Security Vulnerabilities - CVEs Published In January 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
riscv: mm: Fix the out of bound issue of vmemmap address
In sparse vmemmap model, the virtual address of vmemmap is calculated as:
((struct page *)VMEMMAP_START - (phys_ram_base >> PAGE_SHIFT)).
And the struct page's va can be calculated with an offset:
(vmemmap + (pfn)).
However, when initializing struct pages, kernel actually starts from the
first page from the same section that phys_ram_base belongs to. If the
first page's physical address is not (phys_ram_base >> PAGE_SHIFT), then
we get an va below VMEMMAP_START when calculating va for it's struct page.
For example, if phys_ram_base starts from 0x82000000 with pfn 0x82000, the
first page in the same section is actually pfn 0x80000. During
init_unavailable_range(), we will initialize struct page for pfn 0x80000
with virtual address ((struct page *)VMEMMAP_START - 0x2000), which is
below VMEMMAP_START as well as PCI_IO_END.
This commit fixes this bug by introducing a new variable
'vmemmap_start_pfn' which is aligned with memory section size and using
it to calculate vmemmap address instead of phys_ram_base.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-21
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
virtio-blk: don't keep queue frozen during system suspend
Commit 4ce6e2db00de ("virtio-blk: Ensure no requests in virtqueues before
deleting vqs.") replaces queue quiesce with queue freeze in virtio-blk's
PM callbacks. And the motivation is to drain inflight IOs before suspending.
block layer's queue freeze looks very handy, but it is also easy to cause
deadlock, such as, any attempt to call into bio_queue_enter() may run into
deadlock if the queue is frozen in current context. There are all kinds
of ->suspend() called in suspend context, so keeping queue frozen in the
whole suspend context isn't one good idea. And Marek reported lockdep
warning[1] caused by virtio-blk's freeze queue in virtblk_freeze().
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/ca16370e-d646-4eee-b9cc-87277c89c43c@samsung.com/
Given the motivation is to drain in-flight IOs, it can be done by calling
freeze & unfreeze, meantime restore to previous behavior by keeping queue
quiesced during suspend.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-21
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hwmon: (drivetemp) Fix driver producing garbage data when SCSI errors occur
scsi_execute_cmd() function can return both negative (linux codes) and
positive (scsi_cmnd result field) error codes.
Currently the driver just passes error codes of scsi_execute_cmd() to
hwmon core, which is incorrect because hwmon only checks for negative
error codes. This leads to hwmon reporting uninitialized data to
userspace in case of SCSI errors (for example if the disk drive was
disconnected).
This patch checks scsi_execute_cmd() output and returns -EIO if it's
error code is positive.
[groeck: Avoid inline variable declaration for portability]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-21
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sched_ext: Replace rq_lock() to raw_spin_rq_lock() in scx_ops_bypass()
scx_ops_bypass() iterates all CPUs to re-enqueue all the scx tasks.
For each CPU, it acquires a lock using rq_lock() regardless of whether
a CPU is offline or the CPU is currently running a task in a higher
scheduler class (e.g., deadline). The rq_lock() is supposed to be used
for online CPUs, and the use of rq_lock() may trigger an unnecessary
warning in rq_pin_lock(). Therefore, replace rq_lock() to
raw_spin_rq_lock() in scx_ops_bypass().
Without this change, we observe the following warning:
===== START =====
[ 6.615205] rq->balance_callback && rq->balance_callback != &balance_push_callback
[ 6.615208] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 0 at kernel/sched/sched.h:1730 __schedule+0x1130/0x1c90
===== END =====
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-21
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: avoid NULL pointer dereference if no valid extent tree
[BUG]
Syzbot reported a crash with the following call trace:
BTRFS info (device loop0): scrub: started on devid 1
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000208
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 106e70067 P4D 106e70067 PUD 107143067 PMD 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 689 Comm: repro Kdump: loaded Tainted: G O 6.13.0-rc4-custom+ #206
Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022
RIP: 0010:find_first_extent_item+0x26/0x1f0 [btrfs]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
scrub_find_fill_first_stripe+0x13d/0x3b0 [btrfs]
scrub_simple_mirror+0x175/0x260 [btrfs]
scrub_stripe+0x5d4/0x6c0 [btrfs]
scrub_chunk+0xbb/0x170 [btrfs]
scrub_enumerate_chunks+0x2f4/0x5f0 [btrfs]
btrfs_scrub_dev+0x240/0x600 [btrfs]
btrfs_ioctl+0x1dc8/0x2fa0 [btrfs]
? do_sys_openat2+0xa5/0xf0
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x97/0xc0
do_syscall_64+0x4f/0x120
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
</TASK>
[CAUSE]
The reproducer is using a corrupted image where extent tree root is
corrupted, thus forcing to use "rescue=all,ro" mount option to mount the
image.
Then it triggered a scrub, but since scrub relies on extent tree to find
where the data/metadata extents are, scrub_find_fill_first_stripe()
relies on an non-empty extent root.
But unfortunately scrub_find_fill_first_stripe() doesn't really expect
an NULL pointer for extent root, it use extent_root to grab fs_info and
triggered a NULL pointer dereference.
[FIX]
Add an extra check for a valid extent root at the beginning of
scrub_find_fill_first_stripe().
The new error path is introduced by 42437a6386ff ("btrfs: introduce
mount option rescue=ignorebadroots"), but that's pretty old, and later
commit b979547513ff ("btrfs: scrub: introduce helper to find and fill
sector info for a scrub_stripe") changed how we do scrub.
So for kernels older than 6.6, the fix will need manual backport.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-21
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netdev: prevent accessing NAPI instances from another namespace
The NAPI IDs were not fully exposed to user space prior to the netlink
API, so they were never namespaced. The netlink API must ensure that
at the very least NAPI instance belongs to the same netns as the owner
of the genl sock.
napi_by_id() can become static now, but it needs to move because of
dev_get_by_napi_id().
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-21
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: fix unexpectedly changed path in ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked
When `ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked` met an error and it is not the last
entry, it will exit without restoring changed path buffer. But later this
buffer may be used as the filename for creation.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-21
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gpio: virtuser: fix missing lookup table cleanups
When a virtuser device is created via configfs and the probe fails due
to an incorrect lookup table, the table is not removed. This prevents
subsequent probe attempts from succeeding, even if the issue is
corrected, unless the device is released. Additionally, cleanup is also
needed in the less likely case of platform_device_register_full()
failure.
Besides, a consistent memory leak in lookup_table->dev_id was spotted
using kmemleak by toggling the live state between 0 and 1 with a correct
lookup table.
Introduce gpio_virtuser_remove_lookup_table() as the counterpart to the
existing gpio_virtuser_make_lookup_table() and call it from all
necessary points to ensure proper cleanup.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-21
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5: Fix variable not being completed when function returns
When cmd_alloc_index(), fails cmd_work_handler() needs
to complete ent->slotted before returning early.
Otherwise the task which issued the command may hang:
mlx5_core 0000:01:00.0: cmd_work_handler:877:(pid 3880418): failed to allocate command entry
INFO: task kworker/13:2:4055883 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
Not tainted 4.19.90-25.44.v2101.ky10.aarch64 #1
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
kworker/13:2 D 0 4055883 2 0x00000228
Workqueue: events mlx5e_tx_dim_work [mlx5_core]
Call trace:
__switch_to+0xe8/0x150
__schedule+0x2a8/0x9b8
schedule+0x2c/0x88
schedule_timeout+0x204/0x478
wait_for_common+0x154/0x250
wait_for_completion+0x28/0x38
cmd_exec+0x7a0/0xa00 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_cmd_exec+0x54/0x80 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_core_modify_cq+0x6c/0x80 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_core_modify_cq_moderation+0xa0/0xb8 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_tx_dim_work+0x54/0x68 [mlx5_core]
process_one_work+0x1b0/0x448
worker_thread+0x54/0x468
kthread+0x134/0x138
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-21
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: stmmac: dwmac-tegra: Read iommu stream id from device tree
Nvidia's Tegra MGBE controllers require the IOMMU "Stream ID" (SID) to be
written to the MGBE_WRAP_AXI_ASID0_CTRL register.
The current driver is hard coded to use MGBE0's SID for all controllers.
This causes softirq time outs and kernel panics when using controllers
other than MGBE0.
Example dmesg errors when an ethernet cable is connected to MGBE1:
[ 116.133290] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 121.851283] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: NETDEV WATCHDOG: CPU: 5: transmit queue 0 timed out 5690 ms
[ 121.851782] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: Reset adapter.
[ 121.892464] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 121.905920] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: PHY [stmmac-1:00] driver [Aquantia AQR113] (irq=171)
[ 121.907356] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: Enabling Safety Features
[ 121.907578] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: IEEE 1588-2008 Advanced Timestamp supported
[ 121.908399] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: registered PTP clock
[ 121.908582] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: configuring for phy/10gbase-r link mode
[ 125.961292] tegra-mgbe 6910000.ethernet eth1: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 181.921198] rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
[ 181.921404] rcu: 7-....: (1 GPs behind) idle=540c/1/0x4000000000000002 softirq=1748/1749 fqs=2337
[ 181.921684] rcu: (detected by 4, t=6002 jiffies, g=1357, q=1254 ncpus=8)
[ 181.921878] Sending NMI from CPU 4 to CPUs 7:
[ 181.921886] NMI backtrace for cpu 7
[ 181.922131] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/7 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.13.0-rc3+ #6
[ 181.922390] Hardware name: NVIDIA CTI Forge + Orin AGX/Jetson, BIOS 202402.1-Unknown 10/28/2024
[ 181.922658] pstate: 40400009 (nZcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 181.922847] pc : handle_softirqs+0x98/0x368
[ 181.922978] lr : __do_softirq+0x18/0x20
[ 181.923095] sp : ffff80008003bf50
[ 181.923189] x29: ffff80008003bf50 x28: 0000000000000008 x27: 0000000000000000
[ 181.923379] x26: ffffce78ea277000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000001c61befda0
[ 181.924486] x23: 0000000060400009 x22: ffffce78e99918bc x21: ffff80008018bd70
[ 181.925568] x20: ffffce78e8bb00d8 x19: ffff80008018bc20 x18: 0000000000000000
[ 181.926655] x17: ffff318ebe7d3000 x16: ffff800080038000 x15: 0000000000000000
[ 181.931455] x14: ffff000080816680 x13: ffff318ebe7d3000 x12: 000000003464d91d
[ 181.938628] x11: 0000000000000040 x10: ffff000080165a70 x9 : ffffce78e8bb0160
[ 181.945804] x8 : ffff8000827b3160 x7 : f9157b241586f343 x6 : eeb6502a01c81c74
[ 181.953068] x5 : a4acfcdd2e8096bb x4 : ffffce78ea277340 x3 : 00000000ffffd1e1
[ 181.960329] x2 : 0000000000000101 x1 : ffffce78ea277340 x0 : ffff318ebe7d3000
[ 181.967591] Call trace:
[ 181.970043] handle_softirqs+0x98/0x368 (P)
[ 181.974240] __do_softirq+0x18/0x20
[ 181.977743] ____do_softirq+0x14/0x28
[ 181.981415] call_on_irq_stack+0x24/0x30
[ 181.985180] do_softirq_own_stack+0x20/0x30
[ 181.989379] __irq_exit_rcu+0x114/0x140
[ 181.993142] irq_exit_rcu+0x14/0x28
[ 181.996816] el1_interrupt+0x44/0xb8
[ 182.000316] el1h_64_irq_handler+0x14/0x20
[ 182.004343] el1h_64_irq+0x80/0x88
[ 182.007755] cpuidle_enter_state+0xc4/0x4a8 (P)
[ 182.012305] cpuidle_enter+0x3c/0x58
[ 182.015980] cpuidle_idle_call+0x128/0x1c0
[ 182.020005] do_idle+0xe0/0xf0
[ 182.023155] cpu_startup_entry+0x3c/0x48
[ 182.026917] secondary_start_kernel+0xdc/0x120
[ 182.031379] __secondary_switched+0x74/0x78
[ 212.971162] rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected expedited stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 7-.... } 6103 jiffies s: 417 root: 0x80/.
[ 212.985935] rcu: blocking rcu_node structures (internal RCU debug):
[ 212.992758] Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 7:
[ 212.998539] NMI backtrace for cpu 7
[ 213.004304] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PI
---truncated---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-01-21