[UPDATE] [medium] Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities allow denial of service and unspecified attacks
A local attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel to create a denial-of-service condition or conduct unspecified attacks.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities allow a local attacker to create a denial-of-service condition or conduct unspecified attacks.
- Who is affected
- Local users of the Linux Kernel.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for denial-of-service attacks.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of the Linux Kernel.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2024-1197
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2021-473680.94% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 57% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2021-473740.21% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 12% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2021-473750.25% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 17% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2021-473760.25% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 17% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2021-474030.25% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 16% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2021-474040.26% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 18% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2021-474050.25% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 17% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2021-474060.25% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 16% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2021-474070.25% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 16% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
+12 more CVEs referenced in this advisory.
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- highUSN-8620-4: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8620-3: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- unknownMultiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu (31 juillet 2026)cert-fr-avis
- highUSN-8620-2: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8620-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8610-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8575-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8597-1: Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8576-2: Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8575-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8576-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8575-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu
Recent advisories for Linux Kernel
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- highUSN-8620-4: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-31
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities allow denial of servicecert-bund · 2026-07-31
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities allow Denial of Servicecert-bund · 2026-07-31
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-31
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities allow denial of servicecert-bund · 2026-07-31
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Linux Kernel (ntfs3): Vulnerability allows information disclosurecert-bund · 2026-07-31
More from CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories
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