CVE-2022-49115

CVE-2022-49115 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in the PCI: endpoint subsystem where a misused goto label could lead to a memory leak. The description across connected advisories reiterates the same root cause and states that a fix was applied in the kernel (commit history referenced in the linked...

CVE-2022-49733

The CVE-2022-49733 entry concerns the Linux kernel ALSA: pcm: oss – a race in snd_pcm_oss_sync() used by the OSS SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC ioctl. The vulnerability arises because snd_pcm_oss_sync() first calls snd_pcm_oss_make_ready(), then uses the params_lock mutex for the rest, allowing a thread to re-e...

CVE-2023-52799

In Linux kernel, CVE-2023-52799 relates to an array-index-out-of-bounds in the JFS path during dmtree_t searches for free blocks (tp->dm_stree). The fix adds a parameter to dbFindLeaf to determine the dmtree type, enabling an out-of-bounds check and preventing access beyond array bounds. Affec...

CVE-2024-47683

CVE-2024-47683 affects the Linux kernel’s DRM/AMD display path. The issue is a NULL pointer dereference during MST/DSC setup when a mode change is not detected; the fix is to skip recomputing DSC parameters if there is no stream on the link, with further checks to confirm whether the stream is al...

CVE-2008-3275

The CVE-2008-3275 issue affects the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.15, where the real_lookup and __lookup_hash functions in fs/namei.c fail to prevent creating a child dentry for a deleted (S_DEAD) directory. This enables a local attacker to trigger a denial of service by repeatedly creating files wi...

CVE-2009-1633

The CVE-2009-1633 issue affects the Linux kernel CIFS subsystem prior to 2.6.29.4. It describes multiple buffer overflows in CIFS that can be triggered by a malformed Unicode string (Unicode string area alignment in fs/cifs/sess.c) or long Unicode characters (fs/cifs/cifssmb.c and fs/cifs/readdir...

CVE-2010-4079

CVE-2010-4079 affects the Linux kernel ivtvfb driver (ivtvfb_ioctl in drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtvfb.c) prior to 2.6.36-rc8. The root cause is failure to initialize a structure member, enabling local users to leak information from kernel stack memory via the FBIOGET_VBLANK ioctl. Affected versio...

CVE-2010-4529

CVE-2010-4529 refers to an integer underflow in the irda_getsockopt function (net/irda/af_irda.c) of the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.37 on non-x86 platforms. This underflow could allow a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via an IRLMP_ENUMDEVICES gets...

CVE-2011-4326

CVE-2011-4326 affects the Linux kernel’s UDP fragment handling for IPv6 when UDP Fragmentation Offload (UFO) is enabled. Specifically, the vulnerability lies in udp6_ufo_fragment in net/ipv6/udp.c, allowing remote attackers to crash the system by sending fragmented IPv6 UDP packets to a bridge. T...

CVE-2012-6704

CVE-2012-6704 affects the Linux kernel prior to 3.5. The sock_setsockopt path in net/core/sock.c mishandles negative values for sk_sndbuf/sk_rcvbuf, enabling a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN to trigger memory corruption and a possible denial of service (memory corruption/system crash). Affecte...

CVE-2014-0049

CVE-2014-0049 affects the Linux kernel up to version 3.13.5 via a buffer overflow in the complete_emulated_mmio path of arch/x86/kvm/x86.c. The flaw allows a guest OS user to trigger an invalid memory copy that can lead to arbitrary code execution on the host. The published fix is in Linux kernel...

CVE-2017-9985

CVE-2017-9985 is a local double-fetch vulnerability in the Linux kernel (snd_msndmidi_input_read in sound/isa/msnd/msnd_midi.c) affecting up to version 4.11.7. Exploitation can cause denial of service (over-boundary access) with potential unspecified impact. Public references in Nessus/OpenVAS/U-...

CVE-2021-47149

The CVE-2021-47149 entry concerns a Linux kernel vulnerability in the Fujitsu net driver where fmvj18x_get_hwinfo() dereferences NULL if ioremap fails. The fix adds a check on the ioremap return value and returns -1 to the caller on failure, preventing a NULL pointer dereference. Public details i...

CVE-2021-47170

CVE-2021-47170 (Linux kernel) is described in the initial document as a benign user‑request issue where usbfs would emit a WARN when a user submits an excessively large memory allocation for bulk transfers. The vulnerability is not a flaw in kernel logic, but a misinterpretation of invalid reques...

CVE-2021-47211

CVE-2021-47211 refers to a Linux kernel vulnerability in ALSA: usb-audio where snd_usb_find_clock_source could return a null cs_desc, risking a null pointer dereference. The fix adds a null check before dereferencing the clock source descriptor. The portrait of affected code points to the ALSA us...

CVE-2021-47324

The Linux kernel contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the wdt_startup() function within the drivers/watchdog/sbc60xxwdt.c module. The issue occurs because the module's remove path calls del_timer(), which does not wait for the timer handler to finish, allowing the handler to execute after t...

CVE-2021-47335

CVE-2021-47335 (Linux kernel, f2fs) : A race on the global fsync_entry_slab across multi filesystem instances caused a use-after-free in the slab cache during f2fs recovery. The root cause is concurrent access to the slab pointer when multiple f2fs mounts exist, leading to a use-after-free during...

CVE-2021-47547

The Linux kernel contains an out-of-bounds array access vulnerability within the net: tulip: de4x5 component. Specifically, in line 5001, if all values in the array lp->phy[8] are non-zero, the loop variable k reaches 8 at the end of the loop, potentially leading to an out-of-bounds access. Th...

CVE-2021-47550

CVE-2021-47550 corresponds to a memleak in the Linux kernel DRM/AMD amdgpu path. Specifically, amdgpu_get_xgmi_hive may leak if kobject_init_and_add fails and kobject_put is not called. The connected Nessus/OpenVAS advisories reproduce this description and reference kernel-level fixes in the amdg...

CVE-2021-47612

CVE-2021-47612 (Linux kernel) — A vulnerability in nf cGenl dump paths can cause a null-pointer dereference and kernel crash when kmalloc in nfc_genl_dump_devices() fails, leading to a segfault in nfc_genl_dump_devices_done and related netlink/worker threads. The issue is fixed in the Linux kerne...

CVE-2021-47641

CVE-2021-47641 (Linux kernel) affects the video fbdev Cirrus driver (cirrusfb) within the kernel’s fbdev subsystem. The issue arises in cirrusfb_check_pixclock when pixclock can be zero, causing a divide by zero that Syzkaller reported. The driver then rounds up pixclock to approximate maxclock, ...

CVE-2022-48875

CVE-2022-48875 affects the Linux kernel’s wireless stack (mac80211). The vulnerability arises when AMPDU start handling in the driver path can encounter a NULL sdata during deauthentication, leading to a NULL dereference. Specifically, ieee80211_tx_ba_session_handle_start() may receive NULL for s...

CVE-2022-48941

CVE-2022-48941 affects the Linux kernel ice driver handling of Virtual Functions (VFs). The issue arises from a concurrency gap between VF reset and VF removal. The patch that introduced ICE_VF_DEINIT_IN_PROGRESS aimed to prevent issues during teardown but inadvertently caused the PF to stop resp...

CVE-2022-48950

CVE-2022-48950 affects the Linux kernel: perf_pending_task() UaF could run after the event is freed. The root cause involves two situations: (1) task_work already queued before destroying the event; (2) destroying the event queues task_work. The documented fix is to extend the perf_event lifetime...

CVE-2022-49524

The Linux kernel contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the media: pci: cx23885 driver. The issue is caused by improper error handling in the cx23885_initdev() function; specifically, the driver fails to release i2c-related resources initialized in cx23885_dev_setup() if the subsequent dma_se...

CVE-2022-49542

Summary: CVE-2022-49542 affects the Linux kernel SCSI lpfc path. The vulnerability arises in logging code: during an attempt to log a TRACE message, the code could take a hard lockup path due to an unsafe lock acquisition sequence. Root cause (as described): the cfg_log_verbose check was performe...

CVE-2022-49568

CVE-2022-49568 affects the Linux kernel KVM code path, where a NULL dereference can occur during cleanup if destroy() is assumed non-NULL but is not (notably for some Book3s KVM devices that use release() instead). The root cause is an assumption in kvm_ioctl_create_device() that destroy() is alw...

CVE-2022-49979

CVE-2022-49979 concerns a Linux kernel refcount bug in sk_psock_get triggered during an SMC fallback in the connect path, due to a mismatch in the sk_user_data field used by both smc and psock. The root cause is the shared use of sk_user_data by two subsystems; the patch adds a new bit (SK_USER_D...

CVE-2023-52500

CVE-2023-52500 concerns the Linux kernel’s SCSI pm80xx driver. The issue was an information leakage risk where tags allocated for the OPC_INB_SET_CONTROLLER_CONFIG command were not freed when the response was processed, potentially exposing tag-related data. The connected advisories (e.g., Tencen...

CVE-2023-52894

CVE-2023-52894 affects the Linux kernel USB gadget f_ncm path, where a NULL cdev->gadget dereferences max_speed in ncm_bitrate() during SPEED_NOTIFY handling. The issue was observed on an aarch64 GKI 5.10.149-android13 crash (NULL pointer dereference at 0x5c) and is linked to ncm_do_notify() S...

CVE-2024-49990

CVE-2024-49990 is described in the initial document as a Linux kernel issue in drm/xe/hdcp where xe_gsc could be null when performing an HDCP capability check. The vulnerability was addressed by adding a GSC structure validity check to avoid a NULL pointer dereference. The Nessus plugin UNPATCHED...

CVE-2025-37745

CVE-2025-37745 : Linux kernel vulnerability in the hibernate subsystem where a write to /sys/module/hibernate/parameters/compressor could deadlock with ieee80211 device registration. The root cause is a potential deadlock involving system_transition_mutex held under param_lock in hibernate_compre...

CVE-2016-6786

CVE-2016-6786 affects the Linux kernel’s performance subsystem: kernel/events/core.c mismanages locks during certain migrations, enabling a local user to escalate privileges. Public documents indicate this vulnerability exists in kernels before 4.0, with several Nessus advisories (Unity Linux/Mir...

CVE-2021-47207

CVE-2021-47207 (Linux kernel) : A null pointer dereference in ALSA gus handling (snd_gf1_dma_next_block) could occur if the pointer block returned null. The issue is fixed by adding a null check before dereferencing the pointer. Impact per the entry: local attack vector, low privileges required, ...

CVE-2021-47269

CVE-2021-47269 is a Linux kernel issue in the DesignWare USB3 (dwc3) ep0 handling. The root cause is missing validation of the ep index from dwc3_wIndex_to_dep(), which can lead to referring to a non-existing endpoint and a NULL pointer dereference in certain configurations (e.g., composite devic...

CVE-2021-47339

In CVE-2021-47339, the Linux kernel fix targets media: v4l2-core, addressing uninitialized kernel stack data that could be used as input for driver ioctl handlers due to mistakes in compat ioctl implementation. The resolution requires explicitly clearing the entire ioctl input buffer before conve...

CVE-2021-47374

CVE-2021-47374 concerns the Linux kernel DMA debugging code (kernel/dma/debug.c). The issue arises when drivers using the DMA API emit an error condition frequently, causing a flood of printk messages that can drive CPU usage to 100%. The documented fix switches handling from simple rate limiting...

CVE-2021-47622

CVE-2021-47622 affects the Linux kernel SCSI/UFS path. The issue is a deadlock in the error handling flow when all tags are allocated: the SCSI error path triggers ufshcd_eh_host_reset_handler(), which queues work that calls ufshcd_err_handler(), leading to a lockup in the workqueue (ufs_eh_wq_0)...

CVE-2022-48788

The CVE-2022-48788 entry concerns a use-after-free in the Linux kernel nvme-rdma transport error_recovery path. The root cause is a race between submit_async_event and the error_recovery handler where the ctrl state is modified and admin queue destroyed without ensuring the async_event_work is fl...

CVE-2022-49131

CVE-2022-49131 concerns a Linux kernel kernel-panic in the ath11k driver while unloading/loading modules on some ARM platforms. The root cause is a dereference path leading to an OOPS in napi_by_id during netif_napi_add, which could occur over repeated unload/load cycles. The fixed fix is to call...

CVE-2022-49178

CVE-2022-49178 affects the Linux kernel memstick driver (memstick/mspro_block). The issue relates to how read-only devices are handled in the mspro_block code path. Root cause: improper propagation of the read-only state through the block layer during open, leading to a potential reference leak w...

CVE-2022-49440

CVE-2022-49440 affects the Linux kernel (PowerPC RTAS path). The root cause is MSR[RI] not being preserved when entering RTAS, while RTAS runs in real mode and may trigger a panic/ watchdog lockup if MSR[RI] is unset. The fix updates how MSR is computed before calling RTAS, ensuring a hardcoded v...

CVE-2022-49522

CVE-2022-49522 concerns a Linux kernel MMC driver issue (mmc: jz4740) where DMA maps could exceed the DMA engine’s capabilities. The root cause is not a research-level flaw but an inadequate limit on the maximum segment size for DMA data transfers. The fix enforces DMA engine limits on the jz4740...

CVE-2022-49529

CVE-2022-49529 affects the Linux kernel’s DRM/AMDGPU PM code. Root cause: during context release with software SMU disabled, pp_funcs may be uninitialized, causing a NULL pointer dereference and kernel panic (as shown by the amdgpu_dpm_force_performance_level trace). The vulnerability is resolved...

CVE-2023-0615

CVE-2023-0615 affects the Linux kernel V4L2 and vivid test code paths. The vulnerability is a memory leak with potential divide-by-zero and integer overflow when triggering ioctls such as VIDIOC_S_DV_TIMINGS, which could allow a local user to crash the system if vivid test code is enabled. Public...

CVE-2023-52737

CVE-2023-52737: In the Linux kernel, when using Btrfs, fiemap could deadlock with an in-flight fsync due to not taking the inode lock (i_mutex) before fiemap operations. The root cause is that fiemap_fill_next_extent() could fault while accessing user space buffers, which creates a lock-order cyc...

CVE-2023-52899

CVE-2023-52899 – kernel vulnerability (Linux kernel) has concrete details in connected advisories: a missing protection in the AXI channel error handling path (axi_chan_handle_err) for the vd signal can lead to a NULL pointer dereference and kernel panic. The issue is described as “Add exception ...

CVE-2024-46863

The CVE-2024-46863 issue affects the Linux kernel ASoC Intel soc-acpi-intel-lnl-match path. The root cause is a missing empty item in the snd_soc_acpi_link_adr array, which affects the loop termination in hda_sdw_machine_select() due to the absence of links_num in snd_soc_acpi_mach, making the em...

CVE-2002-2438

CVE-2002-2438 describes a TCP/IP flaw where Linux TCP stack could bypass firewalls by receiving SYN packets that include additional flags (e.g., SYN+RST). The vulnerability arises because such packets were not consistently discarded by some stacks after firewalling, allowing a potential connectio...

CVE-2010-4162

CVE-2010-4162: Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 contains multiple integer overflows in fs/bio.c that allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted device ioctl to a SCSI device. MiracleLinux AXSA:2011-57 lists CVE-2010-4162 among affected kernel issues and references a f...