Longstanding Bug in Linux Kernel Floppy Handling Fixed
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A New Linux Flaw Can Be Chained with Other Two Bugs to Gain Full Root Privileges
Qualys researchers demonstrated how to chain a new Linux flaw with two other two issues to gain full root privileges on an impacted system.
NVIDIA Releases GPU Driver Update to Fix 29 Security Flaws
NVIDIA has released a security update for its GPU display driver, containing a fix for a high-severity flaw that threat actors can exploit to perform, among other things, code execution and privilege escalation.
Intel Linux Kernel Graphics Driver Patched For New Security Sensitive Bug
CVE-2022-4139 was made public as an i915 kernel graphics driver security issue affecting all Gen12 graphics -- from integrated Tigerlake graphics up through the latest Raptor Lake graphics as well as the in-development Meteor Lake code plus the discrete GPUs of DG2/Alchemist and Arctic Sound.
What Is Linux Patching?
Anytime you upgrade software, you risk something breaking. This is the nature of the IT beast. The purpose of patches is usually to fix a bug or, worse, a security vulnerability.
Use After Free Vulnerability in Linux Kernel Allows Privilege Escalation. Patch Your Kernel
Redhat has just just published a risk advisory about a vulnerability in the Linux Kernel that allows for local privilege escalation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-3910 (CVSS score: 7.4).
Samba Patches Vulnerability That Can Lead to DoS, Remote Code Execution
Samba this week released patches for an integer overflow vulnerability that could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.
Canonical Releases New Ubuntu Linux Kernel Security Updates to Fix 16 Vulnerabilities
Canonical has released a new Linux kernel security updates for all supported Ubuntu LTS releases to address up to 16 vulnerabilities discovered by various security researchers.
Critical Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Linux kernel. Patch immediately
The local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux Kernel was reported by Redhat, and its CVE code is 2022-3977. The problem is that the most recent Linux kernel upstream contains a use-after-free vulnerability called mctp sk unhash that may be exploited to elevate privileges to root.
What Is the VENOM Vulnerability and How Can You Protect Yourself From It?
You might have heard that the VENOM vulnerability might be worse than Heartbleed, but is that true? What is VENOM? What can you do about it.
