CVE-2023-52644

CVE-2023-52644 relates to a Linux kernel WiFi component (b43) where the QoS-disabled path could map the IEEE 802.11 queue incorrectly due to a single-queue scenario. The root cause is that when QoS is off, the code may attempt to stop/wake a non-existent queue or fail to stop/wake the actual queu...

CVE-2024-26886

The Linux kernel contains a vulnerability in the af_bluetooth component where attempting to perform sock_lock on .recvmsg can cause a deadlock . To resolve this and avoid a Use-After-Free (UAF) , the kernel uses sk_receive_queue.lock on bt_sock_ioctl instead of sock_sock. Affected systems include...

CVE-2024-26894

The Linux kernel contains a memory leak vulnerability in the ACPI: processor_idle component, specifically within the acpi_processor_power_exit() function. The issue occurs because memory associated with the CPU idle device is not freed after unregistering it. This can lead to a memory leak over t...

CVE-2024-27032

The Linux kernel 's f2fs file system component contains a vulnerability where a kernel panic can be triggered during recovery. Specifically, if FAULT_BLOCK is enabled, the function f2fs_reserve_new_block() may return -ENOSPC, leading to a panic. Additionally, if the fault injection rate is set to...

CVE-2024-27028

The Linux kernel is vulnerable to a NULL pointer access in the spi-mt65xx driver's interrupt handler. Specifically, the TX buffer in spi_transfer can be a NULL pointer , which may cause the handler to write to invalid memory and result in system crashes . Remediation involves adding a check to tr...

CVE-2021-0920

CVE-2021-0920 is confirmed with concrete details in the connected sources: a race condition in unix_scm_to_skb within af_unix.c can trigger a use-after-free, potentially enabling local privilege escalation on the Android kernel. The vulnerability affects the Linux kernel used in Android (via the ...

CVE-2019-10638

The CVE-2019-10638 entry concerns the Linux kernel IT: the IP ID values used for connectionless protocols (UDP/ICMP) in kernels prior to 5.1.7. The underlying issue is weak hashing of IP IDs, enabling an attacker to track a host across networks by correlating IDs and potentially obtain the hashin...

CVE-2019-14284

CVE-2019-14284 affects the Linux kernel prior to 5.2.3, where floppy.c can suffer a division-by-zero in setup_format_params. Two consecutive ioctls can trigger a DOs: the first ioctl sets geometry (.sect/.rate) such that F_SECT_PER_TRACK becomes zero; the second triggers the floppy format operati...

CVE-2024-26875

The Linux kernel is vulnerable to a slab-use-after-free (UAF) flaw in the pvrusb2 driver within the pvr2_context_set_notify function (located in drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c). The issue is caused by a race condition where Task A sets a disconnect_flag , causing Task B to meet a con...

CVE-2014-0196

CVE-2014-0196 affects the Linux kernel (through 3.14.3) specifically the n_tty_write function in drivers/tty/n_tty.c. The flaw permits a local user to trigger a race condition between read and write operations with long strings in the LECHO & !OPOST case, enabling denial of service (memory corrup...

CVE-2019-14283

CVE-2019-14283 affects the Linux kernel up to version 5.2.2, where floppy drive handling in set_geometry() in drivers/block/floppy.c fails to validate sect and head, enabling an integer overflow and out-of-bounds read. This can be triggered by an unprivileged local user when a floppy is present (...

CVE-2023-39192

CVE-2023-39192 : A flaw in the Linux kernel Netfilter xt_u32 module allows a local privileged attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read by crafting improper values in the xt_u32 structure. The root cause is missing validation of fields in xt_u32, leading to crash or information disclosure. Impact...

CVE-2020-12770

CVE-2020-12770 arises from the Linux kernel sg_write path in the SCSI generic (sg) driver not releasing internal resources in a specific error path because sg_remove_request is not called. This root cause is cited in multiple sources (e.g., ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-012) and is described as a local-ac...

CVE-2023-39193

CVE-2023-39193 affects the Linux kernel Netfilter SCTP path, where sctp_mt_check fails to validate the flag_count field, enabling a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN to trigger an out-of-bounds read that can crash the system or cause information disclosure. Connected advisories (Red Hat, AlmaLinu...

CVE-2021-46953

The CVE-2021-46953 issue affects the Linux kernel ACPI GTDT driver. If a probe fails due to invalid firmware properties, the driver may unmap an interrupt it mapped earlier without verifying that the mapping succeeded, and if the firmware reports an interrupt number overlapping the GIC SGI range,...

CVE-2023-1192

CVE-2023-1192 denotes a use-after-free in CIFS smb2_is_status_io_timeout() within the Linux kernel, where memory freed during a system call and CIFS’ later access to that memory can trigger a denial of service. The connected advisories confirm this UAF issue exists in kernel CIFS code and link it...

CVE-2023-5090

CVE-2023-5090: A flaw in Linux kernel KVM (svm_set_x2apic_msr_interception) enables direct access to host x2apic MSRs when a guest resets its APIC, potentially causing denial of service. Connected advisories (Astra Linux, IBM Guardium bulletin, Amazon ALAS) reference this CVE as part of Linux ker...

CVE-2019-3016

CVE-2019-3016 is a Linux kernel/KVM issue where, when PV TLB is enabled, a process inside a guest can read memory belonging to another process in the same guest. The root cause is a missing or incomplete TLB flush in the KVM x86 paravirtualized path when the host is running Linux 4.10 and the gue...

CVE-2021-37159

CVE-2021-37159 affects the Linux kernel driver hso_free_net_device() in drivers/net/usb/hso.c. The code calls unregister_netdev without verifying NETREG_REGISTERED, causing use-after-free and double-free scenarios. Affected kernel versions include up to 5.13.4; the issue is mitigated by upgrading...

CVE-2020-27171

The vulnerability CVE-2020-27171 affects Linux kernels before 5.11.8. The issue is in kernel/bpf/verifier.c, where an off-by-one error enables integer underflow that can trigger out-of-bounds speculation in pointer arithmetic, allowing side-channel leakage of kernel memory and defeating Spectre m...

CVE-2020-25285

CVE-2020-25285 is a race condition in the Linux kernel hugetlb sysctl handlers (mm/hugetlb.c) that could allow a local attacker to corrupt memory or trigger NULL pointer dereferences. Public docs (e.g., ChangeLog-5.8.8) indicate the fix was released in kernel 5.8.8; Ubuntu/Debian advisories refer...

CVE-2023-0459

CVE-2023-0459: Linux kernel on 64-bit systems is affected by a local elevation of information disclosure due to Copy_from_user bypassing __uaccess_begin_nospec, bypassing access_ok and allowing a user to pass a kernel pointer to copy_from_user. Root cause is the __uaccess_begin_nospec handling. I...

CVE-2022-1462

CVE-2022-1462 is an out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel TeleTYpe subsystem triggered by a race using ioctls (TIOCSPTLCK, TIOCGPTPEER, TIOCSTI, TCXONC). Local users can crash the system or read unauthorized memory. Public advisories link this CVE to Linux kernel versions across multiple distrib...

CVE-2019-19532

CVE-2019-19532 affects the Linux kernel up to 5.3.8, with multiple out-of-bounds write bugs triggered by a malicious USB device in HID drivers (e.g., HID-AXFF, HID-EMSFF, HID-LOGITECH-HIDPP, HID-MICROSOFT, HID-SONY, HID-TMFF, HID-ZPFF, and others). The root cause is out-of-bounds writes in HID dr...

CVE-2019-13631

The CVE-2019-13631 entry describes a vulnerability in the Linux kernel (parse_hid_report_descriptor in drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c) where a malicious USB HID device can cause an out-of-bounds write during debugging message generation. This affects kernels up to version 5.2.1. The document does no...

CVE-2019-19319

CVE-2019-19319 : In the Linux kernel prior to 5.2, a setxattr operation following a mount of a crafted ext4 image can trigger a slab-out-of-bounds write via ext4_xattr_set_entry use-after-free when a large old_size is used in memset in fs/ext4/xattr.c. This is an information disclosure/DoS risk p...

CVE-2020-13143

CVE-2020-13143 affects the Linux kernel USB gadget/configfs (drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c) from 3.16 to 5.6.13. The flaw arises when gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store uses kstrdup and may encounter an internal NUL value, leading to potential out-of-bounds memory access (reported as heap out-of-bounds wr...

CVE-2021-3573

CVE-2021-3573 is a local-use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel Bluetooth HCI subsystem (function hci_sock_bound_ioctl) where a race between ioct HCIUNBLOCKADDR and hci_unregister_dev() and calls such as hci_sock_blacklist_add()/del(), hci_get_conn_info(), and hci_get_auth_info() can le...

CVE-2021-42739

CVE-2021-42739 is a heap/buffer overflow in the Linux kernel’s FireWire FireDTV driver (firedtv-avc.c, firedtv-ci.c) caused by avc_ca_pmt failing to perform proper bounds checking. It affects the kernel’s FireWire path and can lead to memory corruption, crashes, or potentially privilege escalatio...

CVE-2020-10690

The CVE-2020-10690 entry affects Linux kernel versions before 5.5. It is caused by a race between the release of ptp_clock and the cdev during resource deallocation, which can free the cdev structure while a high-privileged process holding /dev/ptpX is sleeping. When the underlying device is remo...

CVE-2020-8647

Summary of CVE-2020-8647: A use-after-free? No — it is an MMIO out-of-bounds access in the vgacon driver (vt.c, vc_do_resize) of the Linux kernel, reported in the Debian/AlmaLinux advisories as CVE-2020-8647. Impact stated in Debian entries includes potential denial of service, memory corruption,...

CVE-2020-26541

CVE-2020-26541 : Local attacker can bypass the Secure Boot Forbidden Signature Database (dbx) protection in Linux kernels up to 5.8.13, affecting certs/blacklist.c and certs/system_keyring.c. Impact involves potential system integrity/confidentiality compromise. Connected sources confirm the issu...

CVE-2020-12352

CVE-2020-12352 corresponds to an issue in the Linux Bluetooth stack (BlueZ) where improper access control may allow an unauthenticated user with adjacent access to trigger information disclosure. The description and connected sources indicate this is a local/adjacent-network risk without user int...

CVE-2022-40133

CVE-2022-40133 : A use-after-free in the Linux kernel vmwgfx driver (function vmw_execbuf_tie_context in drivers/gpu/vmxgfx/vmxgfx_execbuf.c) can be triggered by local unprivileged/user-space activity via the render node (/dev/dri/renderD128). Exploitation may allow a local attacker to gain eleva...

CVE-2018-1000204

CVE-2018-1000204 affects Linux kernel versions 3.18–4.16 where an SG_IO ioctl on /dev/sg0 with dxfer_direction=SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV and an empty 6-byte cmdp can cause the kernel to copy up to 1000 heap pages to userspace. The root cause is improper handling of SG_IO data flow leading to information ...

CVE-2019-19332

CVE-2019-19332 affects the Linux kernel KVM implementation (x86) with an out-of-bounds memory write in handling the KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID ioctl, enabling a local user with access to /dev/kvm to crash the system (DoS). Affected range is kernels 3.13–5.4. Root cause described as a missing/bounds-c...

CVE-2020-8834

Affected software: Linux kernel KVM for PowerPC (KVM with Book3S HV on Power8). Vulnerability arises from conflicting use of HSTATE_HOST_R1 to store r1 state in kvmppc_hv_entry and in kvmppc_save_tm()/kvmppc_restore_tm, leading to stack corruption. Consequence: a guest VM kernel-space code execut...

CVE-2022-38457

CVE-2022-38457 affects the vmwgfx driver (Linux kernel) in the function vmw_cmd_res_check within drivers/gpu/vmxgfx/vmxgfx_execbuf.c, exposed via /dev/dri/renderD128. The issue is a use-after-free, leading to local privilege escalation and DoS. Connected advisories ( MiracleLinux AXSA) reference ...

CVE-2019-15090

CVE-2019-15090 affects the Linux kernel driver component drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_dbg.c, with an out-of-bounds read in the qedi_dbg_* family of functions for versions before 5.1.12. The issue can enable a local attacker to read memory due to improper bounds handling, as described in the CVE entry. ...

CVE-2023-30456

CVE-2023-30456 affects Linux kernels with arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c pre-6.2.8. The root cause is missing consistency checks for CR0 and CR4 in nVMX on x86_64, which can enable state inconsistency between VMX and guest. Public references indicate this has been addressed by 6.2.8 and via various AL...

CVE-2020-25211

CVE-2020-25211 describes a local vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s netfilter conntrack netlink path. A bounds check is missing in ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c), permitting a local attacker injecting conntrack netlink configuration to overflow a local buffer...

CVE-2021-33655

CVE-2021-33655 is confirmed in the provided documents as an out-of-bounds memory write triggered by malicious data sent via the framebuffer ioctl FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO in the Linux kernel framebuffer/console path. The issue allows a local user to crash the system and potentially escalate privileges...

CVE-2020-28974

CVE-2020-28974 is a slab-out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel’s fbcon driver, fixed in kernel 5.9.7. The flaw arises in KD_FONT_OP_COPY within drivers/tty/vt/vt.c and could allow a local attacker to read privileged kernel memory or cause a kernel crash. Several connected documents describe the ...

CVE-2021-4203

CVE-2021-4203 is a Linux kernel use-after-free read flaw in sock_getsockopt() triggered by a race between SO_PEERCRED/SO_PEERGROUPS and listen()/connect(). An authenticated local attacker could crash the system or leak kernel information. The connected IBM advisories document affected products (I...

CVE-2021-3772

CVE-2021-3772 affects the Linux kernel SCTP stack: a blind attacker who knows IPs/ports and can spoof packets can kill an existing SCTP association by sending invalid chunks. The connected advisories confirm the issue and point to a patch in the Linux kernel (commit 32f8807a48ae55be0e76880cfe8607...

CVE-2019-19046

CVE-2019-19046 is a memory-leak in Linux kernel drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c (__ipmi_bmc_register) up to kernel 5.3.11. An ida_simple_get() failure can cause memory consumption leading to DoS; exploitation details are described in the CVE entry, including note that third parties dispute th...

CVE-2022-1508

The CVE-2022-1508 entry describes an out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel io_uring module triggered by certain parameters to io_read(), enabling a local user with low privileges and no user interaction to read memory out of bounds. The provided data notes a MEDIUM base score (6.1, CVSS 3.1) wit...

CVE-2021-30002

The CVE-2021-30002 issue affects the Linux kernel prior to 5.11.3. It is caused by a memory leak in video_usercopy inside drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c when handling large webcam arguments. This memory leak can lead to memory exhaustion on affected systems. Connected advisories (e.g., Debi...

CVE-2022-1789

CVE-2022-1789 targets KVM in the Linux kernel. With shadow paging enabled, INVPCID can lead to a NULL pointer dereference when CR0.PG=0, because the invlpg callback is not set, causing a crash in kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva. The same issue is echoed in Astra Linux and AlmaLinux advisories, which list KVM...

CVE-2021-31916

CVE-2021-31916 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in the device-mapper code (drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c, list_devices) causing an out-of-bounds memory write due to a bound check failure in kernels before 5.12. An attacker with CAP_SYS_ADMIN (local, no user interaction) can trigger a heap overrun, potenti...