Information Disclosure
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
How It Works
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security. This happens through multiple channels: verbose error messages that display stack traces revealing internal paths and frameworks, improperly secured debug endpoints left active in production, and misconfigured servers that expose directory listings or version control artifacts like .git folders. APIs often leak excessive data in responses—returning full user objects when only a name is needed, or revealing system internals through metadata fields.
Attackers exploit these exposures systematically. They probe for common sensitive files (.env, config.php, backup archives), trigger error conditions to extract framework details, and analyze response timing or content differences to enumerate valid usernames or resources. Even subtle variations—like "invalid password" versus "user not found"—enable account enumeration. Exposed configuration files frequently contain database credentials, API keys, or internal service URLs that unlock further attack vectors.
The attack flow typically starts with passive reconnaissance: examining HTTP headers, JavaScript bundles, and public endpoints for version information and architecture clues. Active probing follows—testing predictable paths, manipulating parameters to trigger exceptions, and comparing responses across similar requests to identify information leakage patterns.
Impact
- Credential compromise: Exposed configuration files, hardcoded secrets in source code, or API keys enable direct authentication bypass
- Attack surface mapping: Stack traces, framework versions, and internal paths help attackers craft targeted exploits for known vulnerabilities
- Data breach: Direct exposure of user data, payment information, or proprietary business logic through oversharing APIs or accessible backups
- Privilege escalation pathway: Internal URLs, service discovery information, and architecture details facilitate lateral movement and SSRF attacks
- Compliance violations: GDPR, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA penalties for exposing regulated data through preventable disclosures
Real-World Examples
A major Git repository exposure affected thousands of websites when .git folders remained accessible on production servers, allowing attackers to reconstruct entire source code histories including deleted commits containing credentials. Tools like GitDumper automated mass exploitation of this misconfiguration.
Cloud storage misconfigurations have repeatedly exposed sensitive data when companies left S3 buckets or Azure Blob containers publicly readable. One incident exposed 150 million voter records because verbose API error messages revealed the storage URL structure, and no authentication was required.
Framework debug modes left enabled in production have caused numerous breaches. Django's DEBUG=True setting exposed complete stack traces with database queries and environment variables, while Laravel's debug pages revealed encryption keys through the APP_KEY variable in environment dumps.
Mitigation
- Generic error pages: Return uniform error messages to users; log detailed exceptions server-side only
- Disable debug modes: Enforce production configurations that suppress stack traces, verbose logging, and debug endpoints through deployment automation
- Access control audits: Restrict or remove development artifacts (
.git, backup files,phpinfo()) and internal endpoints before deployment - Response minimization: API responses should return only necessary fields; implement allowlists rather than blocklists for data exposure
- Security headers: Deploy
X-Content-Type-Options, remove server version banners, and disable directory indexing - Timing consistency: Ensure authentication and validation responses take uniform time regardless of input validity
Recent CVEs (12884)
Firefox on Android allows remote attackers to display a fake address bar by exploiting the visibilitychange event when the legitimate address bar is hidden due to scrolling, enabling phishing attacks and user deception. The vulnerability affects Firefox versions prior to 144 and requires user interaction (clicking on the fake address bar). Mozilla released patched version Firefox 144 to address this issue, and there is no evidence of active exploitation at the time of analysis.
Firefox for Android leaks password-related screen content through the Android task switcher card carousel, exposing sensitive information to local attackers with physical or remote access to the device. Affects Firefox for Android versions prior to 144. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but exploitation is trivial requiring only device access and standard OS features. CVSS 9.1 reflects the unauthenticated network attack vector, though real-world exploitation typically requires local device access, making the practical risk moderate for most threat models.
Command injection via Firefox/Thunderbird 'Copy as cURL' feature on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands when users copy network requests as cURL commands and paste them into terminals. Affects Firefox <144, Firefox ESR <140.4, Thunderbird <144, and Thunderbird <140.4 exclusively on Windows platforms. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but attack vector requires only user interaction (CVSS PR:N/UI:R) with no privileges needed.
Modify read-only JavaScript Object properties in Firefox and Thunderbird via crafted web content, allowing attackers to bypass property immutability protections and alter application state. Affects Firefox versions below 144, Firefox ESR below 115.29 and 140.4, Thunderbird below 144 and 140.4. Requires user interaction (malicious website visit) but no authentication. CVSS 6.5 reflects high integrity impact with user-interaction requirement; no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code at time of analysis.
Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird allows unauthenticated remote attackers to extract privileged browser process memory via malicious IPC messages from a compromised web content process. Affects Firefox <144, Firefox ESR <115.29 and <140.4, and Thunderbird <144 and <140.4. CVSS 9.8 indicates network-exploitable with no auth required, though actual exploitation requires first compromising a web content process. Vendor-released patches available (Firefox 144, Firefox ESR 115.29/140.4, Thunderbird 144/140.4). No public exploit identified at time of analysis; EPSS data not provided.
Remote code execution in Mozilla Firefox (all versions prior to 144, ESR prior to 140.4) and Thunderbird (all versions prior to 144, ESR prior to 140.4) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, disclose sensitive information, or cause denial of service through a use-after-free vulnerability in MediaTrackGraphImpl::GetInstance(). With a critical CVSS score of 9.8 and no authentication required, this memory corruption flaw represents a severe security risk. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though EPSS data not available to assess exploitation probability.
Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive information through publicly exposed log files in the Code Quality Control Tool WordPress plugin versions 2.1 and earlier, due to inadequate access controls on the error_logger.php component. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to read potentially sensitive data without authentication or user interaction, presenting a confidentiality risk to WordPress installations using affected versions.
An information leak vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel's TIPC (Transparent Inter-Process Communication) subsystem within the tipc_topsrv_kern_subscr() function. The vulnerability occurs due to incomplete initialization of the sub.usr_handle field, leaving four bytes uninitialized when setsockopt() is called with SOL_TIPC options, allowing kernel memory contents to be leaked to user space. This affects Linux kernel versions including 6.1-rc1 and potentially others; while the EPSS score is extremely low at 0.01% percentile, the vulnerability requires local access and low privileges to trigger, making it a lower-priority but real information disclosure issue that has been patched by multiple vendors.
A memory leak vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel's test_firmware module initialization function (test_firmware_init) where allocated memory for test_fw_config->name is not properly freed when misc_register() fails. This affects all versions of the Linux kernel with the test_firmware module compiled, allowing local authenticated attackers to exhaust kernel memory and cause a denial of service. The vulnerability has a patch available from the Linux kernel maintainers, with an EPSS score of 0.01% indicating very low real-world exploitation probability despite the moderate CVSS score.
CVE-2022-50522 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 3.3). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
WP Reset plugin for WordPress versions up to 2.05 expose sensitive license keys and site data through unauthenticated access to the WF_Licensing::log() method when debugging is enabled by default. Remote attackers can extract confidential information including license credentials without authentication, creating a direct pathway to account compromise and unauthorized access to site administration features. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, but the low attack complexity and default dangerous configuration significantly elevate real-world risk.
A security vulnerability in SeriaWei ZKEACMS (CVSS 5.4). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: fix invalid free of JFS_IP(ipimap)->i_imap in diUnmount syzbot found an invalid-free in diUnmount: BUG: KASAN: double-free in slab_free mm/slub.c:3661 [inline] BUG: KASAN:...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/ksm: fix race with VMA iteration and mm_struct teardown exit_mmap() will tear down the VMAs and maple tree with the mmap_lock held in write mode.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipmi_si: fix a memleak in try_smi_init() Kmemleak reported the following leak info in try_smi_init(): unreferenced object 0xffff00018ecf9400 (size 1024): comm "modprobe", pid...
CVE-2023-53610 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
CVE-2023-53609 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Risk factors: public PoC available. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix potential UAF of struct nilfs_sc_info in nilfs_segctor_thread() The finalization of nilfs_segctor_thread() can race with nilfs_segctor_kill_thread() which terminates...
CVE-2023-53606 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: amd: display: Fix memory leakage This commit fixes memory leakage in dc_construct_ctx() function.
CVE-2023-53604 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 7.8). High severity vulnerability requiring prompt remediation. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: fix memory leak in WMI firmware stats Memory allocated for firmware pdev, vdev and beacon statistics are not released during rmmod.
CVE-2023-53601 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Risk factors: public PoC available. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tunnels: fix kasan splat when generating ipv4 pmtu error If we try to emit an icmp error in response to a nonliner skb, we get BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix mid leak during reconnection after timeout threshold When the number of responses with status of STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT exceeds a specified threshold (NUM_STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT),...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: base: Free devm resources when unregistering a device In the current code, devres_release_all() only gets called if the device has a bus and has been probed.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: driver core: fix resource leak in device_add() When calling kobject_add() failed in device_add(), it will call cleanup_glue_dir() to free resource.
CVE-2023-53593 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
CVE-2023-53592 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix deadlock in tc route query code Cited commit causes ABBA deadlock[0] when peer flows are created while holding the devcom rw semaphore.
CVE-2023-53588 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: Fix multiple LUN_RESET handling This fixes a bug where an initiator thinks a LUN_RESET has cleaned up running commands when it hasn't.
CVE-2023-53585 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: Gadget: core: Help prevent panic during UVC unconfigure Avichal Rakesh reported a kernel panic that occurred when the UVC gadget driver was removed from a gadget's...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: mvebu: fix irq domain leak Uwe Kleine-König pointed out we still have one resource leak in the mvebu driver triggered on driver detach.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: qrtr: Fix an uninit variable access bug in qrtr_tx_resume() Syzbot reported a bug as following: ===================================================== BUG: KMSAN:...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, cpumap: Make sure kthread is running before map update returns The following warning was reported when running stress-mode enabled xdp_redirect_cpu with some RT threads: ...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix potential array out of bounds access Account for IWL_SEC_WEP_KEY_OFFSET when needed while verifying key_len size in iwl_mvm_sec_key_add().
CVE-2023-53573 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) that allows flat cache again. Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
CVE-2023-53571 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/zcrypt: don't leak memory if dev_set_name() fails When dev_set_name() fails, zcdn_create() doesn't free the newly allocated resources.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: qup: Don't skip cleanup in remove's error path Returning early in a platform driver's remove callback is wrong.
CVE-2023-53563 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: fix vram leak on bind errors Make sure to release the VRAM buffer also in a case a subcomponent fails to bind.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/histograms: Add histograms to hist_vars if they have referenced variables Hist triggers can have referenced variables without having direct variables fields.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ip_vti: fix potential slab-use-after-free in decode_session6 When ip_vti device is set to the qdisc of the sfb type, the cb field of the sent skb may be modified during enqueuing.
CVE-2023-53558 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
CVE-2023-53557 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iavf: Fix use-after-free in free_netdev We do netif_napi_add() for all allocated q_vectors[], but potentially do netif_napi_del() for part of them, then kfree q_vectors and...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: mark requests for GuC virtual engines to avoid use-after-free References to i915_requests may be trapped by userspace inside a sync_file or dmabuf (dma-resv) and held...
CVE-2023-53550 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ipset: Rework long task execution when adding/deleting entries When adding/deleting large number of elements in one step in ipset, it can take a reasonable amount of...
CVE-2023-53548 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
CVE-2023-53547 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: DR, fix memory leak in mlx5dr_cmd_create_reformat_ctx when mlx5_cmd_exec failed in mlx5dr_cmd_create_reformat_ctx, the memory pointed by 'in' is not released, which will...
CVE-2023-53545 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
CVE-2023-53542 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
CVE-2023-53540 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
CVE-2023-53539 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to avoid use-after-free for cached IPU bio xfstest generic/019 reports a bug: kernel BUG at mm/filemap.c:1619!
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-crypto: make blk_crypto_evict_key() more robust If blk_crypto_evict_key() sees that the key is still in-use (due to a bug) or that ->keyslot_evict failed, it currently just...
CVE-2023-53535 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
A remote code execution vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt76x0: fix oob access in mt76x0_phy_get_target_power After 'commit ba45841ca5eb ("wifi: mt76: mt76x02: simplify struct mt76x02_rate_power")', mt76x02 relies on...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Validate data run offset This adds sanity checks for data run offset.
CVE-2022-50505 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
CVE-2022-50504 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: fix memory leak in nsim_drv_probe() when nsim_dev_resources_register() failed If some items in nsim_dev_resources_register() fail, memory leak will occur. The following is the memory leak information. unreferenced object 0xffff888074c02600 (size 128): comm "echo", pid 8159, jiffies 4294945184 (age 493.530s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 40 47 ea 89 ff ff ff ff 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 @G.............. ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ backtrace: [<0000000011a31c98>] kmalloc_trace+0x22/0x60 [<0000000027384c69>] devl_resource_register+0x144/0x4e0 [<00000000a16db248>] nsim_drv_probe+0x37a/0x1260 [<000000007d1f448c>] really_probe+0x20b/0xb10 [<00000000c416848a>] __driver_probe_device+0x1b3/0x4a0 [<00000000077e0351>] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x140 [<0000000054f2465a>] __device_attach_driver+0x18c/0x2a0 [<000000008538f359>] bus_for_each_drv+0x151/0x1d0 [<0000000038e09747>] __device_attach+0x1c9/0x4e0 [<00000000dd86e533>] bus_probe_device+0x1d5/0x280 [<00000000839bea35>] device_add+0xae0/0x1cb0 [<000000009c2abf46>] new_device_store+0x3b6/0x5f0 [<00000000fb823d7f>] bus_attr_store+0x72/0xa0 [<000000007acc4295>] sysfs_kf_write+0x106/0x160 [<000000005f50cb4d>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a8/0x5a0 [<0000000075eb41bf>] vfs_write+0x8f0/0xc80
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: binfmt_misc: fix shift-out-of-bounds in check_special_flags UBSAN reported a shift-out-of-bounds warning: left shift of 1 by 31 places cannot be represented in type 'int' Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x8d/0xcf lib/dump_stack.c:106 ubsan_epilogue+0xa/0x44 lib/ubsan.c:151 __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x1e7/0x208 lib/ubsan.c:322 check_special_flags fs/binfmt_misc.c:241 [inline] create_entry fs/binfmt_misc.c:456 [inline] bm_register_write+0x9d3/0xa20 fs/binfmt_misc.c:654 vfs_write+0x11e/0x580 fs/read_write.c:582 ksys_write+0xcf/0x120 fs/read_write.c:637 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x34/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd RIP: 0033:0x4194e1 Since the type of Node's flags is unsigned long, we should define these macros with same type too.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm cache: Fix UAF in destroy() Dm_cache also has the same UAF problem when dm_resume() and dm_destroy() are concurrent. Therefore, cancelling timer again in destroy().
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: fix use-after-free on probe deferral The bridge counter was never reset when tearing down the DRM device so that stale pointers to deallocated structures would be accessed on the next tear down (e.g. after a second late bind deferral). Given enough bridges and a few probe deferrals this could currently also lead to data beyond the bridge array being corrupted. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/502665/
CVE-2022-50491 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Propagate error from htab_lock_bucket() to userspace In __htab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch() if htab_lock_bucket() returns -EBUSY, it will go to next bucket.
A remote code execution vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block, bfq: fix possible uaf for 'bfqq->bic' Our test report a uaf for 'bfqq->bic' in 5.10: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN:...
CVE-2022-50486 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential memory leaks When the driver hits -ENOMEM at allocating a URB or a buffer, it aborts and goes to the error path that releases the all previously allocated resources. However, when -ENOMEM hits at the middle of the sync EP URB allocation loop, the partially allocated URBs might be left without released, because ep->nurbs is still zero at that point. Fix it by setting ep->nurbs at first, so that the error handler loops over the full URB list.
CVE-2022-50483 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Clean up si_domain in the init_dmars() error path A splat from kmem_cache_destroy() was seen with a kernel prior to commit ee2653bbe89d ("iommu/vt-d: Remove domain and devinfo mempool") when there was a failure in init_dmars(), because the iommu_domain cache still had objects. While the mempool code is now gone, there still is a leak of the si_domain memory if init_dmars() fails. So clean up si_domain in the init_dmars() error path.
CVE-2022-50480 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd: fix potential memory leak This patch fix potential memory leak (clk_src) when function run into last return NULL. s/free/kfree/ - Alex
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix shift-out-of-bounds/overflow in nilfs_sb2_bad_offset() Patch series "nilfs2: fix UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds warnings on mount time". The first patch fixes a bug reported by syzbot, and the second one fixes the remaining bug of the same kind. Although they are triggered by the same super block data anomaly, I divided it into the above two because the details of the issues and how to fix it are different. Both are required to eliminate the shift-out-of-bounds issues at mount time. This patch (of 2): If the block size exponent information written in an on-disk superblock is corrupted, nilfs_sb2_bad_offset helper function can trigger shift-out-of-bounds warning followed by a kernel panic (if panic_on_warn is set): shift exponent 38983 is too large for 64-bit type 'unsigned long long' Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1b1/0x28e lib/dump_stack.c:106 ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:151 [inline] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x33d/0x3b0 lib/ubsan.c:322 nilfs_sb2_bad_offset fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c:449 [inline] nilfs_load_super_block+0xdf5/0xe00 fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c:523 init_nilfs+0xb7/0x7d0 fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c:577 nilfs_fill_super+0xb1/0x5d0 fs/nilfs2/super.c:1047 nilfs_mount+0x613/0x9b0 fs/nilfs2/super.c:1317 ... In addition, since nilfs_sb2_bad_offset() performs multiplication without considering the upper bound, the computation may overflow if the disk layout parameters are not normal. This fixes these issues by inserting preliminary sanity checks for those parameters and by converting the comparison from one involving multiplication and left bit-shifting to one using division and right bit-shifting.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtc: class: Fix potential memleak in devm_rtc_allocate_device() devm_rtc_allocate_device() will alloc a rtc_device first, and then run dev_set_name(). If dev_set_name() failed, the rtc_device will memleak. Move devm_add_action_or_reset() in front of dev_set_name() to prevent memleak. unreferenced object 0xffff888110a53000 (size 2048): comm "python3", pid 470, jiffies 4296078308 (age 58.882s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 30 a5 10 81 88 ff ff .........0...... 08 30 a5 10 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .0.............. backtrace: [<000000004aac0364>] kmalloc_trace+0x21/0x110 [<000000000ff02202>] devm_rtc_allocate_device+0xd4/0x400 [<000000001bdf5639>] devm_rtc_device_register+0x1a/0x80 [<00000000351bf81c>] rx4581_probe+0xdd/0x110 [rtc_rx4581] [<00000000f0eba0ae>] spi_probe+0xde/0x130 [<00000000bff89ee8>] really_probe+0x175/0x3f0 [<00000000128e8d84>] __driver_probe_device+0xe6/0x170 [<00000000ee5bf913>] device_driver_attach+0x32/0x80 [<00000000f3f28f92>] bind_store+0x10b/0x1a0 [<000000009ff812d8>] drv_attr_store+0x49/0x70 [<000000008139c323>] sysfs_kf_write+0x8d/0xb0 [<00000000b6146e01>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x214/0x2d0 [<00000000ecbe3895>] vfs_write+0x61a/0x7d0 [<00000000aa2196ea>] ksys_write+0xc8/0x190 [<0000000046a600f5>] do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90 [<00000000541a336f>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntb_netdev: Use dev_kfree_skb_any() in interrupt context TX/RX callback handlers (ntb_netdev_tx_handler(), ntb_netdev_rx_handler()) can be called in interrupt context via the DMA framework when the respective DMA operations have completed. As such, any calls by these routines to free skb's, should use the interrupt context safe dev_kfree_skb_any() function. Previously, these callback handlers would call the interrupt unsafe version of dev_kfree_skb(). This has not presented an issue on Intel IOAT DMA engines as that driver utilizes tasklets rather than a hard interrupt handler, like the AMD PTDMA DMA driver. On AMD systems, a kernel WARNING message is encountered, which is being issued from skb_release_head_state() due to in_hardirq() being true. Besides the user visible WARNING from the kernel, the other symptom of this bug was that TCP/IP performance across the ntb_netdev interface was very poor, i.e. approximately an order of magnitude below what was expected. With the repair to use dev_kfree_skb_any(), kernel WARNINGs from skb_release_head_state() ceased and TCP/IP performance, as measured by iperf, was on par with expected results, approximately 20 Gb/s on AMD Milan based server. Note that this performance is comparable with Intel based servers.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macintosh: fix possible memory leak in macio_add_one_device() Afer commit 1fa5ae857bb1 ("driver core: get rid of struct device's bus_id string array"), the name of device is allocated dynamically. It needs to be freed when of_device_register() fails. Call put_device() to give up the reference that's taken in device_initialize(), so that it can be freed in kobject_cleanup() when the refcount hits 0. macio device is freed in macio_release_dev(), so the kfree() can be removed.
CVE-2022-50472 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
CVE-2022-50471 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
CVE-2025-39953 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Remediation should follow standard vulnerability management procedures. Vendor patch is available.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: um: virtio_uml: Fix use-after-free after put_device in probe When register_virtio_device() fails in virtio_uml_probe(), the code sets vu_dev->registered = 1 even though the device was not successfully registered. This can lead to use-after-free or other issues.
CVE-2025-39949 is a security vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Risk factors: public PoC available. Vendor patch is available.