug in the XFS seek hole/data implementation. The root cau...

CVE-2014-9904

CVE-2014-9904 affects the Linux kernel ALSA subsystem: snd_compress_check_input in sound/core/compress_offload.c before 3.17 fails to check for an integer overflow. This can allow local users to cause a denial of service (insufficient memory allocation) or other unspecified impact via a crafted S...

CVE-2016-3713

CVE-2016-3713 affects the Linux kernel up to version 4.6.0 (fixed in 4.6.1). The vulnerability lies in msr_mtrr_valid() in arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c, which incorrectly supports MSR 0x2f8 and allows a guest OS user to read or write the kvm_arch_vcpu data structure. Impact includes potential information ...

CVE-2014-9803

CVE-2014-9803 affects the Linux kernel and Android deployments using affected kernels prior to 3.15-rc5-next-20140519 (notably on Nexus 5X/6P before 2016-07-05). The issue arises in arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h where execute-only pages are mishandled, enabling a local attacker to gain privile...

CVE-2016-2548

CVE-2016-2548 affects the Linux kernel’s sound/core/timer.c prior to 4.4.1. The issue arises because the kernel may retain certain linked lists after a close or stop action (snd_timer_close and _snd_timer_stop), enabling a local attacker to trigger a denial-of-service (system crash) via a crafted...

CVE-2015-8324

CVE-2015-8324 affects the ext4 driver in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.34. The issue arises from incomplete tracking of initialization for certain ext4 data structures, enabling physically proximate attackers to trigger a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via a crafted USB de...

CVE-2016-2543

CVE-2016-2543 affects the Linux kernel before 4.4.1: the snd_seq_ioctl_remove_events path in sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c does not verify FIFO assignment before clearing, enabling local users to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and an OOPS (denial of service). Remediation: upgrade to kernel 4...

CVE-2014-9900

CVE-2014-9900 affects the Linux kernel (ethtool_get_wol in net/core/ethtool.c) up to version 4.7. It can leak kernel memory due to uninitialized data, enabling local information disclosure. Reported impact seen on Android devices (Nexus 5/2013 era) with Android before 2016-08-05. Public advisorie...

CVE-2016-6130

CVE-2016-6130 is a race condition in the Linux kernel's sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb path (drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c) prior to 4.6 that can allow local users to disclose kernel memory by altering a length field (double fetch). The vulnerability is described as a local information-disclosure due to memo...

CVE-2016-2546

CVE-2016-2546 : In the Linux kernel, sound/core/timer.c uses an incorrect mutex type, enabling local attackers to trigger a denial of service via a crafted ioctl. Root cause is a mutex type misusage that can cause race conditions and use-after-free leading to system crashes. Affected function/fil...