Kernel Drivers

SLES 15 — kernel-coco — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — kernel-coco — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 January 2024 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory RHSA-2025:6966 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2024-46711 Upstream summary: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: pm: fix ID 0 endp usage after multiple re-creations 'local_addr_used' and […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-5.10.192-183.736 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-5.10.192-183.736 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-159 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-45871 CVE-2023-5197 CVE-2023-4623 CVE-2023-4921 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c in the IGB driver in the Linux kernel before 6.5.3. A buffer size may not […]

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Amazon Linux 2023 — kernel-livepatch-6.1.56-82.125 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — kernel-livepatch-6.1.56-82.125 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2023 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2023LIVEPATCH-2023-021 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-5090 CVE-2023-5717 CVE-2023-6111 Upstream summary: x86: KVM: SVM: always update the x2avic msr interception (CVE-2023-5090) A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Linux Kernel Performance […]

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FreeBSD 14 — qemu-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — qemu-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 27 January 2024 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: qemu — denial of service vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2007-1320 CVE-2007-1321 CVE-2007-1322 CVE-2007-1323 CVE-2007-1366 CVE-2007-6227 CVE-2008-0928 CVE-2008-2004  +12 more Upstream summary: Daniel P. Berrange reports: The VNC server websockets decoder will […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-11486)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 January 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-11486 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-50110 CVE-2024-50223 CVE-2024-45020 CVE-2024-50148 CVE-2024-50125 CVE-2024-50115 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-12825)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 January 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-12825 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-42753 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-12275)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 24 January 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-12275 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-2201 CVE-2024-1086 CVE-2024-26679 CVE-2024-0607 CVE-2024-0340 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — xenkernel20 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — xenkernel20 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged xenkernel20-[0-9]* for vulnerability class 'privilege-escalation'. Reference: http://secunia.com/advisories/53686/ Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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How to Install k3s Kubernetes on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install k3s Kubernetes on FreeBSD 14

Introduction How to Install k3s Kubernetes on FreeBSD 14 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 14 server operator. FreeBSD 14 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet filtering, […]

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How to Configure cAdvisor Container Metrics on Debian 12 — step-by-step Debian 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure cAdvisor Container Metrics on Debian 12

Introduction How to Configure cAdvisor Container Metrics on Debian 12 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 12 Bookworm server. Debian 12 Bookworm ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian 12. […]

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