CVE-2022-49831

The CVE relates to the Linux kernel btrfs zoned feature. The issue occurs during seeding on a zoned filesystem if each zoned device’s btrfs_zoned_device_info is not initialized, causing a NULL pointer dereference when mounting. Multiple sources confirm this vulnerability and its resolution in the...

CVE-2025-39744

The CVE-2025-39744 issue affects the Linux kernel and describes a deadlock in rcu_read_unlock() when called during irq_exit() if an IPI is issued. The root cause is an incorrect handling of irq_work state inside rcu_read_unlock_special() triggered by irq_exit(), which can cause a system hang/lock...

CVE-2008-4302

CVE-2008-4302 affects the Linux kernel splice subsystem specifically fs/splice.c. The root cause is a failure in add_to_page_cache_lru, after which code attempts to unlock a page that was not locked, enabling a local user to trigger a kernel BUG and system crash (denial of service). Public adviso...

CVE-2011-2707

The CVE-2011-2707 entry affects the Linux kernel's arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c, where the ptrace_setxregs() function does not validate user-space pointers. This allows a local user to read kernel memory via a crafted PTRACE_SETXTREGS request, as described for Linux kernel versions before 3.1. Pub...

CVE-2014-4157

CVE-2014-4157 affects the Linux kernel on MIPS up to 3.14.8. The fast system-call path does not configure _TIF_SECCOMP checks, letting local attackers bypass PR_SET_SECCOMP restrictions by running a crafted app without trace/audit. Impact: partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability (loc...

CVE-2014-6417

CVE-2014-6417 affects net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph usage within the Linux kernel prior to 3.16.3. The issue arises from not handling kmalloc failure, enabling a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (system crash) or potentially other impact via a long unencrypted auth ticket. Public advisori...

CVE-2016-10907

Vulnerability CVE-2016-10907 affects the Linux kernel in drivers/iio/dac/ad5755.c up to version 4.8.5, with an out-of-bounds write in the function ad5755_parse_dt. Exploitation could lead to memory corruption. The ChangeLog indicates the issue was addressed in kernel 4.8.6 (and later). Controlled...

CVE-2022-50203

CVE-2022-50203 affects the Linux kernel ARM OMAP2+ display path. The described issue is a refcount leak in omapdss_init_fbdev where of_find_node_by_name() can return a node with an incremented refcount. The recommended action is to call of_node_put() when the node is no longer used to prevent the...

CVE-2024-42075

The CVE-2024-42075 issue affects the Linux kernel’s BPF arena code, where the remap logic did not account for mremap, risking use-after-free in arena_vm_close. A reference-count mechanism was added to handle multiple mmap events, mitigating the flaw. Concrete details: affected component is the bp...

CVE-2011-0999

CVE-2011-0999 affects the Linux kernel (mm/huge_memory.c) up to 2.6.38-rc5. A local attacker could trigger creation of a transparent huge page (THP) during a temporary stack for an exec() call, enabling memory exhaustion and potential other impact. The issue is caused by not preventing THP creati...

CVE-2014-6418

Summary of CVE-2014-6418 — firmware/driver component: In Ceph usage within the Linux kernel, net/ceph/auth_x.c handles auth replies and, prior to kernel 3.16.3, fails to properly validate them. This can be triggered by crafted data arriving from a Ceph Monitor IP address, potentially causing a de...

CVE-2026-31608

CVE-2026-31608 affects the Linux kernel SMB server. The issue is a double-free in smb_direct_free_sendmsg when invoked after smb_direct_flush_send_list(); smb_direct_flush_send_list() already calls smb_direct_free_sendmsg(), so a second call after post_sendmsg() is incorrect. The fix moves the ca...

CVE-2011-2534

CVE-2011-2534 : A buffer overflow in the Linux kernel’s clusterip_proc_write (net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c) exists before 2.6.39. A crafted write operation that includes non-terminated string data could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service and potentially other impact. The ro...

CVE-2022-50204

CVE-2022-50204 concerns a Linux kernel issue affecting ARM OMAP2+ where pdata-quirks leaked a refcount in pdata_quirks_init_clocks due to a missing of_node_put() after using of_find_node_by_name() in a loop. The vulnerability is mitigated by a kernel fix that corrects the refcount handling, preve...

CVE-2009-2768

The vulnerability CVE-2009-2768 affects the Linux kernel flat subsystem (fs/binfmt_flat.c: load_flat_shared_library). It allows local users to trigger a NULL pointer dereference by executing a shared flat binary, potentially causing a denial of service and system crash, via an uninitialized cred ...

CVE-2013-6763

CVE-2013-6763 : The Linux kernel function uio_mmap_physical (drivers/uio/uio.c) is vulnerable in all versions before 3.12 due to missing validation of the mmaped memory block size. This can enable local users to trigger memory corruption and potentially gain privileges through crafted mmap operat...

CVE-2022-49766

The CVE-2022-49766 entry concerns the Linux kernel netlink path: it fixes a bounds-check issue in the creation of struct nlmsgerr. The underlying cause was related to a memcpy across a composite flexible array struct, which is mitigated by switching from __nlmsg_put to nlmsg_put() and explaining ...

CVE-2025-38041

CVE-2025-38041 concerns Linux kernel code: clk: sunxi-ng: h616 reparents the GPU clock to the GPU1 clock during frequency changes to mitigate panfrost OoOps and GPU hangs when performing device DVFS on the GPU. The vulnerability is effectively a local issue with the GPU clock DVFS pathway; the ex...

CVE-2025-38531

CVE-2025-38531 affects the Linux kernel IIO common/st_sensors code. The issue arises from using uninitialized indio_dev->dev in probe paths, which can trigger a kernel panic in st_sensors_power_enable() when devm_regulator_bulk_get_enable() fails and later calls dev_err_probe() with an uniniti...

CVE-2025-38710

The CVE-2025-38710 vulnerability affects the Linux kernel GFS2: it relies on i_depth validation for exhash directories. A fuzzer introduced corruption that could yield a dir_e_read() depth of 0, causing an undefined shift by 32 at index = hash >> (32 - dip->i_depth). The minimum depth is...

CVE-2004-0816

CVE-2004-0816: Integer underflow in the Linux kernel’s iptables firewall logging rules prior to 2.6.8 can allow a remote attacker to crash the system via a malformed IP packet. Multiple sources (Mandrake MDKSA-2005:022, SUSE advisory, NVD, Exploit-DB/Seebug pages) confirm the vulnerability exists...

CVE-2008-3496

CVE-2008-3496 affects the Linux kernel uvcvideo (V4L) in drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_driver.c, where a buffer overflow in format descriptor parsing occurs in uvc_parse_format. Affected are kernels older than 2.6.26.1; the ChangeLog indicates this version contains the fix. Public disclosures in SU...

CVE-2011-4087

CVE-2011-4087 affects the Linux kernel up to version 2.6.38, where the function br_parse_ip_options in net/bridge/br_netfilter.c fails to initialize a data structure properly. This can allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by manipulating connectivity to an Ethernet bridge-enabled n...

CVE-2022-49765

CVE-2022-49765 concerns the Linux kernel 9p transport. The issue arises from inconsistent lock state between p9 client structures and the trans_fd transport path. Specifically, p9_req_put() and p9_tag_remove() interactions cross IRQ contexts but the trans_fd path used a different lock, leading to...

CVE-2011-1747

CVE-2011-1747 affects the Linux kernel AGP subsystem (2.6.38.5 and earlier). The vulnerability stems from inadequate restriction of memory allocations for AGPIOC_RESERVE and AGPIOC_ALLOCATE ioctls in the AGP driver, allowing a local attacker with access to the video subsystem to induce memory exh...

CVE-2025-38208

CVE-2025-38208 is resolved in the Linux kernel: smb client adds a NULL check in automount_fullpath to prevent NULL dereference when tcon->origin_fullpath is set. The issue was a missing null check in __build_path_from_dentry_optional_prefix for the case when origin_fullpath is present. Affects...

CVE-2025-38704

CVE-2025-38704: In the Linux kernel, a bug in rcu/nocb could access an invalid nocb_cb_kthread pointer during CPU online/offline cycles. The fix changes the safety check to use rdp->nocb_gp_kthread instead of rdp_gp->nocb_gp_kthread. Public advisories from SUSE (SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1, openSU...

CVE-2022-50023

The CVE-2022-50023 issue affects the Linux kernel's DMAengine dw-axi-dmac component. When a channel has no descriptor and an interrupt is raised, the kernel can OOPS. The root cause is not validating the descriptor result; the fix is to check the outcome of vchan_next_desc() in axi_chan_block_xfe...

CVE-2025-38232

CVE-2025-38232 relates to a race in NFSD where nfsd registration and proc exports may collide. The Linux kernel fix addresses a race between creating the /proc/fs/nfsd entry and its removal during module init/exit, which could cause kernel OOPs when exports are updated (exportfs -r) while nfsd is...

CVE-2025-38269

CVE-2025-38269 affects the Linux kernel, specifically the btrfs path. When exit after a state insertion failure occurs in btrfs_convert_extent_bit(), if insert_state() fails and CONFIG_BUG is disabled, the code falls through to cache_state() and dereferences the error pointer, causing an invalid ...

CVE-2025-38359

CVE-2025-38359 affects the Linux kernel on s390/x architectures. The issue is a fix in in_atomic() handling in do_secure_storage_access() where kernel user-space accesses to not-exported pages in atomic context can trigger a page fault handling path. The described impact involves a potential slee...

CVE-2001-1391

CVE-2001-1391 is an off-by-one vulnerability in the CPIA driver of the Linux kernel prior to 2.2.19 that allows a local user to write into kernel memory. The issue is documented in multiple advisories (Mandrake MDKSA-2001:037, Debian DSA-047-1) and is described as a problem in the CPIA driver’s b...

CVE-2009-1243

The issue affects the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.29.1, where an unlocking step in the udp seq_file infrastructure can be triggered under certain conditions. This allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by reading zero bytes from /proc/net/udp (and unspecified other files). Root cau...

CVE-2023-53292

CVE-2023-53292 (Linux kernel) describes a NULL pointer dereference in blk_mq_elv_switch_none where q->elevator may become NULL after acquiring q->sysfs_lock; the fix guards the q->elevator dereference by checking it while holding the lock, preventing a crash/local denial of service. The ...

CVE-2006-5331

CVE-2006-5331 affects the Linux kernel on 64-bit PowerPC systems. The altivec_unavailable_exception function mishandles the path where CONFIG_ALTIVEC is defined and the CPU supports Altivec, but Altivec support was not detected by the kernel, enabling a local user to trigger an Altivec instructio...

CVE-2023-53419

CVE-2023-53419 : Linux kernel fix for a NULL-pointer dereference in PREEMPT_RT RCU code. The vulnerability arises when CPU2 reads rnp->exp_tasks without holding rnp->lock while CPU1 may update rnp->exp_tasks to NULL, leading to a dereference of a NULL pointer. The documented fix is to ho...

CVE-2008-3077

The CVE-2008-3077 issue affects the Linux kernel (arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c) on x86_64 before version 2.6.25.10. The function sys32_ptrace leaks task_struct references, enabling local attackers to trigger a denial of service (system crash) and potentially other impacts via unknown vectors, possibl...

CVE-2011-2906

The issue is an integer signedness error in the Linux kernel's pmcraid_ioctl_passthrough under drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c, affecting pre-3.1 kernels. It may allow local attackers to cause denial of service via a negative size value in an ioctl call, typically in environments with a privileged program...

CVE-2019-12818

CVE-2019-12818 affects the Linux kernel prior to 4.20.15. The issue is in the NFC LLCP code: nfc_llcp_build_tlv in net/nfc/llcp_commands.c may return NULL, and if the caller neglects to check, a NULL pointer dereference can occur, leading to denial of service. The vulnerability impacts nfc_llcp_b...

CVE-2025-38096

The connected SUSE/OpenSUSE advisory confirms CVE-2025-38096 is addressed by an openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel security update (openSUSE-SU-2025-20081-1). The CVE concerns the Linux kernel wifi/iwlwifi code, specifically iwl_trans_reclaim warning behavior when the FW is not alive or a FW restart is pe...

CVE-2023-53247

CVE-2023-53247 involves the Linux kernel Btrfs code (btrfs_cont_expand path). The issue arises when a page is retrieved during btrfs_cont_expand, then marked as mapped and read; if release_folio() is called before reacquiring the page lock, release_folio() may clear the page private flag but leav...

CVE-2010-2243

CVE-2010-2243 applies to the Linux kernel code path kernel/time/clocksource.c on non-GENERIC_TIME systems; triggering an OOPS when reading /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource. The vulnerability is described for kernels before version 2.6.34. Connected sources confirm ...

CVE-2011-4112

CVE-2011-4112 affects the Linux kernel net subsystem prior to 3.1. The issue arises from improper restriction of the IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING flag, enabling local users with CAP_NET_ADMIN to access /proc/net/pktgen/pgctrl and, using the pktgen package with a bridge device for a VLAN interface, trigger ...

CVE-2026-46147

CVE-2026-46147 concerns the Linux kernel KVM on ARM64, where two bugs in vCPU initialisation can leak pin references to host vCPU/SVE pages and allow observation of a partially initialised vCPU object. The fixes extract a helper for vCPU registration, ensure proper unpinning on error, and enforce...

CVE-2022-50367

CVE-2022-50367 affects the Linux kernel’s nilfs filesystem code. The vulnerability arises when in alloc_inode, inode_init_always() may return -ENOMEM if security_inode_alloc() fails, leaving inode->i_private uninitialized. nilfs_is_metadata_file_inode() can then return true and nilfs_free_inod...

CVE-2025-38069

Technical details for CVE-2025-38069 are not provided in the connected documents. Monitor for updates from upstream advisories.

CVE-2010-2653

CVE-2010-2653 concerns a race condition in the Linux kernel’s hvc_close function (drivers/char/hvc_console.c). The vulnerability affects Linux kernels before 2.6.34 and can enable a local attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially other impact by closing a Hypervisor Virtual Console dev...

CVE-2022-50386

CVE-2022-50386 is a Linux kernel Bluetooth L2CAP use‑after‑free vulnerability. The fix adds a guard by calling l2cap_chan_hold_unless_zero() after __l2cap_get_chan_blah() to prevent a use‑after‑free in l2cap_chan_destroy. Affected: Linux kernel Bluetooth L2CAP path; impact per sources is high (CV...

CVE-2023-53197

CVE-2023-53197: Linux kernel USB UHCI memory leak when using debugfs_lookup() (dput() on result required). The fix is to replace with debugfs_lookup_and_remove(), which handles the logic and prevents leaks. Affected: Linux kernel USB UHCI code path; Impact states local, with availability impact a...

CVE-2022-50373

CVE-2022-50373: Linux kernel patch for fs/dlm lowcomms races. A race between queue_work() in _dlm_lowcomms_commit_msg() and srcu_read_unlock() could let a dlm_msg be freed with msg->idx containing garbage. A fix adds an extra reference count between dlm_lowcomms_new_msg() and dlm_lowcomms_comm...