CVE-2024-42079

CVE-2024-42079 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in the gfs2 subsystem that could lead to a NULL pointer dereference during log flush operations. The root cause is a race between outstanding glock work and unmount, which could cause gfs2_log_flush() to dereference a freed or NULL sdp->sd_jdesc. ...

CVE-2020-10774

CVE-2020-10774: A local memory disclosure flaw in the Linux kernel sysctl subsystem allows reading uninitialized kernel memory when reading /proc/sys/kernel/rh_features, affecting kernel versions before 4.18.0-193.el8. Root cause is a memory disclosure in the sysctl path; impact is confidentialit...

CVE-2015-8812

CVE-2015-8812 affects the Linux kernel CXGB3 driver; a use-after-free in drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm.c can be triggered by crafted packets to remotely execute code or cause a denial of service. Impact is a remote-code execution/DoS via network traffic with the vulnerability labeled as hig...

CVE-2023-52606

CVE-2023-52606 affects the Linux kernel’s powerpc/lib path, where the sstep.c FP/VMX vector operation size assumption was not consistently enforced. The underlying issue: analyse_instr() determines operation size separately, risking kernel stack corruption when the assumption is violated. The fix...

CVE-2024-56600

CVE-2024-56600 (Linux kernel) : The issue arises in inet6_create() where sock_init_data() attaches an allocated sk to the sock, and if inet6_create() later fails, the sock keeps a dangling sk pointer, risking use-after-free. The fix, as described, is to clear the sock’s sk pointer on error to pre...

CVE-2016-4913

The CVE-2016-4913 issue affects the Linux kernel (fs/isofs/rock.c) and concerns get_rock_ridge_filename mishandling of NM (alternate name) entries containing a NUL character. A local attacker mounting a crafted isofs filesystem could read kernel memory due to this information leak. The vulnerabil...

CVE-2017-9074

Affected software: Linux kernel IPv6 fragmentation code. Root cause: nexthdr field may be associated with an invalid option, leading to an out-of-bounds read/BUG via crafted socket and send calls. Impact: local denial of service and potential unspecified effects (information leakage/compromise as...

CVE-2021-4159

CVE-2021-4159 is described in connected documents as a Linux kernel EBPF verifier flaw that could allow a local attacker to leak internal kernel memory by causing uninitialized or sensitive data to be exposed to userspace when handling internal data structures during eBPF code insertion. The issu...

CVE-2017-2618

CVE-2017-2618 is a Linux kernel local vulnerability caused by how SELinux attributes are cleared on /proc/pid/attr. An empty write to that file can crash the system by triggering access to unmapped kernel memory. The connected Nessus entries (Unity Linux, MiracleLinux AXSA advisory, and related p...

CVE-2019-19227

The CVE-2019-19227 issue affects the Linux kernel AppleTalk subsystem prior to 5.1. The vulnerability is a potential NULL pointer dereference caused by register_snap_client returning NULL, which can trigger a denial of service in net/appletalk/aarp.c and net/appletalk/ddp.c (e.g., via unregister_...

CVE-2021-47548

CVE-2021-47548 (Linux kernel ethernet: hisilicon: hns: hns_dsaf_misc) fixes an array overflow in hns_dsaf_ge_srst_by_port(). The port check was port >= DSAF_GE_NUM (8), but dsaf_dev->mac_cb has length DSAF_MAX_PORT_NUM (6); ports 6–7 could access dsaf_dev->mac_cb[port] and overflow. The ...

CVE-2022-48773

CVE-2022-48773 — Linux kernel (xprtrdma rpcrdma_ep_create): Affected code path dereferenced non-NULL pointers in error handling. When rpcrdma_ep_create fails, non-NULL pointers could be left with an error value, causing rpcrdma_ep_destroy to free them and trigger a kernel Oops. The fix adds point...

CVE-2023-52477

In CVE-2023-52477, the Linux kernel USB hub code (drivers/usb/core/hub.c/hub.h) incorrectly accessed fields inside udev->bos without verifying that the BOS descriptor was allocated/initialized. If usb_get_bos_descriptor() fails, udev->bos can be NULL, causing a NULL pointer dereference and ...

CVE-2024-56602

CVE-2024-56602 is confirmed by connected advisories as a Linux kernel issue in net: ieee802154: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in ieee802154_create(), where sock_init_data() attaches a sk to sock and on error the sk remains dangling, allowing use-after-free. The Astra Linux bulletin lists aff...

CVE-2018-10021

CVE-2018-10021 affects the Linux kernel’s SAS SCSI host driver (drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c) prior to 4.16. A local user can trigger certain failure conditions to cause a denial of service (ata_qc leak). A third party disputes the report’s relevance, noting the issue can occur only with p...

CVE-2024-53103

CVE-2024-53103 refers to a Linux kernel vulnerability in hv_sock where, on release of an hvs, vsk->trans could be left uninitialized, creating a dangling pointer. The issue is resolved by explicitly initializing vsk->trans to NULL to prevent use-after-free scenarios. Connected advisories (A...

CVE-2019-19529

CVE-2019-19529 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel prior to 5.3.11 where a malicious USB device could trigger a use-after-free in the mcba_usb.c CAN USB driver, CID-4d6636498c41. Exploitation would require a physical USB interaction and may lead to memory corruption. The connected Nessus advis...

CVE-2023-23000

CVE-2023-23000 affects Linux kernel pre-5.17: in drivers/phy/tegra/xusb.c, tegra_xusb_find_port_node return value is mishandled, with callers expecting NULL in error cases but an error pointer is returned. The referenced fixes appear in kernel 5.17 changelog.

CVE-2023-52475

CVE-2023-52475 : Linux kernel powermate driver has a use-after-free when the device is disconnected. The issue occurs when an asynchronous control message completes after the powermate_device is freed, leaving a dead lock reference. The recommended fix is to cancel in-progress requests on disconn...

CVE-2020-36694

The CVE-2020-36694 issue affects the Linux kernel netfilter path prior to 5.10, enabling a use-after-free in the packet processing context due to mishandling of the per-CPU sequence counter during concurrent iptables rule replacements. Exploitation requires CAP_NET_ADMIN in an unprivileged namesp...

CVE-2022-48703

CVE-2022-48703 affects the Linux kernel’s thermal/int340x_thermal code path. A GDDV package can return a zero-length buffer, causing kmemdup() to yield ZERO_SIZE_PTR and data_vault_read() to dereference NULL. The patch fixes this by introducing checks that treat ZERO_SIZE_PTR and NULL as invalid,...

CVE-2023-1582

CVE-2023-1582 is described in connected documents as a race condition in the Linux kernel's fs/proc/task_mmu.c under the memory management component. It may allow a local privileged user to cause a denial of service. The MiracleLinux advisory block lists the vulnerability and confirms the race co...

CVE-2024-56601

CVE-2024-56601 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in the inet/ code path. The issue arises because sock_init_data() attaches a kernel socket (sk) to a sock, and if inet_create() fails later, the sk is freed but the sock retains a dangling sk pointer, enabling a use-after-free on the sock. The docume...

CVE-2015-8767

CVE-2015-8767 affects the Linux kernel SCTP path: net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c fails to properly synchronize a lock with a socket during heartbeat timeout processing, allowing a local attacker to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted sctp_accept calls. Affected: Linux kernel before 4.3 (pe...

CVE-2024-26846

CVE-2024-26846 affects the Linux kernel’s nvme-fc unloading path. A race between nvme_delete_ctrl and ida_destroy could double-free IDs, causing module unload hangs. The fix adds synchronization to ensure nvme_delete_ctrl code runs before leaving nvme_fc_exit_module and flushes the nvme_delete_wq...

CVE-2024-44931

CVE-2024-44931 describes a speculative information-leak in the Linux kernel gpio path: userspace can trigger a speculative read beyond the gpio descriptor array by calling gpio_ioctl() with an out-of-range offset. The fix sanitizes the offset before using it as an index by applying array_index_no...

CVE-2023-45862

CVE-2023-45862 affects the ENE UB6250 USB reader driver in Linux kernels prior to 6.2.5. The issue is a memory-allocation overrun in drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c where an object could extend beyond the end of an allocation. Risk details are not elaborated in the provided documents beyond this...

CVE-2024-38780

CVE-2024-38780 affects the Linux kernel's dma-buf/sw-sync path. The root cause was replacing spin_unlock_irqrestore() with spin_unlock_irq() in sync_print_obj() (and in sync_debugfs_show()) after commit a6aa8fca4d79, triggering a lockdep warning about inconsistent lock state. The fix uses plain s...

CVE-2024-53194

CVE-2024-53194 is a Linux kernel use-after-free vulnerability in PCI hot‑remove handling. A pci_slot may reference the underlying pci_bus after the bus has been destroyed if pciehp is unbound in the wrong order, causing a use-after-free when slot->bus is accessed. The root cause is missing a r...

CVE-2024-56605

CVE-2024-56605 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in Bluetooth L2CAP handling. The issue arises when bt_sock_alloc() creates an sk object and attaches it to a sock; on error, l2cap_sock_alloc() frees the sk but leaves a dangling sk pointer attached to the sock, allowing a potential use-after-free in...

CVE-2015-8539

CVE-2015-8539 is referenced in MiracleLinux AXSA-2018-2578 as a Linux kernel KEYS subsystem flaw fixed by updating the kernel to a version with mitigations. The vulnerability arises in the KEYS subsystem of the Linux kernel prior to 4.4, where crafted keyctl commands can negatively instantiate a ...

CVE-2018-15572

CVE-2018-15572: Linux kernel

CVE-2023-52478

CVE-2023-52478 concerns the Linux kernel HID driver for Logitech HID++ (logitech-hidpp). The advisory describes four TOCTOU races in hidpp_connect_event(): a harmless protocol retrieval race, a harmless HID name update race, a problematic battery power_supply initialization race, and a potentiall...

CVE-2024-35930

CVE-2024-35930 concerns the Linux kernel SCSI lpfc driver. It fixes a memory leak in lpfc_rcv_padisc() where a failed return from lpfc_sli4_resume_rpi() could leave an elsiocb unreleased and its resources leaked. The remediation is to check the return value of lpfc_sli4_resume_rpi() and, on failu...

CVE-2024-35947

Technical details about CVE-2024-35947 are not publicly provided in the supplied documents; the initial entry notes the Linux kernel BUG_ON fix but no affected products/versions or remediation specifics beyond references. Monitor for updates.

CVE-2016-7913

CVE-2016-7913 affects the Linux kernel tuner driver xc2028 (drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c). The vulnerability stems from xc2028_set_config: if the firmware name is omitted from a data structure, a local attacker can trigger a use-after-free, enabling privilege escalation or a denial of serv...

CVE-2020-27152

CVE-2020-27152 affects the Linux kernel prior to 5.9.2 in arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c (ioapic_lazy_update_eoi). The issue is an infinite loop caused by improper interaction between a resampler and edge triggering. Affected software: Linux kernel up to 5.9.1, with fixed 5.9.2 per ChangeLog-5.9.2. Exploi...

CVE-2020-27830

CVE-2020-27830 is a Linux Kernel vulnerability where spk_ttyio_receive_buf2() can dereference spk_ttyio_synth when it is NULL, causing a NULL-pointer dereference crash. The connected Nessus advisories (Unity Linux UTSA-2026-001485, UTSA-2026-004226, UTSA-2026-003925) reference this CVE as part of...

CVE-2021-20320

CVE-2021-20320 : A flaw in the Linux kernel, specifically in s390 eBPF JIT (bpf_jit_insn in arch/s390/net/bpf_jit_comp.c). The vulnerability could let a local attacker with restricted privileges bypass the verifier and cause a confidentiality impact. Connected advisories (Unity Linux UTSA-2026-00...

CVE-2023-52622

CVE-2023-52622 concerns an ext4 online resizing failure when flexbg_size is oversized. Affected Linux kernel workflows (mkfs.ext4 -G, mount, resize2fs) could trigger WARN_ON at __alloc_pages/__kmalloc during ext4_resize_fs, caused by MAX_RESIZE_BG exceeding available memory groups. The minimum MA...

CVE-2024-26671

CVE-2024-26671 describes a Linux kernel IO hang caused by blk-mq wakeup/race where __add_wait_queue() can be reordered with blk_mq_get_driver_tag() on tag failure, leading __sbitmap_queue_wake_up() to miss the waiter and not wake up, while blk_mq_mark_tag_wait() cannot obtain a driver tag. The fi...

CVE-2024-39471

CVE-2024-39471 is addressed in the Unity Linux advisory UTSA-2025-990372. The issue arises from the Linux kernel AMDGPU driver: when sdma_v4_0_irq_id_to_seq returns -EINVAL, an out-of-bounds read may occur. The patch adds an explicit error path to stop processing and return -EINVAL to prevent the...

CVE-2021-38206

The CVE-2021-38206 issue affects the Linux kernel mac80211 subsystem before 5.12.13: when a 5 GHz-only device is used, injecting a frame with 802.11a rates can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the radiotap parser, causing a Denial of Service. The vulnerability is addressed in Linux kernel 5....

CVE-2024-35809

The CVE-2024-35809 entry describes a race in the Linux kernel's PCI runtime power management path: the .runtime_idle() callback in rtsx_pcr PCI driver can still be running when pm_runtime_get_sync() returns, leading to a race with the post-sync code and a potential kernel crash due to an unhandle...

CVE-2024-35946

CVE-2024-35946 affects the Linux kernel’s wifi rt89 (rtw89) driver, where a null pointer dereference could occur during abort/cancel of a scan because the code might reference a vif that wasn’t scanning. The public description and connected advisories confirm the issue and cite resolving it by en...

CVE-2024-43904

CVE-2024-43904 is a Linux kernel issue affecting the AMD display pipeline. The vulnerability stemmed from missing null checks in drm/amd/display code, where the variables stream and plane could be dereferenced without verifying non-null values in dcn30_apply_idle_power_optimizations, risking a nu...

CVE-2024-53174

CVE-2024-53174 concerns a Linux kernel SUNRPC use-after-free in the cache path: c_show could dereference a freed cache entry due to RC ul protection when reading via cache_show. The fix uses cache_get_rcu to ensure the cache entry (cp) remains active while accessed, preventing a refcount UAF. Aff...

CVE-2023-4134

The CVE-2023-4134 issue affects the Linux kernel cyttsp4_core driver. A use-after-free occurs in the device cleanup routine due to a possible rearming of the watchdog_timer from the workqueue, enabling a local attacker to crash the system and cause a denial of service. The provided documents cons...

CVE-2024-42078

The CVE-2024-42078 issue affects the Linux kernel’s NFS server (nfsd) where nfsd_info.mutex could be dereferenced after a new network namespace is created, potentially causing an oops. The fix, as described in the connected advisories, is to initialize nfsd_info.mutex earlier, before it can be de...

CVE-2024-56604

Summary (CVE-2024-56604): In the Linux kernel, Bluetooth RFCOMM can leave a dangling sk pointer in rfcomm_sock_alloc() when rfcomm_dlc_alloc() fails, leading to a use-after-free. The root cause is bt_sock_alloc() attaching the sk to the sock object and the code path not clearing the pointer on fa...