Monthly Archives: July 2024

News

The NSA Has a Long-Lost Lecture by Adm. Grace Hopper

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The NSA has a video recording of a 1982 lecture by Adm. Grace Hopper titled “Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People.” The agency is (so far) refusing to release it.

Basically, the recording is in an obscure video format. People at the NSA can’t easily watch it, so they can’t redact it. So they won’t do anything.

With digital obsolescence threatening many early technological formats, the dilemma surrounding Admiral Hopper’s lecture underscores the critical need for and challenge of digital preservation. This challenge transcends the confines of NSA’s operational scope. It is our shared obligation to safeguard such pivotal elements of our nation’s history, ensuring they remain within reach of future generations. While the stewardship of these recordings may extend beyond the NSA’s typical purview, they are undeniably a part of America’s national heritage.

Surely we can put pressure on them somehow.

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Advisories

USN-6895-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet (AoE) driver in the Linux
kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free
vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-6270)

It was discovered that the HugeTLB file system component of the Linux
Kernel contained a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. A privileged
attacker could possibly use this to to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-0841)

It was discovered that the Open vSwitch implementation in the Linux kernel
could overflow its stack during recursive action operations under certain
conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash). (CVE-2024-1151)

Gui-Dong Han discovered that the software RAID driver in the Linux kernel
contained a race condition, leading to an integer overflow vulnerability. A
privileged attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash). (CVE-2024-23307)

Bai Jiaju discovered that the Xceive XC4000 silicon tuner device driver in
the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to an integer overflow
vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of
service (system crash). (CVE-2024-24861)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
– ARM64 architecture;
– PowerPC architecture;
– x86 architecture;
– Cryptographic API;
– Android drivers;
– Block layer subsystem;
– Bluetooth drivers;
– DMA engine subsystem;
– GPU drivers;
– HID subsystem;
– Hardware monitoring drivers;
– I2C subsystem;
– IIO ADC drivers;
– IIO subsystem;
– IIO Magnetometer sensors drivers;
– InfiniBand drivers;
– On-Chip Interconnect management framework;
– Multiple devices driver;
– Media drivers;
– Network drivers;
– PHY drivers;
– MediaTek PM domains;
– SCSI drivers;
– TTY drivers;
– USB subsystem;
– DesignWare USB3 driver;
– Framebuffer layer;
– AFS file system;
– BTRFS file system;
– Ceph distributed file system;
– Ext4 file system;
– File systems infrastructure;
– NILFS2 file system;
– NTFS3 file system;
– SMB network file system;
– Core kernel;
– Memory management;
– Bluetooth subsystem;
– CAN network layer;
– Devlink API;
– Handshake API;
– HSR network protocol;
– IPv4 networking;
– IPv6 networking;
– MAC80211 subsystem;
– Multipath TCP;
– Netfilter;
– NFC subsystem;
– RxRPC session sockets;
– TIPC protocol;
– Unix domain sockets;
– Realtek audio codecs;
(CVE-2024-26822, CVE-2024-26917, CVE-2024-26723, CVE-2024-26715,
CVE-2024-26718, CVE-2024-26664, CVE-2024-26707, CVE-2024-26697,
CVE-2024-26720, CVE-2024-26660, CVE-2024-26677, CVE-2024-26736,
CVE-2024-26719, CVE-2024-26642, CVE-2024-26700, CVE-2024-26666,
CVE-2024-26684, CVE-2024-26803, CVE-2024-26698, CVE-2024-26711,
CVE-2024-26922, CVE-2024-26828, CVE-2024-26910, CVE-2024-26829,
CVE-2024-26685, CVE-2024-26920, CVE-2024-26696, CVE-2024-26826,
CVE-2023-52642, CVE-2024-26703, CVE-2024-26708, CVE-2024-26838,
CVE-2024-26716, CVE-2023-52631, CVE-2024-26782, CVE-2024-26593,
CVE-2024-26659, CVE-2024-26825, CVE-2024-26824, CVE-2024-26712,
CVE-2024-26674, CVE-2024-26722, CVE-2023-52643, CVE-2024-26714,
CVE-2024-26691, CVE-2024-27416, CVE-2024-26830, CVE-2023-52880,
CVE-2024-26702, CVE-2023-52645, CVE-2024-26820, CVE-2024-26662,
CVE-2024-26689, CVE-2024-26676, CVE-2024-26923, CVE-2024-26603,
CVE-2024-26818, CVE-2023-52638, CVE-2024-26733, CVE-2024-26601,
CVE-2024-26790, CVE-2024-26661, CVE-2024-26600, CVE-2024-26680,
CVE-2024-26748, CVE-2024-26792, CVE-2024-26889, CVE-2024-26681,
CVE-2024-26688, CVE-2024-26665, CVE-2024-26602, CVE-2024-26734,
CVE-2024-35833, CVE-2024-26919, CVE-2024-26916, CVE-2024-26667,
CVE-2024-26606, CVE-2024-26693, CVE-2024-26717, CVE-2023-52637,
CVE-2024-26831, CVE-2024-26663, CVE-2024-26694, CVE-2024-26802,
CVE-2024-26710, CVE-2024-26789, CVE-2024-26679, CVE-2024-26675,
CVE-2024-26798, CVE-2024-26695, CVE-2024-26726, CVE-2024-26926,
CVE-2024-26735, CVE-2024-26898, CVE-2024-26890)

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USN-6864-3: Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that the Intel Data Streaming and Intel Analytics
Accelerator drivers in the Linux kernel allowed direct access to the
devices for unprivileged users and virtual machines. A local attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-21823)

A security issue was discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use it to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystem:
– Netfilter;
(CVE-2024-26924)

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