Security Vulnerabilities
- CVEs Published In February 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
soc: bcm: brcmstb: pm: pm-arm: Fix refcount leak in brcmstb_pm_probe
of_find_matching_node() returns a node pointer with refcount
incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore.
Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.
In brcmstb_init_sram, it pass dn to of_address_to_resource(),
of_address_to_resource() will call of_find_device_by_node() to take
reference, so we should release the reference returned by
of_find_matching_node().
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ARM: Fix refcount leak in axxia_boot_secondary
of_find_compatible_node() returns a node pointer with refcount
incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when done.
Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ARM: exynos: Fix refcount leak in exynos_map_pmu
of_find_matching_node() returns a node pointer with refcount
incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore.
Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.
of_node_put() checks null pointer.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xtensa: xtfpga: Fix refcount leak bug in setup
In machine_setup(), of_find_compatible_node() will return a node
pointer with refcount incremented. We should use of_node_put() when
it is not used anymore.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
can: gs_usb: gs_usb_open/close(): fix memory leak
The gs_usb driver appears to suffer from a malady common to many USB
CAN adapter drivers in that it performs usb_alloc_coherent() to
allocate a number of USB request blocks (URBs) for RX, and then later
relies on usb_kill_anchored_urbs() to free them, but this doesn't
actually free them. As a result, this may be leaking DMA memory that's
been used by the driver.
This commit is an adaptation of the techniques found in the esd_usb2
driver where a similar design pattern led to a memory leak. It
explicitly frees the RX URBs and their DMA memory via a call to
usb_free_coherent(). Since the RX URBs were allocated in the
gs_can_open(), we remove them in gs_can_close() rather than in the
disconnect function as was done in esd_usb2.
For more information, see the 928150fad41b ("can: esd_usb2: fix memory
leak").
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: fix lockdep splat in in6_dump_addrs()
As reported by syzbot, we should not use rcu_dereference()
when rcu_read_lock() is not held.
WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
5.19.0-rc2-syzkaller #0 Not tainted
net/ipv6/addrconf.c:5175 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
other info that might help us debug this:
rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
1 lock held by syz-executor326/3617:
#0: ffffffff8d5848e8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: netlink_dump+0xae/0xc20 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2223
stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 3617 Comm: syz-executor326 Not tainted 5.19.0-rc2-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106
in6_dump_addrs+0x12d1/0x1790 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:5175
inet6_dump_addr+0x9c1/0xb50 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:5300
netlink_dump+0x541/0xc20 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2275
__netlink_dump_start+0x647/0x900 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2380
netlink_dump_start include/linux/netlink.h:245 [inline]
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x73e/0xc90 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6046
netlink_rcv_skb+0x153/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2501
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0x543/0x7f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345
netlink_sendmsg+0x917/0xe10 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]
sock_sendmsg+0xcf/0x120 net/socket.c:734
____sys_sendmsg+0x6eb/0x810 net/socket.c:2492
___sys_sendmsg+0xf3/0x170 net/socket.c:2546
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2575 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2584 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2582 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x132/0x220 net/socket.c:2582
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tunnels: do not assume mac header is set in skb_tunnel_check_pmtu()
Recently added debug in commit f9aefd6b2aa3 ("net: warn if mac header
was not set") caught a bug in skb_tunnel_check_pmtu(), as shown
in this syzbot report [1].
In ndo_start_xmit() paths, there is really no need to use skb->mac_header,
because skb->data is supposed to point at it.
[1] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 8604 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2784 skb_mac_header_len include/linux/skbuff.h:2784 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 8604 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2784 skb_tunnel_check_pmtu+0x5de/0x2f90 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:413
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 8604 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 5.19.0-rc2-syzkaller-00443-g8720bd951b8e #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
RIP: 0010:skb_mac_header_len include/linux/skbuff.h:2784 [inline]
RIP: 0010:skb_tunnel_check_pmtu+0x5de/0x2f90 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:413
Code: 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 84 b9 fe ff ff 4c 89 ff e8 7c 0f d7 f9 e9 ac fe ff ff e8 c2 13 8a f9 <0f> 0b e9 28 fc ff ff e8 b6 13 8a f9 48 8b 54 24 70 48 b8 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002e4f520 EFLAGS: 00010212
RAX: 0000000000000324 RBX: ffff88804d5fd500 RCX: ffffc90005b52000
RDX: 0000000000040000 RSI: ffffffff87f05e3e RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: ffffc90002e4f650 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 000000000000ffff
R10: 000000000000ffff R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 000000000000ffff
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000000000000ffcd R15: 000000000000001f
FS: 00007f3babba9700(0000) GS:ffff8880b9b00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000020000080 CR3: 0000000075319000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
geneve_xmit_skb drivers/net/geneve.c:927 [inline]
geneve_xmit+0xcf8/0x35d0 drivers/net/geneve.c:1107
__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4805 [inline]
netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4819 [inline]
__dev_direct_xmit+0x500/0x730 net/core/dev.c:4309
dev_direct_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3007 [inline]
packet_direct_xmit+0x1b8/0x2c0 net/packet/af_packet.c:282
packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3073 [inline]
packet_sendmsg+0x21f4/0x55d0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3104
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]
sock_sendmsg+0xcf/0x120 net/socket.c:734
____sys_sendmsg+0x6eb/0x810 net/socket.c:2489
___sys_sendmsg+0xf3/0x170 net/socket.c:2543
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2572 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2581 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2579 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x132/0x220 net/socket.c:2579
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
RIP: 0033:0x7f3baaa89109
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f3babba9168 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f3baab9bf60 RCX: 00007f3baaa89109
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000020000a00 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f3baaae305d R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007ffe74f2543f R14: 00007f3babba9300 R15: 0000000000022000
</TASK>
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tipc: move bc link creation back to tipc_node_create
Shuang Li reported a NULL pointer dereference crash:
[] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000068
[] RIP: 0010:tipc_link_is_up+0x5/0x10 [tipc]
[] Call Trace:
[] <IRQ>
[] tipc_bcast_rcv+0xa2/0x190 [tipc]
[] tipc_node_bc_rcv+0x8b/0x200 [tipc]
[] tipc_rcv+0x3af/0x5b0 [tipc]
[] tipc_udp_recv+0xc7/0x1e0 [tipc]
It was caused by the 'l' passed into tipc_bcast_rcv() is NULL. When it
creates a node in tipc_node_check_dest(), after inserting the new node
into hashtable in tipc_node_create(), it creates the bc link. However,
there is a gap between this insert and bc link creation, a bc packet
may come in and get the node from the hashtable then try to dereference
its bc link, which is NULL.
This patch is to fix it by moving the bc link creation before inserting
into the hashtable.
Note that for a preliminary node becoming "real", the bc link creation
should also be called before it's rehashed, as we don't create it for
preliminary nodes.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Fix a memory leak of EFCH MMIO resource
Unlike release_mem_region(), a call to release_resource() does not
free the resource, so it has to be freed explicitly to avoid a memory
leak.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/memhotplug: Add add_pages override for PPC
With commit ffa0b64e3be5 ("powerpc: Fix virt_addr_valid() for 64-bit Book3E & 32-bit")
the kernel now validate the addr against high_memory value. This results
in the below BUG_ON with dax pfns.
[ 635.798741][T26531] kernel BUG at mm/page_alloc.c:5521!
1:mon> e
cpu 0x1: Vector: 700 (Program Check) at [c000000007287630]
pc: c00000000055ed48: free_pages.part.0+0x48/0x110
lr: c00000000053ca70: tlb_finish_mmu+0x80/0xd0
sp: c0000000072878d0
msr: 800000000282b033
current = 0xc00000000afabe00
paca = 0xc00000037ffff300 irqmask: 0x03 irq_happened: 0x05
pid = 26531, comm = 50-landscape-sy
kernel BUG at :5521!
Linux version 5.19.0-rc3-14659-g4ec05be7c2e1 (kvaneesh@ltc-boston8) (gcc (Ubuntu 9.4.0-1ubuntu1~20.04.1) 9.4.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.34) #625 SMP Thu Jun 23 00:35:43 CDT 2022
1:mon> t
[link register ] c00000000053ca70 tlb_finish_mmu+0x80/0xd0
[c0000000072878d0] c00000000053ca54 tlb_finish_mmu+0x64/0xd0 (unreliable)
[c000000007287900] c000000000539424 exit_mmap+0xe4/0x2a0
[c0000000072879e0] c00000000019fc1c mmput+0xcc/0x210
[c000000007287a20] c000000000629230 begin_new_exec+0x5e0/0xf40
[c000000007287ae0] c00000000070b3cc load_elf_binary+0x3ac/0x1e00
[c000000007287c10] c000000000627af0 bprm_execve+0x3b0/0xaf0
[c000000007287cd0] c000000000628414 do_execveat_common.isra.0+0x1e4/0x310
[c000000007287d80] c00000000062858c sys_execve+0x4c/0x60
[c000000007287db0] c00000000002c1b0 system_call_exception+0x160/0x2c0
[c000000007287e10] c00000000000c53c system_call_common+0xec/0x250
The fix is to make sure we update high_memory on memory hotplug.
This is similar to what x86 does in commit 3072e413e305 ("mm/memory_hotplug: introduce add_pages")