CVE-2022-49034

CVE-2022-49034 relates to a Linux kernel issue where, when CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK and CONFIG_DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS are enabled, cpu_max_bits_warn() emits a runtime warning while reading /proc/cpuinfo due to iterating CPUs with NR_CPUS. The patch fixes the warning by iterating up to nr_cpu_ids (runt...

CVE-2024-26945

CVE-2024-26945 affects the Linux kernel crypto: iaa code. The root cause is when nr_cpus = 1 when nr_iaa > 0 or when nr_iaa == 0. If exploitation details or versioned fixes are needed, refer to the kernel patch references in the CVE record.

CVE-2024-46747

CVE-2024-46747 : In the Linux kernel, the Cougar 500k Gaming Keyboard driver was vulnerable to a slab-out-of-bounds Read in cougar_report_fixup due to a missing verification of the report descriptor size before access. The root cause is in report_fixup not validating the descriptor length prior t...

CVE-2024-46761

CVE-2024-46761 affects the Linux kernel’s PCI hotplug driver for PowerPC (pci/hotplug/pnv_php.c). The issue caused a kernel crash during hot-unplug/disable of a PCIe switch/bridge from the PHB, due to a NULL dereference when the MSI data structure had already been released and set to NULL, yet un...

CVE-2010-4243

CVE-2010-4243 affects the Linux kernel up to version 2.6.37. The issue is in fs/exec.c where the OOM Killer does not assess stack memory usage of the arrays representing (1) arguments and (2) environment during an exec, enabling a local user to cause memory exhaustion (denial of service) via a cr...

CVE-2015-7613

CVE-2015-7613 is a Linux kernel race condition in the IPC object implementation (up to version 4.2.3) that can allow a local unprivileged user to escalate privileges by triggering ipc_addid, which uses uid/gid values from uninitialized data (topics include msg.c, shm.c, util.c). Connected sources...

CVE-2020-36313

CVE-2020-36313 affects the Linux kernel before 5.7. The KVM subsystem allows out‑of‑range access to memslots after a deletion (CID-0774a964ef56), impacting arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c, include/linux/kvm_host.h, and virt/kvm/kvm_main.c. Root cause is a memslot handling bug in KVM/s390; exploitation d...

CVE-2020-36557

CVE-2020-36557: A race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.6.2 between VT_DISALLOCATE and closing/opening ttys can cause a use-after-free. Affected software: Linux kernel versions prior to 5.6.2. Impact per available data: potential use-after-free with availability impact; no explicit exploita...

CVE-2022-49534

CVE-2022-49534 in the Linux kernel concerns a memory leak in the lpfc driver when NPIV ports send PLOGI_RJT. The description states a leak could originate from allocations in lpfc_ignore_els_cmpl() and lpfc_els_rsp_reject(), tied to login_mbox context and service parameter buffers. The remedy is ...

CVE-2024-41062

CVE-2024-41062 concerns the Linux kernel Bluetooth L2CAP path where a race can occur between sock_close releasing a socket and hci_rx_work accessing it. The root cause is a lack of lock protection around the socket during the transition, potentially allowing hci_rx_work to touch a freed sock. The...

CVE-2024-41079

CVE-2024-41079 concerns the Linux kernel’s NVMe target controller (nvmet). The issue is that the first two double words, the “results” for a command queue entry, were not consistently initialized to 0 when unused, creating a potential information leak for RDMA clients. The patch standardizes beha...

CVE-2024-53084

CVE-2024-53084 affects the Linux kernel’s DRM/Imagination driver path for PVR, where a resource cleanup reference loop between PVR VM Context and VM Mappings could leak VM resources. The official fix breaks the loop by freeing outstanding VM mappings before destroying the PVR Context associated w...

CVE-2024-57922

The CVE-2024-57922 entry relates to the Linux kernel drm/amd/display code, where wrappers for dcn_bw_ceil2() and dcn_bw_floor2() gained a check for non-zero granularity to prevent asserts/divide-by-zero. The fix is reflected in multiple advisories: Debian LTS DLA-4076-1 and DSA-5860-1 note update...

CVE-2010-3301

Summary: CVE-2010-3301 affects the Linux kernel IA32 system call emulation on x86_64 where the 32‑bit entry path to ptrace does not zero‑extend %eax, enabling local privilege escalation via an out‑of‑bounds access to the syscall table. Impact: local users can gain privileges. Affected versions: k...

CVE-2020-36691

CVE-2020-36691 affects the Linux kernel up to and including versions prior to 5.8. The flaw is in lib/nlattr.c where a nested Netlink policy with a back reference can trigger unbounded recursion, causing a denial of service. A patch was merged in kernel 5.8 (per ChangeLog-5.8); users should upgra...

CVE-2022-49707

CVE-2022-49707 concerns a Linux kernel ext4 resize bug where a NULL pointer dereference could occur when resizing a corrupted ext4 image with resize_inode previously cleared. The root cause is that during ext4_resize_fs() transitioning to meta_bg mode, es->s_reserved_gdt_blocks was not reduced...

CVE-2024-50171

CVE-2024-50171 affects the Linux kernel BCM SYSPORT driver: bcm_sysport_xmit() can leak memory because skb is not freed when dma_map_single() fails, with a fix that frees the skb via dev_kfree_skb() and returns NETDEV_TX_OK. Public records indicate the issue is resolved in patched kernel releases...

CVE-2017-18270

CVE-2017-18270 refers to a local-kernel vulnerability in Linux kernels prior to 4.13.5 where a local user could create keyrings for other users via keyctl, enabling setting unwanted defaults or causing a denial of service. The issue is fixed in Linux kernel 4.13.5 (as indicated by the ChangeLog r...

CVE-2019-25045

CVE-2019-25045 is a Linux kernel use-after-free in the XFRM subsystem (xfrm_state_fini panic) reported for kernels before 5.0.19. Publicly documented references from EulerOS and Unity Linux advisories confirm the issue and link the fix to kernel 5.0.19 (and related upstream commit). The impact is...

CVE-2022-49651

CVE-2022-49651 affects the Linux kernel. The advisory states that cleanup_srcu_struct() now checks for a grace period that is started but not yet started, addressing a potential use-after-free (UAF). It is resolved by a commit tightening GP checks in cleanup_srcu_struct(), with references to kern...

CVE-2022-49746

The CVE-2022-49746 issue affects the Linux kernel DMA engine, specifically the imx-sdma path. A memory leak can occur in sdma_transfer_init when sdma_load_context() fails: the sdma_desc is freed, but the allocated desc->bd was not, leading to a leak (as illustrated by timeout/login messages). ...

CVE-2023-52880

CVE-2023-52880 is a Linux kernel flaw where attaching the N_GSM0710 line discipline can be performed by an unprivileged user only after CAP_NET_ADMIN has been requested to create GSM networking. The initial namespaceCAP_NET_ADMIN is also required to proceed with the attachment. Several connected ...

CVE-2024-49896

CVE-2024-49896 is a Linux kernel vulnerability affecting the amdgpu/display path. The issue arises when amdgpu_dm passes a null stream to dc_is_stream_unchanged, leading to a potential NULL dereference. The description in the sources notes the root cause as missing null-check before dereferencing...

CVE-2024-56596

CVE-2024-56596 relates to the Linux kernel, in the JFS filesystem implementation. The issue is an array-index-out-of-bounds in jfs_readdir, caused by potential invalid values in the directory index table (stbl). The fix adds a validation check to detect invalid stbl values and return an error cod...

CVE-2017-16526

CVE-2017-16526 affects the Linux kernel driver code drivers/uwb/uwbd.c up to version 4.13.5; a crafted USB device could trigger a general protection fault and system crash via local access, potentially causing denial of service or other impact. The connected Unity Linux advisories (UTSA-2026-0016...

CVE-2022-49471

CVE-2022-49471 affects the Linux kernel rtw89 driver (rtw89_core/rtw89_pci). The root cause is a bounds check failure in CFO parsing where an incorrect mac_id can cause an out‑of‑bounds access, triggering UBSAN warning: “array-index-out-of-bounds” in rtw89/phy.c:2517:23 (index 188 vs. 64). This c...

CVE-2024-38635

CVE-2024-38635 pertains to the Linux kernel soundwire cadence driver. The root cause was an incorrect PDI offset that added an offset to the PDI array, risking out-of-bounds access. A follow-up patch completely removes this useless offset. The Fixes tag was not provided because no known platforms...

CVE-2024-46675

CVE-2024-46675 affects the Linux kernel’s USB subsystem (usb: dwc3: core). The vulnerability could allow the USB core to access an invalid event buffer address during runtime suspend, potentially causing SMMU faults and memory issues on Exynos platforms. It stems from a sequence where the event b...

CVE-2024-47726

CVE-2024-47726 concerns the Linux kernel F2FS: the fix ensures awaiting all Dio write I/Os before block removal to prevent data overwrite when blocks are reused by inodes. Affected are older kernel builds; patched versions exist (e.g., Debian linux-6.1 with the fix, Astra Linux SE18 bulletin, CBL...

CVE-2024-49902

CVE-2024-49902 in the Linux kernel affects the JFS dmmap path. The root cause is an out-of-bounds condition in dbSplit when dmt_leafidx exceeds the number of leaves per dmap tree; a bounds check was added in dbFindLeaf. Shaggy’s change also extends the sanity check to cover control pages in addit...

CVE-2024-50086

CVE-2024-50086 affects the Linux kernel ksmbd (SMB2 server). A race between SMB2 session log off and session setup could lead to a use-after-free of the session object. The patch adds a session_lock when setting SMB2_SESSION_EXPIRED and switches to a reference-counted/session-scoped reference to ...

CVE-2024-50095

CVE-2024-50095 affects the Linux kernel’s RDMA/mad path. The vulnerability stemmed from the current timeout handler for mad agents, which acquired and released mad_agent_priv for every timed-out work request (WR), causing heavy locking contention when many WRs must be processed, potentially leadi...

CVE-2024-50246

CVE-2024-50246 is a Linux kernel vulnerability affecting the ntfs3 file-system code path. The issue stems from a missing or insufficient check related to the alloc_size for rough attribute handling in fs/ntfs3, which could allow a local attacker to exploit the flaw. The CVE is described with a CV...

CVE-2014-8160

CVE-2014-8160 : In the Linux kernel, net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c before 3.18 generates incorrect conntrack entries when handling certain iptables rule sets for SCTP, DCCP, GRE, and UDP-Lite. This can allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by sending packets w...

CVE-2016-3955

The CVE-2016-3955 issue affects the Linux kernel’s usbip_recv_xbuff path (drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c) prior to version 4.5.3. A crafted length in a USB/IP packet can trigger an out-of-bounds write, enabling remote denial of service (and potentially other impact) without authentication. The ...

CVE-2019-15923

The CVE-2019-15923 entry describes a NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel before 5.0.9, specifically for a cd data structure when alloc_disk fails in drivers/block/paride/pf.c. The available references point to upstream commit f0d1762554014ce0ae347b9f0d088f2c157c8c72 and ChangeLog-5.0.9. ...

CVE-2021-47580

The connected Astra/Linux advisory documents confirm CVE-2021-47580 affects the Linux kernel component scsi_debug by a bug in min_t() that could yield a stack out-of-bounds condition. The root cause is using int for min_t(), which sign-extends and allows a larger value to overflow the stack when ...

CVE-2022-3106

The connected Astra Linux advisory and the CVE entry confirm CVE-2022-3106 affects the Linux kernel up to 5.16-rc6, where ef100_update_stats (drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_nic.c) does not check the return value of kmalloc(). The lack of a kmalloc() return check is the root cause; without it, all...

CVE-2022-3202

CVE-2022-3202 involves a NULL pointer dereference in diFree() within fs/jfs/inode.c of the Linux kernel’s Journaled File System (JFS). The underlying cause is a NULL pointer dereference, which could allow a local attacker to crash the system or leak kernel internal information. The CVE is associa...

CVE-2022-49097

CVE-2022-49097 relates to the Linux kernel NFS writeback path. In low-memory conditions, the NFS writeback code could enter infinite loops in mempool_alloc, risking a writeback stall. The issue is resolved in the kernel by allowing the writeback path to fail gracefully instead of deadlocking. The...

CVE-2022-49180

The CVE-2022-49180 issue affects the Linux kernel’s LSM path, specifically a general protection fault in legacy_parse_param. The vulnerability arises when a security module (Smack) processes a recognized mount option and a following BPF hook returns -ENOPARAM, confusing the caller, while the SELi...

CVE-2022-49545

CVE-2022-49545 concerns the Linux kernel ALSA USB audio path: a race during closing a USB MIDI output substream where a pending work could access the released rawmidi runtime object. The fix cancels the pending work on substream close to prevent the access. Documented via multiple advisories and ...

CVE-2024-40974

CVE-2024-40974 (Linux kernel, powerpc/pseries) is a local concern where plpar_hcall() and plpar_hcall9() expect valid, explicitly-sized result buffers; historically, only in-code comments signaled minimum sizes, risking stack corruption when a caller used undersized buffers. The affected code now...

CVE-2024-42104

CVE-2024-42104 affects the Linux kernel’s nilfs2 filesystem. A missing check for inode numbers on directory entries allows internal inodes (metadata files) to be exposed in the namespace, potentially causing a use-after-free of metadata file inodes and kernel bugs in lru_add_fn() when mounting/un...

CVE-2024-46821

CVE-2024-46821 (Linux kernel, drm/amd/pm) affects the Linux kernel’s AMD power management code where a negative clk_index/clk_idex was used as an index into pptable->DpmDescriptor, leading to a negative array index read. The issue is resolved by a fix that prevents using negative values as an ...

CVE-2011-2525

CVE-2011-2525 affects the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.35, where the qdisc_notify function in net/sched/sch_api.c does not prevent tc_fill_qdisc calls referencing builtin Qdisc structures. This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference and OOPS, enabling local users to cause a denial of service and pot...

CVE-2019-16714

Summary: CVE-2019-16714 affects the Linux kernel prior to 5.2.14. The vulnerability is in rds6_inc_info_copy (net/rds/recv.c), where tos and flags are not initialized, allowing a remote attacker to read sensitive data from kernel stack memory. This is an information disclosure vulnerability with ...

CVE-2022-49122

CVE-2022-49122 is a Linux kernel vulnerability affecting the dm ioctl path where user-supplied data could act as an index and enable Spectre v1 gadget behavior. The fix, described in connected advisories, prevents leakage of kernel memory to userspace by applying array_index_nospec to index handl...

CVE-2024-36897

CVE-2024-36897 — Linux kernel (drm/amd/display, DCN35) Root cause: a new UMA carveout BIOS (version 2.3) wasn’t handled by the DAL BIOS parsing, causing a NULL dereference when code attempted to access Ctx->dc_bios->integrated_info if that pointer was NULL. Affected component: drm/amd/displ...

CVE-2024-41080

CVE-2024-41080 concerns the Linux kernel and describes a deadlock risk in io_uring when locking order is not respected in io_register_iowq_max_workers. The root cause is that io_put_sq_data() can be called while uring_lock is held, risking deadlock with sqd->lock. The documented fix releases u...