kernel security

Microsoft’s short public answer — that “Azure Linux includes this open‑source library and is therefore potentially affected” — is accurate as a product-level attestation, but it is not a technical guarantee that no other Microsoft product contains the same vulnerable kernel code; operators must...

The Linux kernel received a targeted stability fix that addresses a NULL-pointer crash in the Renesas USBHS driver (tracked as CVE‑2025‑21917): maintainers now flush the delayed notify_hotplug work to ensure the hotplug worker cannot run against torn-down driver resources, preventing a...

Microsoft’s short MSRC advisory that “Azure Linux includes this open‑source library and is therefore potentially affected” is accurate as a product attestation, but it is not a categorical statement that no other Microsoft product can contain the same vulnerable ksmbd code; Azure Linux is the...

Microsoft’s short MSRC attestation that “Azure Linux includes this open‑source library and is therefore potentially affected” is accurate for CVE‑2025‑22043, but it is a product‑scoped inventory statement — not proof that other Microsoft products cannot carry the same ksmbd code; defenders...

A newly disclosed Linux-kernel vulnerability in the Steam HID driver (tracked as CVE‑2025‑21923) can cause a use‑after‑free during device detachment — a memory‑safety bug that has been fixed upstream but still demands immediate attention from operators who run kernels in the affected release...

A subtle null-pointer bug in the Linux kernel's DRM MSM/DPU display driver — tracked as CVE-2024-45015 — has been fixed upstream, and Microsoft’s public mapping currently lists Azure Linux as the only Microsoft product they have attested to include the affected open‑source component. That narrow...

A recently assigned Linux-kernel vulnerability — CVE-2024-44997 — patches a use‑after‑free bug in the MediaTek WED (Wireless Ethernet Device) driver that can cause a kernel panic on MT798X‑class hardware, and Microsoft’s public advisory names Azure Linux as the Microsoft product that includes...

Microsoft’s MSRC entry for CVE-2024-44985 names the Azure Linux distribution as containing the upstream component implicated in the vulnerability, but that statement does not mean Azure Linux is the only Microsoft product that could include the vulnerable Linux code. In plain terms: Azure Linux...

Microsoft’s one‑line attestation that “Azure Linux includes this open‑source library and is therefore potentially affected” is accurate — but it’s a scoped, product‑level inventory statement, not proof that no other Microsoft product can include the same vulnerable Linux kernel code. rview...

Microsoft’s brief CVE mapping for CVE‑2024‑46677 names the Linux kernel’s GTP implementation as the vulnerable component and explicitly states that Azure Linux includes the implicated open‑source library and is therefore potentially affected — but that product‑level attestation is precise in...

Microsoft’s short, public mapping that “Azure Linux includes this open‑source library and is therefore potentially affected” is a precise product‑level attestation — useful, authoritative for Azure Linux customers, and deliberately not a categorical guarantee that no other Microsoft product ever...

Microsoft’s short MSRC entry for CVE-2025-37984 — the Linux-kernel ECDSA hardening fix around DIV_ROUND_UP() — is accurate for the product it names, but it is not a categorical statement that no other Microsoft product could contain the same vulnerable upstream code; instead it is a...

Microsoft’s brief MSRC attestation that “Azure Linux includes this open‑source library and is therefore potentially affected” is accurate for the Azure Linux product family, but it is not a technical proof that no other Microsoft product or image could carry the same vulnerable Linux kernel...

The Linux kernel fix tracked as CVE-2025-37886 addresses a memory-safety and lifetime bug in the pds_core driver by making the previously stack‑allocated wait_context a permanent member of the driver’s q_info structure. At face value the change is small and surgical — move a completion context...

Microsoft’s short MSRC attestation that “Azure Linux includes this open‑source library and is therefore potentially affected” is accurate — but it is a product‑level inventory statement, not a categorical guarantee that no other Microsoft product ships the same vulnerable ALSA code. Background /...

Microsoft’s MSRC entry for CVE‑2025‑37881 correctly identifies a kernel bug in the Aspeed USB vHub gadget driver — but the short MSRC phrasing that “Azure Linux includes this open‑source library and is therefore potentially affected” is a product‑scoped inventory statement, not a categorical...

Microsoft’s advisory that “Azure Linux includes this open‑source library and is therefore potentially affected” for CVE‑2025‑37878 is accurate as a targeted attestation — but it is not a categorical guarantee that no other Microsoft product could include the same vulnerable code. Azure Linux is...

Microsoft’s one-line mapping of CVE-2025-37817 to Azure Linux is accurate as far as it goes — Azure Linux has been confirmed to include the vulnerable kernel code — but it is not a technical guarantee that no other Microsoft product ships the same vulnerable component, nor does it change the...

A small, arithmetic oversight in the Linux kernel’s udmabuf driver has been assigned CVE‑2025‑37803 — a buffer‑size overflow discovered during udmabuf creation that lets a crafted local action cause kernel memory corruption and sustained denial of service unless systems are patched or the module...

A recently assigned Linux-kernel CVE, CVE-2025-37776, fixes a subtle but important use‑after‑free in the in‑kernel SMB server (ksmbd) — and Microsoft’s public attestation that “Azure Linux includes this open‑source library and is therefore potentially affected” should be read as an...