2333 matches found
CVE-2023-0240
CVE-2023-0240 relates to a logic error in Linux kernel io_uring that can trigger a use-after-free, enabling local privilege escalation. Specifically, in io_prep_async_work, the code may incorrectly use the init_cred or a previous identity if the final io_grab_identity returns false, causing refer...
CVE-2023-2019
CVE-2023-2019 : A flaw in the Linux kernel netdevsim device driver’s event scheduling due to improper management of a reference count. This can enable a local attacker to cause a denial-of-service on the system. The description and references in the connected docs point to a kernel-level issue; n...
CVE-2023-52584
CVE-2023-52584 refers to a Linux kernel issue in the spmi: mediatek driver where a use‑after‑free occurs on device removal: the pmif driver clocks are freed after spmi_controller, but the clocks are accessed via devres, leading to UAF. The documented fix uses an unmanaged clk_bulk_get() and frees...
CVE-2024-35998
CVE-2024-35998 – Linux kernel SMB3 deadlock fix Root cause: In cifs_sync_mid_result, incorrect lock ordering could cause a thread deadlock (ORDER_REVERSAL) where TCP_Server_Info.srv_lock is acquired while TCP_Server_Info.mid_lock is held. Impact: Deadlock potential in the SMB/CIFS path (smb3) wit...
CVE-2024-40980
CVE-2024-40980 concerns the Linux kernel: in drop_monitor, a spin_lock is used inside trace_drop_common() with preemption disabled, which can sleep in RT contexts. The vulnerability arises from acquiring a spin_lock while in a preempt-disabled/RT path, causing a potential sleeping-in-atomic conte...
CVE-2024-44963
CVE-2024-44963 — Linux kernel (btrfs): The issue occurs in btrfs_free_tree_block() when freeing a tree block and an error occurs creating a delayed reference. Instead of handling the error, a BUG_ON() could trigger, causing space leakage if memory allocation fails or other errors propagate via bt...
CVE-2024-46843
CVE-2024-46843 concerns the Linux kernel SCSI/UFS path. The issue arises when removing the ufshcd driver from a UFS device, potentially causing a kernel panic if ufshcd_async_scan fails during ufshcd_probe_hba before a SCSI host is added. The fix is to guarantee the SCSI host is removed only if i...
CVE-2024-49910
CVE-2024-49910 concerns the Linux kernel DRM/AMD display path. The root cause was a null dereference risk in drm/amd/display's dcn401_set_output_transfer_func: set_output_gamma could be non-null checked, then dereferenced. The fix adds a null check for set_output_gamma before invoking it, elimina...
CVE-2025-21750
CVE-2025-21750 affects the Linux kernel wifi driver brcmfmac. The issue results from not validating the return value of of_property_read_string_index(), which can leave tmp uninitialized when a property is missing, leading to a kernel crash (BUG/OOPS) from passing a random pointer to devm_kstrdup...
CVE-2010-2492
CVE-2010-2492 affects the Linux kernel’s eCryptfs component: a buffer overflow in the ecryptfs_uid_hash macro (fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c) could allow local privilege escalation or a denial of service. The MiracleLinux AXSA advisory lists this CVE among kernel issues and specifies the flaw occurs in...
CVE-2014-1739
CVE-2014-1739 affects the Linux kernel before 3.14.6, where the function media_device_enum_entities in drivers/media/media-device.c fails to initialize a data structure. This leads to an information disclosure vulnerability: a local attacker with access to /dev/media0 can read kernel memory throu...
CVE-2017-10662
The CVE-2017-10662 issue affects the Linux kernel’s F2FS implementation: the sanity_check_raw_super function in fs/f2fs/super.c fails to validate the segment count, enabling local privilege escalation. Concretely, affected versions are before 4.11.1. Several connected advisories (e.g., UTSA/Euler...
CVE-2022-3112
CVE-2022-3112 affects the Linux kernel up to 5.16-rc6. The issue is in amvdec_set_canvases (drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c) where kzalloc() return value is not checked, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. Connected sources confirm the same defect across various advisories (e.g...
CVE-2023-0160
CVE-2023-0160 corresponds to a deadlock in the Linux kernel BPF subsystem that can be exploited locally to crash the system. Connected documents confirm the issue arises in the kernel’s eBPF/BPF path and affect Linux kernel versions including Astra Linux references to linux-5.10/5.15. The Amazon ...
CVE-2024-42083
CVE-2024-42083 concerns the Linux kernel driver for Pensando Ionic NICs. It describes a multi-buffer handling bug in ionic_run_xdp() where jumbo frames with SG pages are not properly unmapped or page pointers reset for XDP_TX/XDP_REDIRECT, risking reuse of SG pages and a kernel panic (general pro...
CVE-2024-43883
CVE-2024-43883 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in the usb vhci-hcd subsystem. The issue is described as a race where the driver could carry stale references and may drop them before new references are gained. The description states this is resolved in the Linux kernel; the available connected con...
CVE-2024-50177
CVE-2024-50177 concerns the Linux kernel amdgpu display driver (DML2.1). The issue is a UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds triggered when programming phantom pipes and cursor_width is explicitly set to 0, causing an overflow in 32-bit size calculations. The published fix adds a guard to validate cursor wi...
CVE-2011-2213
The CVE-2011-2213 issue concerns the Linux kernel vulnerability in inet_diag_bc_audit (net/ipv4/inet_diag.c) present before 2.6.39.3. Affected component audits INET_DIAG bytecode and, when processing crafted INET_DIAG_REQ_BYTECODE messages (e.g., an INET_DIAG_BC_JMP with a zero yes value), allows...
CVE-2018-25015
CVE-2018-25015 affects the Linux kernel up to version 4.14.15, with a use-after-free in net/sctp/socket.c when a lock is held after a peel-off (CID-a0ff660058b8). Exploitation details are not provided in the supplied documents, but CVSS v3 indicates a high impact. The ChangeLog entry for 4.14.16 ...
CVE-2022-40476
CVE-2022-40476: A NULL pointer dereference in fs/io_uring.c of the Linux kernel prior to 5.15.62 allows a local user to crash the system or potentially cause a denial of service. Affected software: Linux kernel (pre-5.15.62). Root cause: NULL pointer dereference in io_uring handling. Impact: loca...
CVE-2022-48951
The CVE-2022-48951 vulnerability is in the Linux kernel ASoC path: snd_soc_put_volsw_sx() does bounds checks only for the first channel, allowing potential out-of-bounds writes to the second channel in stereo controls. This is fixed upstream by adding proper checks (e.g., kernel commits cf611d......
CVE-2022-49326
CVE-2022-49326 affects RTL818x wireless in Linux kernel (rtl8180/rtl8185/rtl8187se family). The issue arises from using not initialized tx queues, where reading ring->entries when zero can crash the kernel. The fix patches the driver to ignore priority for cards with a single TX queue and to p...
CVE-2024-35868
CVE-2024-35868 is a Linux kernel vulnerability related to the SMB/CIFS client: it fixes a potential use-after-free in cifs_stats_proc_write() by skipping sessions that are tearing down (status SES_EXITING). The issue is addressed in Linux kernel updates; multiple Red Hat advisories (RHSA-2026:053...
CVE-2024-42076
The CVE-2024-42076 entry relates to the Linux kernel net/can/j1939 path, where j1939_send_one() allocated a full frame but did not initialize unused data, enabling a kernel-infoleak via raw_recvmsg() paths observed by syzbot. The root cause is uninitialized memory in the frame allocation (Bytes 1...
CVE-2024-42129
CVE-2024-42129 – Linux kernel (mlxreg LED driver) : The vulnerability arose because leds: mlxreg registered LEDs with devm_led_classdev_register(), but led_classdev_unregister() invoked a brightness callback that used a mutex already destroyed during module removal. The fix uses the devm API for ...
CVE-2024-54458
The CVE-2024-54458 issue is in the Linux kernel, involving the SCSI/ufs subsystem (bsg path). The root cause is not fully described beyond the fix: after removing the bsg_queue, it should be set to NULL to avoid potential use-after-free (UAF). The advisory states this vulnerability has been resol...
CVE-2025-37948
CVE-2025-37948 affects the Linux kernel arm64 and is fixed by adding a BHB mitigation in the epilogue of BPF programs (cBPF) loaded via seccomp. The vulnerability arises when a classic cBPF program manipulates the branch history to influence speculative execution. The published details indicate t...
CVE-2009-2910
CVE-2009-2910 affects the Linux kernel’s ia32 entry path on x86_64. The issue is that arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S does not clear certain kernel registers before returning to user mode, which allows a local attacker to read register values from an earlier process after switching an ia32 process into...
CVE-2010-4656
CVE-2010-4656 affects the Linux kernel’s USB iowarrior driver (drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c). The root cause is improper buffer/memory allocation in iowarrior_write, enabling a heap-based buffer overflow via a long report from a malicious device. This aligns with openSUSE/SUSE advisories noting a...
CVE-2011-1076
CVE-2011-1076 affects the Linux kernel up to 2.6.37 in dns_key.c; remote DNS servers sending invalid responses can trigger a NULL pointer dereference/OOPS, leading to a denial of service. Reports from SUSE/Red Hat/NVD corroborate. Remediation: upgrade to kernel 2.6.38 or newer (vendor patches). E...
CVE-2011-2492
CVE-2011-2492 affects the Linux kernel Bluetooth subsystem prior to 3.0-rc4, where certain data structures are not properly initialized. The flaw is exploited via a crafted getsockopt system call in the l2cap_sock_getsockopt_old and rfcomm_sock_getsockopt_old paths, enabling local users to obtain...
CVE-2012-0038
CVE-2012-0038 affects the Linux kernel prior to 3.1.9. An integer overflow in fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c (xfs_acl_from_disk) can be triggered by a malformed ACL on a filesystem, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow and a local-denial-of-service (panic). A fix was released in 3.1.9. Users should upgrade ...
CVE-2012-0207
CVE-2012-0207 affects the Linux kernel before 3.2.1, where igmp_heard_query in net/ipv4/igmp.c can be triggered by IGMP packets to cause a divide-by-zero leading to a kernel panic (DoS). The vulnerability is addressed in Linux 3.2.1 (as per ChangeLog-3.2.1). Connected advisories/Nessus entries re...
CVE-2021-47379
The CVE-2021-47379 entry describes a kernel vulnerability in the Linux blk-cgroup subsystem related to a use-after-free (UAF) in the block I/O scheduler. The issue arises when destroying the blkcg policy hierarchy, where the BFQ/BLK MQ path can trigger a use-after-free during queue initialization...
CVE-2022-3544
CVE-2022-3544 describes a memory leak in the Linux kernel within Netfilter, specifically the damon_sysfs_add_target function in mm/damon/sysfs.c. The issue is triggered through manipulation of target handling and is described as a vulnerability in the kernel’s Netfilter component. The initial des...
CVE-2022-49035
CVE-2022-49035 in the Linux kernel affects media: s5p_cec by not consistently limiting msg.len to CEC_MAX_MSG_SIZE. Root cause is the len check not enforced in all code paths, potentially enabling a corner-case that could impact availability (per CVSS: LOCAL, HIGH impact to availability; I/I/C = ...
CVE-2023-4611
CVE-2023-4611 is a use-after-free in the Linux kernel memory subsystem (mm/mempolicy.c) caused by a race between mbind() and VMA-locked page fault. The vulnerability could allow a local attacker to crash the system or leak kernel information. Connected sources confirm the affected component and t...
CVE-2023-46343
CVE-2023-46343 concerns the Linux kernel up to version 6.5.9, with a NULL pointer dereference in send_acknowledge (net/nfc/nci/spi.c). Affected component: kernel. Root cause: NULL pointer dereference in send_acknowledge. Explicit impact details in the provided metrics show Confidentiality and Int...
CVE-2023-52789
CVE-2023-52789 : In the Linux kernel, the vulnerability affects the tty/vcc path (vcc_probe). The root cause is failure to check the return value of kstrdup(), risking a NULL pointer dereference. The fix adds a check for kstrdup() and returns an error if it fails. This resolves the issue by preve...
CVE-2024-35929
The CVE-2024-35929 issue affects the Linux kernel in the rcu_nocb path, specifically when CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL=y and CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y. It can trigger WARN_ON_ONCE in rcu_nocb_bypass_lock() and rcu_nocb_wait_contended(), potentially exposing a local-privilege or local-execution impact ...
CVE-2024-36969
The CVE-2024-36969 issue affects the Linux kernel drm/amd/display component, specifically a division-by-zero in setup_dsc_config when slice_height is 0, which could crash the amdgpu driver and reboot the system. The patch introduces a guard to avoid dividing by zero (dc_dsc.c:1053; dc_dsc_compute...
CVE-2024-38582
CVE-2024-38582 affects the Linux kernel nilfs2, causing a potential hang/deadlock during unmount. The issue arises when nilfs_segctor_sync() tries to synchronize with the log writer thread after nilfs_segctor_destroy() has already terminated that thread, leading to a deadlock path through several...
CVE-2024-40981
CVE-2024-40981 – Linux kernel batman-adv : The vulnerability centers on batman-adv’s originator handling in batadv_purge_orig_ref(), where empty buckets can lead to soft lockups (CPU 0 stuck for long periods). The root cause is not publicly disclosed in the provided documents, but the fix is desc...
CVE-2024-40987
Mode C: The CVE-2024-40987 issue affects the Linux kernel's DRM/amdgpu driver, where a UBSAN warning in kv_dpm.c is fixed by adding a bounds check for sumo_vid_mapping_entry. The patch targets the root cause (bounds check failure) and reports the fix as part of the kernel update. Public reference...
CVE-2024-42087
CVE-2024-42087 affects the Linux kernel in the drm/panel/ilitek-ili9881c GPIO reset implementation. The issue arises from using gpiod_set_value() for a GPIO controller that may sleep, which triggers warnings. A fix replaces the non-sleeping call with gpiod_set_value_cansleep(), addressing the war...
CVE-2024-46803
In the Linux kernel, the drm/amdkfd component exposes a vulnerability where writing dbg_ev_file in interrupt context can execute after debug_trap_disable, risking a NULL pointer dereference. Root cause: the code path does not check debug_trap_enable before the write; the operation is performed vi...
CVE-2024-49916
CVE-2024-49916 affects the Linux kernel’s drm/amd/display code (dcn401_init_hw). The root cause is a potential null pointer dereference when dc->clk_mgr or dc->clk_mgr->funcs is null. The fix adds explicit null checks before dereferencing clk_mgr/clk_mgr->funcs, preventing dereference...
CVE-2024-50243
CVE-2024-50243 affects the Linux kernel ntfs3 path; the issue is a general protection fault in run_is_mapped_full leading to a local denial of service. The fix (and related NTFS attribute handling fix) was committed in the kernel; affected advisories reference kernel 6.1.x updates. Remediation is...
CVE-2009-3620
CVE-2009-3620 affects the ATI Rage 128 (r128) driver in the Linux kernel, where the driver fails to properly verify Concurrent Command Engine (CCE) state initialization. This local vulnerability can cause a NULL pointer dereference and system crash (DoS) and may allow privilege escalation via uns...