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  • Medium 5.3

    Race condition vulnerability in Linux kernel media/dvb-core in dvbdmx_write()

    A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's media/dvb-core in dvbdmx_write() function. This can result in a null pointer dereference issue, possibly leading to a kernel panic or denial of service issue.

  • Medium 4.6

    Race condition vulnerability in Linux kernel bluetooth in conn_info_{min,max}_age_set()

    A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth device driver in conn_info_{min,max}_age_set() function. This can result in integrity overflow issue, possibly leading to bluetooth connection abnormality or denial of service.

  • Medium 4.6

    Race condition vulnerability in Linux kernel net/bluetooth in {conn,adv}_{min,max}_interval_set()

    A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth in {conn,adv}_{min,max}_interval_set() function. This can result in I2cap connection or broadcast abnormality issue, possibly leading to denial of service.

  • Medium 4.6

    Race condition vulnerability in Linux kernel bluetooth sniff_{min,max}_interval_set()

    A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth in sniff_{min,max}_interval_set() function. This can result in a bluetooth sniffing exception issue, possibly leading denial of service.

  • Medium 4.6

    Race condition vulnerability in Linux kernel bluetooth driver in {min,max}_key_size_set()

    A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's bluetooth device driver in {min,max}_key_size_set() function. This can result in a null pointer dereference issue, possibly leading to a kernel panic or denial of service issue.

  • Low 3.3

    Race condition vulnerability in Linux kernel media/xc4000 xc4000_get_frequency()

    A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's media/xc4000 device driver in xc4000 xc4000_get_frequency() function. This can result in return value overflow issue, possibly leading to malfunction or denial of service issue.

  • Medium 5.0

    Race condition vulnerability in Linux kernel scsi device driver lpfc_unregister_fcf_rescan()

    A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's scsi device driver in lpfc_unregister_fcf_rescan() function. This can result in a null pointer dereference issue, possibly leading to a kernel panic or denial of service issue.

  • Medium 5.3

    Race condition vulnerability in Linux kernel sound/hda snd_hdac_regmap_sync

    A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's sound/hda device driver in snd_hdac_regmap_sync() function. This can result in a null pointer dereference issue, possibly leading to a kernel panic or denial of service issue.

  • Medium 5.3

    Race condition vulnerability in Linux kernel drm/exynos exynos_drm_crtc_atomic_disable

    A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's drm/exynos device driver in exynos_drm_crtc_atomic_disable() function. This can result in a null pointer dereference issue, possibly leading to a kernel panic or denial of service issue.

  • Low 3.5

    Possible UAF in bt_accept_poll in Linux kernel

    Use After Free vulnerability in Linux Linux kernel kernel on Linux, x86, ARM (bluetooth modules) allows Local Execution of Code. This vulnerability is associated with program files https://gitee.Com/anolis/cloud-kernel/blob/devel-5.10/net/bluetooth/af_bluetoo…

  • Medium 6.3

    NULL pointer deference in rfcomm_check_security in Linux kernel

    NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Linux Linux kernel kernel on Linux, x86, ARM (net, bluetooth modules) allows Overflow Buffers. This vulnerability is associated with program files /net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.C. This issue affects Linux kernel: v2.6.12…

  • Medium 4.4

    Integer overflow in raid5_cache_count in Linux kernel

    Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Linux Linux kernel kernel on Linux, x86, ARM (md, raid, raid5 modules) allows Forced Integer Overflow.

  • High 7.8

    Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel's Performance Events system component

    A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Performance Events system component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. A perf_event's read_size can overflow, leading to an heap out-of-bounds increment or write in perf_read_…

  • Critical 10.0

    Incorrect Verifier Branch Pruning Logic Leads To Arbitrary Read/Write In Linux Kernel and Lateral Privilege Escalation

    Incorrect verifier pruning in BPF in Linux Kernel >=5.4 leads to unsafe code paths being incorrectly marked as safe, resulting in arbitrary read/write in kernel memory, lateral privilege escalation, and container escape.

  • High 7.8

    Linux Kernel nftables Out-Of-Bounds Read/Write Vulnerability

    Linux Kernel nftables Out-Of-Bounds Read/Write Vulnerability; nft_byteorder poorly handled vm register contents when CAP_NET_ADMIN is in any user or network namespace

  • High 7.8

    Linux Kernel nftables Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    Linux Kernel nftables Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability; `nft_chain_lookup_byid()` failed to check whether a chain was active and CAP_NET_ADMIN is in any user or network namespace

  • High 7.8

    Use-after-free in Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem

    A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c. Mishandled error handling with NFT_MSG_NEWRULE makes it possible to use a dangling pointer in the same transaction causing a use-after-free vu…

  • High 7.8

    Privilege escalation with IO_RING_OP_CLOSE in the Linux Kernel

    A time-of-check to time-of-use issue exists in io_uring subsystem's IORING_OP_CLOSE operation in the Linux kernel's versions 5.6 - 5.11 (inclusive), which allows a local user to elevate their privileges to root. Introduced in b5dba59e0cf7e2cc4d3b3b1ac5fe81ddf…

  • Medium 6.5

    Copy_from_user Spectre-V1 Gadget in Linux Kernel

    Copy_from_user on 64-bit versions of the Linux kernel does not implement the __uaccess_begin_nospec allowing a user to bypass the "access_ok" check and pass a kernel pointer to copy_from_user(). This would allow an attacker to leak information. We recommend u…

  • High 7.8

    Use-after-free in Linux kernel's Performance Events subsystem

    A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel Performance Events system can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The perf_group_detach function did not check the event's siblings' attach_state before calling add_event_to_groups(), but remo…

  • High 7.8

    Use-after-free in Linux kernel's Performance Events subsystem

    A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel io_uring subsystem can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Both io_install_fixed_file and its callers call fput in a file in case of an error, causing a reference underflow which leads to a us…

  • Medium 5.3

    Spectre V1 Gadget in do_prlimit in the Linux Kernel

    A speculative pointer dereference problem exists in the Linux Kernel on the do_prlimit() function. The resource argument value is controlled and is used in pointer arithmetic for the 'rlim' variable and can be used to leak the contents. We recommend upgrading…

  • Medium 4.7

    Incorrect indirect branch prediction barrier in the Linux Kernel

    The current implementation of the prctl syscall does not issue an IBPB immediately during the syscall. The ib_prctl_set  function updates the Thread Information Flags (TIFs) for the task and updates the SPEC_CTRL MSR on the function __speculation_ctrl_update,…

  • Medium 5.6

    Spectre v2 SMT mitigations problem in Linux kernel

    The Linux kernel allows userspace processes to enable mitigations by calling prctl with PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL which disables the speculation feature as well as by using seccomp. We had noticed that on VMs of at least one major cloud provider, the kernel sti…

  • High 7.8

    Use-after-free in Linux kernel's io_uring subsystem

    A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel io_uring system can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The io_file_get_fixed function lacks the presence of ctx->uring_lock which can lead to a Use-After-Free vulnerability due a race conditi…

  • High 7.8

    Use-after-free in tcindex (traffic control index filter) in the Linux Kernel

    A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The tcindex_delete function which does not properly deactivate filters in case of a perfect hashes while deleting…

  • High 7.8

    UAF in Linux kernel's tcindex (traffic control index filter) implementation

    Use After Free vulnerability in Linux kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) allows Privilege Escalation. The imperfect hash area can be updated while packets are traversing, which will cause a use-after-free when 'tcf_exts_exec()' is called with the d…

  • High 7.8

    Use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel

    There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel which can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. To reach the vulnerability kernel configuration flag CONFIG_TLS or CONFIG_XFRM_ESPINTCP has to be configured, but the operation does not …

  • Medium 5.5

    Use after free in io_uring in the Linux Kernel

    Due to a vulnerability in the io_uring subsystem, it is possible to leak kernel memory information to the user process. timens_install calls current_is_single_threaded to determine if the current process is single-threaded, but this call does not consider io_…

  • High 7.8

    Use after free in io_uring in the Linux Kernel

    There is a logic error in io_uring's implementation which can be used to trigger a use-after-free vulnerability leading to privilege escalation. In the io_prep_async_work function the assumption that the last io_grab_identity call cannot return false is not t…

  • High 7.9
    CVE-2023-0266 Exploited

    Use after free in SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM in Linux Kernel

    A use after free vulnerability exists in the ALSA PCM package in the Linux Kernel. SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_{READ|WRITE}32 is missing locks that can be used in a use-after-free that can result in a priviledge escalation to gain ring0 access from the system user. …

    KEV Mar 30, 2023
  • High 7.8

    There exists a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through io_uring and the IORING_OP_SPLICE operation. If…

  • Medium 5.8

    Speculative execution attacks in KVM VMX

    A regression exists in the Linux Kernel within KVM: nVMX that allowed for speculative execution attacks. L2 can carry out Spectre v2 attacks on L1 due to L1 thinking it doesn't need retpolines or IBPB after running L2 due to KVM (L0) advertising eIBRS support…

  • High 8.0

    Info Leak in l2cap_core in the Linux Kernel

    There are use-after-free vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c's l2cap_connect and l2cap_le_connect_req functions which may allow code execution and leaking kernel memory (respectively) remotely via Bluetooth. A remote attacker coul…

  • Medium 5.1

    Info Leak in l2cap_core in the Linux Kernel

    There is an infoleak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c's l2cap_parse_conf_req function which can be used to leak kernel pointers remotely. We recommend upgrading past commit  https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b1a2cd50c0357f…

  • High 7.8

    Use after free in IO_uring in the Linux Kernel

    Use After Free vulnerability in Linux Kernel allows Privilege Escalation. An improper Update of Reference Count in io_uring leads to Use-After-Free and Local Privilege Escalation. When io_msg_ring was invoked with a fixed file, it called io_fput_file() which …

  • High 7.5

    The Linux kernel NFSD implementation prior to versions 5.19.17 and 6.0.2 are vulnerable to buffer overflow. NFSD tracks…

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2021-3490 EPSS 27%

    Linux kernel eBPF bitwise ops ALU32 bounds tracking

    The eBPF ALU32 bounds tracking for bitwise ops (AND, OR and XOR) in the Linux kernel did not properly update 32-bit bounds, which could be turned into out of bounds reads and writes in the Linux kernel and therefore, arbitrary code execution. This issue was f…

  • High 7.8

    Linux kernel io_uring PROVIDE_BUFFERS MAX_RW_COUNT bypass

    The io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed the MAX_RW_COUNT limit to be bypassed in the PROVIDE_BUFFERS operation, which led to negative values being usedin mem_rw when reading /proc/<PID>/mem. This could be used to create a heap overflow leading to a…

  • High 7.8

    Linux kernel eBPF RINGBUF map oversized allocation

    The eBPF RINGBUF bpf_ringbuf_reserve() function in the Linux kernel did not check that the allocated size was smaller than the ringbuf size, allowing an attacker to perform out-of-bounds writes within the kernel and therefore, arbitrary code execution. This i…