CVE-2024-35978

CVE-2024-35978 details (Grounded in provided docs): Linux kernel Bluetooth stack has a memory leak in hci_req_sync_complete() where previous sync state is not freed before reassigning a new one. The Astra Linux security bulletin confirms the same Linux kernel vulnerability with the same fix acros...

CVE-2024-40972

CVE-2024-40972 : In the Linux kernel, the ext4_xattr_set_entry() path creates new EA inodes while holding the external xattr block’s buffer lock, nesting allocation locks and risking deadlock. The fix moves EA inode allocation out of ext4_xattr_set_entry() to the callers, preventing lock nesting....

CVE-2024-41023

CVE-2024-41023 — Linux kernel vulnerability in sched/deadline: a task_struct reference leak occurs when a timer is canceled before expiration after start_dl_timer() increments the refcount. The leak happens because the timer callback is supposed to decrement the reference count, but an early-canc...

CVE-2024-42124

CVE-2024-42124 affects the Linux kernel and fixes a preemption bug in qedf by making qedf_execute_tmf() non-preemptible. The issue was triggered by calling smp_processor_id() from preemptible code in qedf_execute_tmf90, causing a BUG_ON on RT kernels. Affected context is kernel-level SCSI qedf dr...

CVE-2024-42240

CVE-2024-42240: Linux kernel x86/bhi vulnerability where, when BHI mitigation is enabled, an entry_SYSENTER_compat() sequence could trigger a #DB handler warning due to the TF single-step bit handling. The fix changes the order to clear the TF flag before or after clearing branch history as appro...

CVE-2024-42322

CVE-2024-42322 (Linux kernel) : A vulnerability in the IPVS path (net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c) arises from dereferencing a pointer named “pe” in ip_vs_add_service. The fix uses the pointer directly (use pe directly) to resolve a sparse-warnings issue and prevent a potential dereference issue. ...

CVE-2024-43871

CVE-2024-43871 (Linux kernel) is resolved by fixing a memory leakage in the devres path when using driver API devm_free_percpu to free memory allocated by devm_alloc_percpu. The root cause was that devm_free_percpu() called devres_destroy(), which could leak memory; the patch uses devres_release(...

CVE-2024-44946

CVE-2024-44946 (Linux kernel, KCM) has a confirmed UAF/double-free risk in kcm_release arising when one thread frees an skb still in the KCM write queue due to concurrent kcm_sendmsg() operations. The issue occurs when a thread building a MSG_MORE skb holds kcm->seq_skb while another thread co...

CVE-2024-49894

CVE-2024-49894 : Linux kernel DRM/AMD display degamma translation had an index-out-of-bounds in cm_helper_translate_curve_to_degamma_hw_format when i exceeded TRANSFER_FUNC_POINTS. A bounds check was added to ensure i stays within transfer function points; otherwise the function returns an error....

CVE-2024-50049

CVE-2024-50049 affects the Linux kernel DRM AMD display path. The vulnerability arises from dereferencing a se pointer that could be NULL after a prior null check in the same function, leading to a FORWARD_NULL condition. Exploitation would be LOCAL with LOW privileges and no user interaction, po...

CVE-2024-50121

CVE-2024-50121 affects the Linux kernel component nfsd, specifically the race where nfsd_shrinker_work may be cancelled in nfs4_state_shutdown_net without waiting for the shrinker to exit. This can cause warnings and use-after-free scenarios when unhashing and destroying nfsd clients during net s...

CVE-2024-53091

The connected Astra Linux bulletin and CVE record confirm a Linux kernel TLS offload flaw (CVE-2024-53091) addressed by a patch that adds sk_is_inet and IS_ICSK checks in tls_sw_has_ctx_tx/rx. The change is motivated by support for vsock and af_unix sockets in sockmap, where sockets can be vsock_...

CVE-2025-21959

CVE-2025-21959 affects the Linux kernel nf_conncount under netfilter. The vulnerability stems from incomplete initialization of nf_conncount_tuple in the insert_tree path: cpu and jiffies32 fields are initialized during nf_conncount_add() but not in the corresponding insert_tree() allocation, aft...

CVE-2014-7970

CVE-2014-7970 is described in connected Lenovo advisories as a Linux kernel vulnerability where pivot_root() could be misused to trigger a local denial of service (mount-tree loop) via dot-path arguments. Lenovo’s advisory for PowerKVM lists affected product: PowerKVM v3.1, and states the issue i...

CVE-2017-1000370

CVE-2017-1000370 affects the Linux kernel (4.11.5 and earlier) on i386. The offset2lib patch vulnerability lets a PIE binary be execve’d with an enormous 1 GB argument/environment list, causing the stack to occupy 0x80000000 and the PIE binary to be mapped above 0x40000000, bypassing the patch’s ...

CVE-2017-16646

CVE-2017-16646 affects the Linux kernel driver for USB DVB devices: specifically drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dib0700_devices.c, with the vulnerability present in kernels up to 4.13.11. A crafted USB device can trigger a local-denial-of-service (BUG and system crash) or possibly other unspecified im...

CVE-2018-14609

CVE-2018-14609 affects the Linux kernel (up to 4.17.10) with an invalid pointer dereference in __del_reloc_root() of fs/btrfs/relocation.c when mounting a crafted Btrfs image. The issue is triggered by removing reloc rb_trees when reloc control has not been initialized, leading to potential denia...

CVE-2021-34866

The connected sources confirm CVE-2021-34866 affects Linux Kernel 5.14-rc3. Root cause: improper validation of user-supplied eBPF programs leading to a type confusion condition in the kernel’s eBPF handling. Impact: local privilege escalation and potential arbitrary code execution in kernel conte...

CVE-2021-4001

CVE-2021-4001 is a race condition in the Linux kernel ebpf verifier between bpf_map_update_elem and bpf_map_freeze caused by a missing lock in kernel/bpf/syscall.c. A local user with cap_sys_admin or cap_bpf can modify the frozen mapped address space. The flaw affects kernel versions prior to 5.1...

CVE-2022-32981

CVE-2022-32981 : Linux kernel up to 5.18.3 on powerpc 32-bit platforms contains a buffer overflow in ptrace PEEKUSER/POKEUSER when accessing floating point registers. The issue is described as a local‑level vulnerability in the kernel’s ptrace access path. The provided documents do not specify af...

CVE-2022-33742

Summary: CVE-2022-33742 is tied to Linux Block and Network PV frontends leaking data due to sharing memory regions without zeroing and because grant-table granularity may expose data within the same 4K page as data shared with a backend. This is described alongside related CVEs (CVE-2022-26365, C...

CVE-2022-49319

CVE-2022-49319 affects the Linux kernel, specifically iommu/arm-smmu-v3. The vulnerability is a NULL pointer dereference that occurs when platform_get_resource() returns NULL, due to a missing return-value check. Affected component/area: ARM SMMU platform resource handling in the IOMMU path. Impa...

CVE-2023-52528

CVE-2023-52528 is a Linux kernel USB networking issue in the smsC75xx driver. The bug caused an uninitialized read in __smsc75xx_read_reg during the bind/probe sequence, leading to a potential uninit-value access in the smsc75xx_wait_ready path when binding the device. The deduced root cause is u...

CVE-2024-35801

CVE-2024-35801 : Linux kernel x86/fpu vulnerability where per-CPU xfd_state could be out of sync with the MSR_IA32_XFD after CPU hotplug, causing XRSTOR to raise #NM and crash. The fix introduces xfd_set_state() to write xfd_state alongside MSR_IA32_XFD and updates all MSR_IA32_XFD writes to use ...

CVE-2024-35973

CVE-2024-35973 affects the Linux kernel's geneve code path. The issue arises from incomplete header validation in geneve_xmit_skb, where skb->protocol handling could leave pskb_inet_may_pull() with an uninitialized or unexpected value, potentially triggering an uninit-value during transmission...

CVE-2024-36919

CVE-2024-36919 — Linux kernel (bnx2fc): The Unity/Miracle/NASL advisories confirm a patch that removes spin_lock_bh when releasing resources after upload in the bnx2fc session offload flow. Root cause: session resources are used by FW/driver during offload; after upload they are no longer needed,...

CVE-2024-38596

CVE-2024-38596 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in af_unix data races between unix_release_sock/unix_stream_sendmsg. The races occur because sk_shutdown is written atomically by unix_release_sock() (WRITE_ONCE) but read non‑atomically by unix_stream_sendmsg(), triggering a KCSAN data race (BUG: KC...

CVE-2024-38598

CVE-2024-38598 — Linux kernel (md/raid10) softlockup during resync Technical details from the provided documents indicate that the issue arises in the md bitmap synchronization path for raid10 during lvextend/lvchange --syncaction, leading to a soft lockup (CPU 3) due to a logic error in md_bitma...

CVE-2024-39473

CVE-2024-39473 affects the Linux kernel ASoC: SOF ipc4-topology. The issue occurs when a process module lacks the base config extension: the same input format is applied to all inputs and process->base_config_ext becomes NULL, allowing a NULL dereference under specific topology/sequences. This...

CVE-2024-39497

CVE-2024-39497: In the Linux kernel, drm/shmem-helper fix for a BUG_ON() triggered by mmap(PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE) in drm_gem_shmem_mmap. The issue arose from a missing check for copy-on-write (COW) mappings, which could lead to a kernel panic at vmf_insert_pfn_prot when a VMA has VM_PFNMAP and ...

CVE-2024-40995

CVE-2024-40995 affects the Linux kernel net/sched: act_api where repeated adds of actions with the same index could hang by causing an infinite loop in tcf_idr_check_alloc. The fix returns -EAGAIN to prevent the loop while preserving documented behavior. Syzbot reported tasks blocked waiting on r...

CVE-2024-41076

CVE-2024-41076: In the Linux kernel, NFSv4: Fix memory leak in nfs4_set_security_label. The vulnerability leaks nfs_fattr and nfs4_label each time a security xattr is set. The connected Astra/IBM bulletins reiterate this CVE as resolved; no other product/vendor/version details are provided in the...

CVE-2024-42077

CVE-2024-42077 - OCFS2 DIO credit handling in Linux kernel : The vulnerability arises when ocfs2_dio_end_io_write() underestimates required transaction credits during large or multi-extents I/O, risking exhaustion of transaction credits and triggering a kernel panic via OCFS2 abort logic. The roo...

CVE-2024-42158

CVE-2024-42158 concerns the Linux kernel s390/pkey code where memory cleanup was updated to use kfree_sensitive() instead of memzero_explicit() and kfree() to address Coccinelle warnings. The connected sources explicitly state the fix involves replacing those calls with kfree_sensitive() to align...

CVE-2024-42284

CVE-2024-42284 affects the Linux kernel Tipc UDP address handling. The vulnerability arises when tipc_udp_addr2str() returns 0 on error, allowing an invalid UDP media address to be treated as valid and potentially triggering a buffer overflow in tipc_media_addr_printf(). The fix commits return a ...

CVE-2024-50029

CVE-2024-50029 refers to a Linux kernel bug in Bluetooth handling. The issue is a use-after-free in hci_enhanced_setup_sync where the ACL connection can be destroyed while a cmd_sync is pending, leading to a KASAN slab-use-after-free in hci_enhanced_setup_sync. The description includes a trace sh...

CVE-2024-50135

CVE-2024-50135 pertains to the Linux kernel nvme-pci driver. A race between reset and nvme_dev_disable() could corrupt dev->online_queues, causing invalid values to be passed to blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues(). The Linux kernel advisory states the fix is to lock the shutdown_lock mutex before usi...

CVE-2024-56647

CVE-2024-56647: In the Linux kernel, icmp host relookup can trigger ip_rt_bug when ARP/link conditions and xfrm are involved. The fix skips icmp relookup for locally generated packets (e.g., ICMP errors) to avoid dst->out being ip_rt_bug on loopback and similar scenarios. Reproduced scenario s...

CVE-2024-56729

CVE-2024-56729 concerns the Linux kernel’s SMB/CIFS path. The vulnerability arises from not initializing cfid->tcon before performing network operations, which can cause a leak of a tcon reference when a lease-break races with opening a cached directory. The described root cause is that cached...

CVE-2024-57807

CVE-2024-57807 is tied to the Linux kernel's SCSI megaraid_sas driver. The issue is a potential deadlock caused by a circular locking dependency between instance->reset_mutex and shost->scan_mutex, which could occur during lock ordering. The confirmed fix temporarily releases the reset_mute...

CVE-2025-38000

CVE-2025-38000 affects the Linux kernel HFSC scheduler qlen accounting: when enqueuing the first packet, hfsc_enqueue() previously used child qdisc peek() before updating sch->q.qlen and sch->qstats.backlog, which could trigger a dequeue and leave the HFSC class in an inconsistent state (po...

CVE-2026-46135

CVE-2026-46135 affects the Linux kernel nvmet-tcp (NVMe over TCP). A race between ICReq handling and target‑side queue teardown can transition queue state in a non‑serialized way, potentially allowing a second teardown path and a re‑entry after a disconnect, including a possible double free scena...

CVE-2010-2521

CVE-2010-2521 affects the Linux kernel NFS server (fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c) prior to 2.6.34-rc6. The issue is due to multiple buffer overflows in the XDR implementation, exploitable via a crafted NFSv4 WRITE request, impacting the read_buf and nfsd4_decode_compound paths. Consequences include denial of...

CVE-2015-3331

CVE-2015-3331 affects the Linux kernel up to 3.19.2, where __driver_rfc4106_decrypt in arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c mishandles memory locations for encrypted data, enabling a context-dependent attacker to trigger a buffer overflow via a crypto API call (e.g., with a libkcapi test program us...

CVE-2019-19037

CVE-2019-19037 affects the Linux kernel ext4 implementation: ext4_empty_dir in fs/ext4/namei.c up to kernel 5.3.12 can trigger a NULL pointer dereference when ext4_read_dirblock(inode,0,DIRENT_HTREE) evaluates to zero. Connected Nessus advisories (Unity Linux UTSA-2026-003782/003750/001396) echo ...

CVE-2020-35499

CVE-2020-35499 describes a NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel versions prior to 5.11 due to a missing sanity check in sco_sock_getsockopt (net/bluetooth/sco.c) when using BT_SNDMTU/BT_RCVMTU for SCO sockets. The issue allows a local attacker with elevated privileges to crash the system or l...

CVE-2021-26934

CVE-2021-26934 affects the Linux kernel versions 4.18 through 5.10.16 as used by Xen. The root cause is that the backend allocation (be-alloc) mode of the drm_xen_front drivers was not intended to be a supported configuration, but this was not clearly stated in its support status entry. Public do...

CVE-2021-47378

CVE-2021-47378 affects the Linux kernel nvme-rdma code: destroying cm_id before destroying the qp can cause a use-after-free in RDMA error flow. The fix documented in multiple sources is to always destroy cm_id before destroying the qp, with qp subsequently destroyed in nvme_rdma_alloc_queue() af...

CVE-2022-2978

CVE-2022-2978 – NILFS use-after-free in Linux kernel : A local attacker could trigger a use-after-free in nilfs_mdt_destroy via security_inode_alloc, potentially crashing the system or enabling privilege escalation. This vulnerability is tied to the NILFS filesystem in the Linux kernel. The conne...

CVE-2023-1990

CVE-2023-1990 describes a use-after-free in ndlc_remove() within Linux kernel’s drivers/nfc/st-nci/ndlc.c, enabling a local attacker to crash the system due to a race condition. The Astra Linux advisory (and Debian advisories with CVE lists) corroborate the same flaw in the Linux kernel. The prov...