Security Vulnerabilities
- CVEs Published In February 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rxrpc: Fix listen() setting the bar too high for the prealloc rings
AF_RXRPC's listen() handler lets you set the backlog up to 32 (if you bump
up the sysctl), but whilst the preallocation circular buffers have 32 slots
in them, one of them has to be a dead slot because we're using CIRC_CNT().
This means that listen(rxrpc_sock, 32) will cause an oops when the socket
is closed because rxrpc_service_prealloc_one() allocated one too many calls
and rxrpc_discard_prealloc() won't then be able to get rid of them because
it'll think the ring is empty. rxrpc_release_calls_on_socket() then tries
to abort them, but oopses because call->peer isn't yet set.
Fix this by setting the maximum backlog to RXRPC_BACKLOG_MAX - 1 to match
the ring capacity.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000086
...
RIP: 0010:rxrpc_send_abort_packet+0x73/0x240 [rxrpc]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? __wake_up_common_lock+0x7a/0x90
? rxrpc_notify_socket+0x8e/0x140 [rxrpc]
? rxrpc_abort_call+0x4c/0x60 [rxrpc]
rxrpc_release_calls_on_socket+0x107/0x1a0 [rxrpc]
rxrpc_release+0xc9/0x1c0 [rxrpc]
__sock_release+0x37/0xa0
sock_close+0x11/0x20
__fput+0x89/0x240
task_work_run+0x59/0x90
do_exit+0x319/0xaa0
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
firmware: arm_scmi: Fix list protocols enumeration in the base protocol
While enumerating protocols implemented by the SCMI platform using
BASE_DISCOVER_LIST_PROTOCOLS, the number of returned protocols is
currently validated in an improper way since the check employs a sum
between unsigned integers that could overflow and cause the check itself
to be silently bypassed if the returned value 'loop_num_ret' is big
enough.
Fix the validation avoiding the addition.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
soc: ti: ti_sci_pm_domains: Check for null return of devm_kcalloc
The allocation funciton devm_kcalloc may fail and return a null pointer,
which would cause a null-pointer dereference later.
It might be better to check it and directly return -ENOMEM just like the
usage of devm_kcalloc in previous code.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI: mediatek: Fix refcount leak in mtk_pcie_subsys_powerup()
The of_find_compatible_node() function returns a node pointer with
refcount incremented, We should use of_node_put() on it when done
Add the missing of_node_put() to release the refcount.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
misc: ocxl: fix possible double free in ocxl_file_register_afu
info_release() will be called in device_unregister() when info->dev's
reference count is 0. So there is no need to call ocxl_afu_put() and
kfree() again.
Fix this by adding free_minor() and return to err_unregister error path.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/xive: Fix refcount leak in xive_spapr_init
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:
Input: sparcspkr - fix refcount leak in bbc_beep_probe
of_find_node_by_path() calls of_find_node_opts_by_path(),
which 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:
powerpc/fsl_rio: Fix refcount leak in fsl_rio_setup
of_parse_phandle() 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 the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tty: fix deadlock caused by calling printk() under tty_port->lock
pty_write() invokes kmalloc() which may invoke a normal printk() to print
failure message. This can cause a deadlock in the scenario reported by
syz-bot below:
CPU0 CPU1 CPU2
---- ---- ----
lock(console_owner);
lock(&port_lock_key);
lock(&port->lock);
lock(&port_lock_key);
lock(&port->lock);
lock(console_owner);
As commit dbdda842fe96 ("printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to
load balance console writes") said, such deadlock can be prevented by
using printk_deferred() in kmalloc() (which is invoked in the section
guarded by the port->lock). But there are too many printk() on the
kmalloc() path, and kmalloc() can be called from anywhere, so changing
printk() to printk_deferred() is too complicated and inelegant.
Therefore, this patch chooses to specify __GFP_NOWARN to kmalloc(), so
that printk() will not be called, and this deadlock problem can be
avoided.
Syzbot reported the following lockdep error:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
5.4.143-00237-g08ccc19a-dirty #10 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz-executor.4/29420 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffffff8aedb2a0 (console_owner){....}-{0:0}, at: console_trylock_spinning kernel/printk/printk.c:1752 [inline]
ffffffff8aedb2a0 (console_owner){....}-{0:0}, at: vprintk_emit+0x2ca/0x470 kernel/printk/printk.c:2023
but task is already holding lock:
ffff8880119c9158 (&port->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: pty_write+0xf4/0x1f0 drivers/tty/pty.c:120
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #2 (&port->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:
__raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x35/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:159
tty_port_tty_get drivers/tty/tty_port.c:288 [inline] <-- lock(&port->lock);
tty_port_default_wakeup+0x1d/0xb0 drivers/tty/tty_port.c:47
serial8250_tx_chars+0x530/0xa80 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1767
serial8250_handle_irq.part.0+0x31f/0x3d0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1854
serial8250_handle_irq drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1827 [inline] <-- lock(&port_lock_key);
serial8250_default_handle_irq+0xb2/0x220 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1870
serial8250_interrupt+0xfd/0x200 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:126
__handle_irq_event_percpu+0x109/0xa50 kernel/irq/handle.c:156
[...]
-> #1 (&port_lock_key){-.-.}-{2:2}:
__raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x35/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:159
serial8250_console_write+0x184/0xa40 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3198
<-- lock(&port_lock_key);
call_console_drivers kernel/printk/printk.c:1819 [inline]
console_unlock+0x8cb/0xd00 kernel/printk/printk.c:2504
vprintk_emit+0x1b5/0x470 kernel/printk/printk.c:2024 <-- lock(console_owner);
vprintk_func+0x8d/0x250 kernel/printk/printk_safe.c:394
printk+0xba/0xed kernel/printk/printk.c:2084
register_console+0x8b3/0xc10 kernel/printk/printk.c:2829
univ8250_console_init+0x3a/0x46 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:681
console_init+0x49d/0x6d3 kernel/printk/printk.c:2915
start_kernel+0x5e9/0x879 init/main.c:713
secondary_startup_64+0xa4/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S:241
-> #0 (console_owner){....}-{0:0}:
[...]
lock_acquire+0x127/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4734
console_trylock_spinning kernel/printk/printk.c:1773
---truncated---
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
list: fix a data-race around ep->rdllist
ep_poll() first calls ep_events_available() with no lock held and checks
if ep->rdllist is empty by list_empty_careful(), which reads
rdllist->prev. Thus all accesses to it need some protection to avoid
store/load-tearing.
Note INIT_LIST_HEAD_RCU() already has the annotation for both prev
and next.
Commit bf3b9f6372c4 ("epoll: Add busy poll support to epoll with socket
fds.") added the first lockless ep_events_available(), and commit
c5a282e9635e ("fs/epoll: reduce the scope of wq lock in epoll_wait()")
made some ep_events_available() calls lockless and added single call under
a lock, finally commit e59d3c64cba6 ("epoll: eliminate unnecessary lock
for zero timeout") made the last ep_events_available() lockless.
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in do_epoll_wait / do_epoll_wait
write to 0xffff88810480c7d8 of 8 bytes by task 1802 on cpu 0:
INIT_LIST_HEAD include/linux/list.h:38 [inline]
list_splice_init include/linux/list.h:492 [inline]
ep_start_scan fs/eventpoll.c:622 [inline]
ep_send_events fs/eventpoll.c:1656 [inline]
ep_poll fs/eventpoll.c:1806 [inline]
do_epoll_wait+0x4eb/0xf40 fs/eventpoll.c:2234
do_epoll_pwait fs/eventpoll.c:2268 [inline]
__do_sys_epoll_pwait fs/eventpoll.c:2281 [inline]
__se_sys_epoll_pwait+0x12b/0x240 fs/eventpoll.c:2275
__x64_sys_epoll_pwait+0x74/0x80 fs/eventpoll.c:2275
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x44/0xd0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
read to 0xffff88810480c7d8 of 8 bytes by task 1799 on cpu 1:
list_empty_careful include/linux/list.h:329 [inline]
ep_events_available fs/eventpoll.c:381 [inline]
ep_poll fs/eventpoll.c:1797 [inline]
do_epoll_wait+0x279/0xf40 fs/eventpoll.c:2234
do_epoll_pwait fs/eventpoll.c:2268 [inline]
__do_sys_epoll_pwait fs/eventpoll.c:2281 [inline]
__se_sys_epoll_pwait+0x12b/0x240 fs/eventpoll.c:2275
__x64_sys_epoll_pwait+0x74/0x80 fs/eventpoll.c:2275
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x44/0xd0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
value changed: 0xffff88810480c7d0 -> 0xffff888103c15098
Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 PID: 1799 Comm: syz-fuzzer Tainted: G W 5.17.0-rc7-syzkaller-dirty #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011