CVE-2014-1690

The vulnerability CVE-2014-1690 affects the Linux kernel’s net/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c before 3.12.8. An IRC DCC session with incorrect NAT mangle data can allow a remote attacker to read kernel memory. Impact is information disclosure; exploitation context is remote over the network. The fixed ve...

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-2019-16921

In the Linux kernel before 4.17, hns_roce_alloc_ucontext in drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_main.c does not initialize the resp data structure, which may allow attackers to read sensitive information from kernel stack memory (CID-df7e40425813). This CVE affects the kernel code path associated ...

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-2021-47323

CVE-2021-47323 affects the Linux kernel watchdog driver sc520_wdt: use-after-free can occur if timer removal uses del_timer() during device removal. The issue is addressed by replacing del_timer() with del_timer_sync() to ensure the timer handler finishes before teardown, preventing potential use...

CVE-2021-47506

CVE-2021-47506 : Linux kernel NFS delegation race in nfsd fixed to address a use-after-free via del_recall_lru when a delegation could be freed after vfs_setlease and callback processing. Symptoms include use-after-free and list corruption in laundromat threads. Connected sources (Astra Linux adv...

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-2022-49420

CVE-2022-49420 documents a data race in the Linux kernel involving UDP path: UDP sendmsg() reads sk->sk_bound_dev_if while it can be changed by another thread, and UDP wake/receive paths around __ip6_datagram_connect and udpv6_sendmsg. The issue is in net/ipv6/udp.c and related dgram/connect c...

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-2022-49620

CVE-2022-49620 (Linux kernel, net: tipc) Affects the Tipc subsystem: a potential refcount leak in tipc_sk_create() when tipc_sk_insert() fails. The fix ensures the sk is freed on failure, preventing a leak. The public description notes local attack vector with low privileges required and no user ...

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-2025-38058

CVE-2025-38058 affects the Linux kernel: the function __legitimize_mnt() in fs/namespace.c mis-handled synchronization around MNT_SYNC_UMOUNT, risking an incorrect mnt_count handling and a dropped reference to the caller after umount(2) checks but before MNT_SYNC_UMOUNT is set. The issue is resol...

CVE-2025-38074

CVE-2025-38074 affects the Linux kernel vhost-scsi path. The issue arises when the vhost-scsi completion path accesses vq->log_base after vq->log_used has been set to false, due to a race around vq->mutex protecting vq->log_used. The fix adds a mutex around vq->log_used checks to p...

CVE-2025-38204

CVE-2025-38204 affects the Linux kernel’s JFS filesystem. The issue is an array-index-out-of-bounds read in add_missing_indices, where stbl (s8) must map to offsets 0–127. A bound check was added and -EIO is returned if the check fails; jfs_readdir is also updated to propagate errors from add_mis...

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-2011-2689

The vulnerability CVE-2011-2689 affects the Linux kernel’s gfs2_fallocate path (fs/gfs2/file.c). It occurs in versions before 3.0-rc1, where the size of a chunk allocation may not be a multiple of the filesystem block size. This can allow a local user to trigger a denial of service and system cra...

CVE-2013-1860

CVE-2013-1860 is a heap-based buffer overflow in the Linux kernel’s wdm_in_callback (drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c) present in versions prior to 3.8.4. The vulnerability allows physically proximate attackers to crash the system or potentially execute arbitrary code through a crafted cdc-wdm USB dev...

CVE-2013-1943

CVE-2013-1943 affects the KVM subsystem of the Linux kernel prior to 3.0. It arises because memory slots in a guest’s physical address space may be allocated without validating kernel addresses, enabling local users to gain privileges or read kernel memory. Affected components: arch/x86/kvm/pagin...

CVE-2014-2038

CVE-2014-2038 affects the Linux kernel via the nfs_can_extend_write flaw in fs/nfs/write.c (before 3.13.3). The vulnerability relies on a write delegation to extend a write operation without an up‑to‑date verification, enabling local attackers to obtain sensitive kernel memory data by writing to ...

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-2021-47169

CVE-2021-47169 : In the Linux kernel, the serial rp2 driver could NULL-dereference if a firmware load via request_firmware_nowait occurred before ports were initialized. The fix was to use a synchronous firmware load (request_firmware) during rp2_probe to ensure interrupts are not handled before ...

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-2022-49100

The CVE-2022-49100 entry concerns the Linux kernel virtio_console subsystem. The vulnerability is resolved by removing anonymous init and exit functions (module_init/module_exit) and assigning unique driver-specific names, to avoid ambiguity in System.map and initcall_debug logs, per the descript...

CVE-2022-49113

CVE-2022-49113 — In the Linux kernel, a refcount leak in powerpc/secvar, specifically in format_show(), is fixed. The leak can occur when format_show returns failure in multiple paths. The mitigation is the unified management of of_node_put to correct the leak. The available connected sources con...

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-2022-49327

The CVE-2022-49327 issue affects the Linux kernel and is described in multiple advisories (e.g., Unity Linux and SUSE/SUSE-SU family) as a fix for bcached journal no-space deadlock. The vulnerability arises when journal replay during cache set registration can stall if journal buckets are exhaust...

CVE-2022-49472

CVE-2022-49472 affects the Linux kernel PHY Micrel driver: if a .probe is present and .driver_data is missing, a NULL pointer dereference can occur. The fix adds NULL checks for priv->type to allow probing without .driver_data. Connected advisories (Astra/Unity Linux) reference Linux kernel ve...

CVE-2022-49527

In CVE-2022-49527, the Linux kernel media/venus/hfi path was fixed to avoid a null-dereference during deinitialization. If venus_probe fails at pm_runtime_put_sync, the error path previously called hfi_destroy (which sets core->ops to NULL) and then attempted hfi_core_deinit, which would deref...

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-2022-49727

CVE-2022-49727 : In the Linux kernel, the vulnerability affects the IPv6 L2TP send path (ipv6_sendmsg) where a signed integer overflow can occur when len >= INT_MAX - transhdrlen, causing ulen = len + transhdrlen to overflow. The fix mirrors the approach used in udpv6 by subtracting transhdrle...

CVE-2024-26699

CVE-2024-26699 concerns the Linux kernel’s drm/amd/display code, specifically a fix for an array-index-out-of-bounds in dcn35_clkmgr. The root cause is a memory access violation when iterating through the dcn35 clocks array. The documented mitigation is to limit iteration to the array size. Concr...

CVE-2009-0322

CVE-2009-0322 affects the Linux kernel Dell RBU (Remote BIOS Update) driver: reading zero bytes from image_type or packet_size under /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/ can cause a local DoS (system crash). Concrete references in connected advisories show affected kernels include 2.6.27.x (before 2.6...

CVE-2011-1573

CVE-2011-1573: Linux kernel SCTP (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) can OOPs DoS when addip_enable and auth_enable are used because INIT/INIT-ACK length calculation ignores zero padding. Affects kernels before 2.6.34; patch/fix shipped in 2.6.34+. vulnerable component/file: sm_make_chunk.c; impact: denia...

CVE-2011-1771

CVE-2011-1771 affects the Linux kernel up to version 2.6.38, specifically the cifs_close function in fs/cifs/file.c. If a local user opens a CIFS file with the O_DIRECT flag, it can trigger a NULL pointer dereference (and BUG), causing a denial of service or unspecified impact. Mitigation: upgrad...

CVE-2021-47183

CVE-2021-47183 concerns the Linux kernel SCSI lpfc driver. The issue occurs during a Fibre Channel link-down transition when PLOGIs are outstanding. ABTS requests may trigger a NULL pointer dereference because Abort WQEs are issued before the link state is set to down, and abort completions can r...

CVE-2021-47281

CVE-2021-47281 affects the Linux kernel ALSA seq subsystem: snd_seq_timer_open() has a race on timeri allocation per queue, allowing a later concurrent call to override the timer and cause a use-after-free until the queue closes. The vulnerability is caused by missing protection when checking the...

CVE-2021-47307

CVE-2021-47307 affects the Linux kernel CIFS implementation. The issue is a NULL dereference in cifs_compose_mount_options() when the optional ref parameter contains a NULL node_name. The vulnerability was fixed in the Linux kernel (details in the cited commits). CVSS data in the document set sho...

CVE-2021-47380

The CVE-2021-47380 issue affects the Linux kernel's HID AMD SFH driver. The vulnerability arises from a potential NULL pointer dereference when devm_add_action_or_reset() is invoked during registration, because the related data isn’t initialized yet. The provided patches move data initialization ...

CVE-2021-47478

CVE-2021-47478 – isofs in the Linux kernel : The vulnerability arises when reading inodes from a corrupted isofs image, allowing an out-of-bounds read beyond the end of the buffer. The root cause is insufficient sanity checks on the directory entry length, which could be exploited during isofs_re...

CVE-2021-47551

CVE-2021-47551 affects the Linux kernel’s DRM/AMD AMDKFD during SR-IOV reset handling. The issue could trigger a kernel panic when a reset is retried after a failed reset, due to uninitialized state being re-done. The fixed behavior avoids re-uninitialization on a subsequent reset, addressing a s...

CVE-2021-47642

CVE-2021-47642: in the Linux kernel’s video fbdev/nvidiafb path, a fixed-size buffer overrun could occur by copying a channel name with strcpy into chan->adapter.name. The defect arises from copying into a 48-char buffer without length checks; fix is to use strscpy() to prevent overflows. The ...

CVE-2022-48766

CVE-2022-48766 relates to the Linux kernel, specifically the DRM/AMD display path. The vulnerability is resolved by wrapping dcn301_calculate_wm_and_dlg for FPU, mirroring the dcn30 logic. Without this fix, the kernel may emit a flood of WARNs and can experience kernel panics. The description not...

CVE-2022-49120

CVE-2022-49120 pertains to the Linux kernel SCSI pm8001 path. The vulnerability is a task leak in pm8001_send_abort_all() where allocated SAS tasks may not be freed if pm8001_tag_alloc() or pm8001_mpi_build_cmd() fail. The fix ensures proper freeing of the SAS task in those failure paths. Public ...

CVE-2022-49525

CVE-2022-49525 relates to the Linux kernel: the media: cx25821 driver issue triggers a warning when removing the module (remove_proc_entry leaking cx25821 IRQ). The connected advisories confirm the root cause is not a_privately exploitable bug in userland but a resource management ordering proble...

CVE-2022-49741

In the Linux kernel, CVE-2022-49741 affects the fbdev smscufx driver by faulty error handling in ufx_usb_probe, which the advisory and connected Nessus/NASL records describe as causing a memory leak (unreferenced object in ufx_usb_probe). The issue is tied to the ufx_usb_probe error path, includi...

CVE-2022-49742

The CVE-2022-49742 issue affects the Linux kernel’s f2fs code. It describes a lock initialization order problem where spin_lock(&sbi->error_lock) is taken before spin_lock_init() is called, flagging a lockdep warning in f2fs_handle_error(). The recommended remediation is to initialize locks (a...

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-2023-52805

CVE-2023-52805 affects the Linux kernel/JFS inode allocation. The issue is an array-index-out-of-bounds in diAlloc caused by lack of validation of the iag’s agno during new inode allocation, which could lead to fragmentation. A fix was added to perform the necessary check, and multiple connected ...

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 ...