Kernel vulnerabilitiesNone on the known-exploited list.
Kernel has 19 published vulnerabilities across 11 products in our catalogue. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. The most affected product is Util-Linux, with 15. If you run Kernel software, patch the exploited flaws first.
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Which Kernel products have the most vulnerabilities?
Util-Linux leads with 15 published vulnerabilities. Open a product to see its versions and which of its flaws criminals are already using.
Which Kernel vulnerabilities are being exploited?
This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.
None of Kernel's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.
Which Kernel flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- 4.5%CVE-2015-5224Critical
The mkostemp function in login-utils in util-linux when used incorrectly allows remote attackers to cause file name collision and possibly other attacks.
- 2.2%
wall in util-linux through 2.40, often installed with setgid tty permissions, allows escape sequences to be sent to other users' terminals through argv.
- 1.3%CVE-2018-17953High
A incorrect variable in a SUSE specific patch for pam_access rule matching in PAM 1.3.0 in openSUSE Leap 15.0 and SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 could lead to pam_access rules not being applied (fail open).
- 0.7%CVE-2021-37600Medium
An integer overflow in util-linux through 2.37.1 can potentially cause a buffer overflow if an attacker were able to use system resources in a way that leads to a large number in the /proc/sysvipc/sem file.
- 0.6%CVE-2014-9114High
Blkid in util-linux before 2.26rc-1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code.
- 0.6%CVE-2021-3996Medium
A logic error was found in the libmount library of util-linux in the function that allows an unprivileged user to unmount a FUSE filesystem.
- 0.6%CVE-2021-3995Medium
A logic error was found in the libmount library of util-linux in the function that allows an unprivileged user to unmount a FUSE filesystem.
- 0.6%
Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related to the page global variable.
- 0.5%CVE-2020-21583Medium
An issue was discovered in hwclock.13-v2.27 allows attackers to gain escalated privlidges or execute arbitrary commands via the path parameter when setting the date.
- 0.5%CVE-2016-5011Medium
The parse_dos_extended function in partitions/dos.c in the libblkid library in util-linux allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted MSDOS partition table...
All Kernel products we track.
11 products, most vulnerabilities first. Find the ones you run, then open a product to see its versions and exploited flaws.
- Util-Linuxutil-linux15 vulnerabilities106 versions
- Linux kernellinux_kernel2 vulnerabilities5 versions
- Linux-PAMlinux-pam1 vulnerability28 versions
- Selinuxselinux1 vulnerability7 versions
- Bridge-Utilsbridge-utils0 vulnerabilities16 versions
- Dracutdracut0 vulnerabilities58 versions
- Ethtoolethtool0 vulnerabilities40 versions
- Iwiw0 vulnerabilities50 versions
- Kexec-Toolskexec-tools0 vulnerabilities1 version
- Kmodkmod0 vulnerabilities27 versions
- Rt-Testsrt-tests0 vulnerabilities8 versions
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The mkostemp function in login-utils in util-linux when used incorrectly allows remote attackers to cause file name collision and possibly other attacks.
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Our catalogue lists 19 published vulnerabilities across 11 products and 346 versions from Kernel.
None of Kernel's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.
Util-Linux, with 15 published vulnerabilities. Its own page lists the ones known to be exploited.
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