CVE-2022-49316

CVE-2022-49316 affects the Linux kernel’s NFSv4 layout management. The issue arises when performing layoutget as part of an open() compound: locks for the layoutget are held across multiple RPC calls, which can trigger recalls and deadlock. The connected advisories (EulerOS/Unity/Nessus OSS) conf...

CVE-2022-49429

CVE-2022-49429 affects the Linux kernel’s RDMA/hfi1 subsystem. When the hfi1 module is loaded with SDMA disabled (HFI1_CAP_SDMA off), a call to hfi1_write_iter() can dereference a NULL pointer, causing a kernel panic through the I/O path (sdma_select_user_engine → hfi1_user_sdma_process_request →...

CVE-2024-26691

CVE-2024-26691 affects Linux kernel KVM for arm64. The circular locking arises when pkvm_create_hyp_vm() acquires kvm->lock while kvm_vcpu_ioctl() holds vcpu->mutex. The fix is to protect the hyp VM handle with config_lock (instead of keeping the vcpu->mutex under kvm->lock), mitigati...

CVE-2024-26700

CV E-2024-26700 is a Linux kernel issue: drm/amd/display had a fix to prevent MST null-pointer dereference on RV platforms. The crash trace shows a NULL pointer dereference in drm_dp_atomic_find_time_slots during DP MST time-slot calculation, leading to a kernel oops. Affected code path involves ...

CVE-2024-26903

CVE-2024-26903 (Linux kernel) : Bluetooth: rfcomm: Fix null-ptr-deref in rfcomm_check_security. Root cause: after RFCOMM/L2CAP disconnect, the code could dereference a released l2cap_conn, leading to a null pointer access when calling hci_conn_security. Impact per CVSS: Medium (5.5) with high ava...

CVE-2024-36950

CVE-2024-36950 is a Linux kernel vulnerability resolved in the FireWire OHCI driver. The issue occurred in the interrupt handler when a bus reset interrupt could be unmasked and cause a freeze if the bus reset was not yet serviced. The fix masks bus reset interrupts in the IRQ handler and unmasks...

CVE-2024-38600

CVE-2024-38600 affects the Linux kernel ALSA subsystems. In snd_card_disconnect(), the patch fixes a deadlock that occurs when a callback deletes a kctl during disconnection for a suspended device. The root cause is the sequence: set card->shutdown, call callbacks, then sync power_ref_sleep wa...

CVE-2024-40978

CVE-2024-40978 affects the Linux kernel, specifically a qedi/scsi path vulnerability. The root cause is qedi_dbg_do_not_recover_cmd_read() calling sprintf() on a __user pointer, which can crash the kernel. The fix uses a small local stack buffer for sprintf() and then copies with simple_read_from...

CVE-2024-47141

CVE-2024-47141 affects the Linux kernel pinctrl/pinmux path. When two processes (A and B) concurrently call pinctrl_select_state() for the same pin, the code may dereference desc->mux_owner as NULL due to a race between updates to desc->mux_usecount and desc->mux_owner. The advisory stat...

CVE-2024-49938

Linux kernel CVE-2024-49938 affects the ath9k_htc wifi driver. The issue arises from skb_trim() being used on an uninitialised skb length in error paths, leading to an invalid urb reset before resubmission. The patch switches to __skb_set_length(skb, 0) (which already calls skb_reset_tail_pointer...

CVE-2024-53060

CVE-2024-53060 (Linux kernel) affects drm/amdgpu: fixes a NULL pointer dereference when ATIF is not supported. The kernel may dereference buffer.pointer (obj) if acpi_evaluate_object() returns AE_NOT_FOUND, so the fix adds a bailout when AE_NOT_FOUND occurs to prevent NULL dereference. The Note i...

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...

CVE-2015-7515

CVE-2015-7515 affects the Linux kernel (pre-4.4) due to improper validation in the aiptek_probe path of drivers/input/tablet/aiptek.c. A physically proximate user can cause a NULL pointer dereference and system crash via a crafted USB device that lacks endpoints, leading to denial of service. The...

CVE-2021-47384

CVE-2021-47384 affects Linux kernel hwmon drivers (notably w83793, and related subcomponents) with a NULL pointer dereference risk when reading a temp value, caused by an unnecessary field and an obsolete lm75[] array. The fix removes the unused lm75[] and adjusts driver subclient detection (devm...

CVE-2022-1198

CVE-2022-1198 is a Linux kernel use-after-free in drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c (AX.25/6pack driver). A local attacker could crash the kernel or potentially escalate privileges by simulating an AX.25 device from user space. Public connected sources confirm the flaw and that patches exist in update...

CVE-2022-2905

CVE-2022-2905 is an out-of-bounds memory read in the Linux kernel’s BPF subsystem, exploitable by a local user via bpf_tail_call with a map key larger than max_entries. The Debian LTS advisory DLA-3173-1 (linux-5.10) lists CVE-2022-2905 among others and notes that an update to linux-5.10-149-2~de...

CVE-2022-48943

CVE-2022-48943: In the Linux kernel KVM x86/mmu code, a bug in asynchronous page-fault (APF) handling could cause a guest to hang by confusing a valid token with a zero value, potentially delaying or losing READY events. The fix ensures the APF token is non-zero, preventing misinterpretation of t...

CVE-2023-52599

Summary (CVE-2023-52599) : The Linux kernel JFS path diNewExt had an out-of-bounds UBSAN failure (index -878706688 for struct iagctl[128]) traced to fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:2360. The issue arises when agno is too large, leading to overflow in agno handling. The fix described in the sources is to valida...

CVE-2023-52811

In CVE-2023-52811, the Linux kernel ibmvfc driver fix removes a BUG_ON when an event pool is empty and instead returns NULL from ibmvfc_get_event(). All call sites were updated to check for NULL and handle the failure or recovery path. This prevents a potential junk pointer path and kernel crash ...

CVE-2023-52819

CVE-2023-52819 is resolved in the Linux kernel. The vulnerability was in drm/amd where UBSAN reported an array-index-out-of-bounds for Polaris/Tonga in pptable structs using flexible array sizes; the fix switches to using flexible arrays to avoid out-of-bounds access. Impact is local (CVSS: AV:L,...

CVE-2024-35843

The CVE concerns the Linux kernel IOMMU VT-d path for I/O page fault reporting. The fix replaces pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() with device_rbtree_find() to locate the target PCI device within the probed device rbtree, reducing search overhead. The I/O page fault is initiated by the device and cur...

CVE-2024-36921

CVE-2024-36921 security issue in Linux kernel wifi: iwlwifi (MVM) guarded against invalid STA ID on removal to prevent out-of-bounds accesses in iwl_mvm_mld_rm_sta_id. The vulnerability could occur during error handling if a station ID is invalid, risking memory corruption. The Microsoft Security...

CVE-2024-41065

The CVE-2024-41065 issue is in the Linux kernel’s powerpc/pseries code related to usercopy hardening. When CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY is enabled, reading the dispatch log from /sys/kernel/debug/powerpc/dtl/cpu-* could trigger a kernel BUG in usercopy (mm/usercopy.c). The root cause involves copying...

CVE-2024-57946

CVE-2024-57946 affects Linux kernel virtio-blk: during system suspend, the PM callbacks previously kept the block queue frozen, risking deadlocks if code path invoked bio_queue_enter() while suspended. The fix replaces queue quiesce with a freeze-and-thaw approach in virtio-blk PM callbacks and d...

CVE-2025-21821

CVE-2025-21821 affects the Linux kernel; specifically the fbdev/omap framebuffer code. The issue arises when using touchscreen with framebuffer, causing a crash (scheduling while atomic) in the driver path related to LCD DMA. The provided advisory notes the root cause is tied to IRQ handling for ...

CVE-2024-35865

CVE-2024-35865 is a Linux kernel vulnerability affecting the SMB client path, specifically a use-after-free in smb2_is_valid_oplock_break(). The issue arises when skipping sessions that are tearing down (status SES_EXITING) is not performed correctly, enabling a UAF condition in the SMB2 oplock b...

CVE-2024-47660

CVE-2024-47660 : Linux kernel fsnotify race causing lock contention. When removing watches on a directory with many dentries, __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags() races with __fsnotify_parent() on children, risking softlockup reports. The fix, per the bulletin, is to set PARENT_WATCHED only whe...

CVE-2024-49934

CVE-2024-49934 concerns the Linux kernel vulnerability in the fs/inode path where dump_mapping() could access invalid dentry.d_name.name, potentially causing a crash during hot-remove of a memory device (e.g., hugetlb). The connected documents describe the root cause as unsafe filename retrieval ...

CVE-2024-49968

CVE-2024-49968 (from Miracle Linux AXSA advisory) concerns Linux kernel ext4. The vulnerability occurs when mounting an ext4 filesystem that does not have the casefold feature while the default hash version is DX_HASH_SIPHASH; in this scenario the mount operation exits, effectively preventing mou...

CVE-2024-49989

CVE-2024-49989: In the Linux kernel, the drm/amd/display path fixes a double-free when unloading the amdgpu module. The issue arises during cleanup of display encoders for flexible/inflexible endpoints, potentially freeing the same object twice during amdgpu driver unload. Connected advisories (A...

CVE-2024-50234

CVE-2024-50234 : A Linux kernel vulnerability affecting Wi‑Fi stack in the iwl4965/iwlegacy path where on resume from hibernation a stale interrupt could be re-enabled, causing a race between resume startup and queued shutdown work and potentially a system hang. The fix, implemented in the kernel...

CVE-2025-21744

CVE-2025-21744 affects the Linux kernel brcmfmac wifi driver. On device removal or module unload, a sequence including brcmf_detach, brcmf_remove_interface, brcmf_del_if, and brcmf_proto_detach can lead to a NULL return from brcmf_get_ip() and a subsequent NULL pointer dereference inside brcmf_tx...

CVE-2012-6701

CVE-2012-6701 : An integer overflow in fs/aio.c of the Linux kernel before 3.4.1 allows local users to trigger a denial of service (and possibly other impact) via a large AIO iovec. Public sources describe exploitation locally and indicate a fix was applied in 3.4.1 (Linux kernel changelog refere...

CVE-2018-10901

CVE-2018-10901 affects the Linux kernel’s KVM virtualization subsystem. The VMX path fails to restore the guest GDT.LIMIT to the host value, setting it to 64KB instead. This can allow a host userspace process to corrupt GDT entries (notably per-cpu variables), enabling local privilege escalation....

CVE-2022-2380

CVE-2022-2380 concerns the Silicon Motion SM712 framebuffer driver in the Linux kernel. The issue is an out-of-bounds memory access in drivers/video/fbdev/sm712fb.c:smtcfb_read(), which could allow a locally authenticated attacker to crash the kernel. The description and linked advisories consist...

CVE-2022-49328

CVE-2022-49328 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel mt76 driver where a use-after-free can occur in mt76_txq_schedule due to an unprotected wcid pointer (non-RCU). The issue is addressed by guarding the mtxq->wcid with an rcu_lock between mt76_txq_schedule and sta_info_alloc/free, per the re...

CVE-2022-49465

CVE-2022-49465 (Linux kernel) : A use-after-free could occur in blk-throttle due to BIO_THROTTLED being set on throttled BIOs after __blk_throtl_bio(), leading to use-after-free during I/O completion. The fix moves BIO_THROTTLED assignment into queue_lock, preventing premature release of the bio....

CVE-2023-52632

CVE-2023-52632 describes a Linux kernel lockdep warning in drm/amdkfd where a potential circular locking dependency can occur between srcu and a work-queue based lock. The provided details show a chain: srcu -> info->lock#2 -> (work_completion) svms->deferred_list_work, with the risk ...

CVE-2023-52762

CVE-2023-52762 — Linux kernel virtio-blk overflow in max DMA size Root cause: In virtio-blk, an implicit conversion from size_t to u32 occurs when assigning (u32)max_size = (size_t)virtio_max_dma_size(vdev); If virtio_max_dma_size(vdev) returns a value larger than U32_MAX, the cast to u32 yields ...

CVE-2024-26646

CVE-2024-26646 pertains to the Linux kernel’s thermal: intel: hfi subsystem. The vulnerability arises due to how the kernel manages memory buffers used by HFI during boot and resume flows. A second buffer may be allocated by the restore kernel on resume, which can differ from the image kernel’s b...

CVE-2024-35934

The CVE-2024-35934 issue affects the Linux kernel net/smc subsystem. Affected component: smc_pnet-related code in net/smc (pnet IDs list creation). Root cause: excessive RTNL (rtnl) lock pressure during net namespace/pnet initialization, caused by smc_pnet_create_pnetids_list() acquiring rtnl in ...

CVE-2024-46826

The CVE-2024-46826 issue is a concrete Linux kernel vulnerability where the ELF loader uses kernel.randomize_va_space twice, allowing potential inconsistency of the randomization value across an exec. The root cause is a double read of the sysctl value, which can change over time, potentially cau...

CVE-2024-49935

CVE-2024-49935 involves the Linux kernel ACPI PAD path (exit_round_robin) where a crash can occur in cpumask_clear_cpu() due to clear_bit(nr) with nr = 0xffffffff and misaligned memory access. The fixed issue, as documented, is to validate tsk_in_cpu[tsk_index] != -1 before calling cpumask_clear_...

CVE-2024-56606

CVE-2024-56606 concerns the Linux kernel vulnerability in af_packet where, after sock_init_data() allocates a sk object and attaches it to a sock, packet_create() on error frees the sk but leaves a dangling sk pointer in the sock. This can enable a use-after-free if other code reuses that pointer...

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-2022-27950

CVE-2022-27950 : A memory leak exists in Linux kernel drivers/hid/hid-elo.c for a hid_parse error condition, affecting kernels before 5.16.11. Exploitation details are not provided in the documents. A fix is in kernel 5.16.11 (and later). Recommendation: upgrade to a version containing the patch ...

CVE-2022-48804

CVE-2022-48804 is resolved in the Linux kernel’s vt_ioctl/vt_setactivate path. The vulnerability stems from an array_index_nospec handling that could allow a transient integer underflow when an out-of-bounds value is decremented after zero, specifically affecting vsa.console handling. The descrip...

CVE-2023-52634

Summary (CVE-2023-52634) : In the Linux kernel, the DRM/AMD display driver had a logic issue in the disable_otg_wa path that could cause a system hang during HDMI mode switches due to simultaneous FIFO/HPO state changes. The root cause was that enabling/disabling FIFO could affect multiple regist...

CVE-2024-40977

CVE-2024-40977 is described in connected MiracleLinux advisory as a Linux kernel fix for the wifi: mt76: mt7921s: fix potential hung tasks during chip recovery. The root cause is a deadlock during chip recovery where kernel worker reset_work waits for stat_worker which itself waits for the same l...

CVE-2024-41005

CVE-2024-41005 involves a race in the Linux kernel netpoll code. The issue stems from netpoll_owner_active reading napi->poll_owner non-atomically to determine lock ownership, allowing a data race between net_rx_action and netpoll_send_skb. The fix replaces the non-atomic check with an atomic ...