Security Vulnerabilities - CVEs Published In February 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
staging: rtl8712: fix uninit-value in usb_read8() and friends
When r8712_usbctrl_vendorreq() returns negative, 'data' in
usb_read{8,16,32} will not be initialized.
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:643 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string+0x4ec/0x6f0 lib/vsprintf.c:725
string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:643 [inline]
string+0x4ec/0x6f0 lib/vsprintf.c:725
vsnprintf+0x2222/0x3650 lib/vsprintf.c:2806
va_format lib/vsprintf.c:1704 [inline]
pointer+0x18e6/0x1f70 lib/vsprintf.c:2443
vsnprintf+0x1a9b/0x3650 lib/vsprintf.c:2810
vprintk_store+0x537/0x2150 kernel/printk/printk.c:2158
vprintk_emit+0x28b/0xab0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2256
dev_vprintk_emit+0x5ef/0x6d0 drivers/base/core.c:4604
dev_printk_emit+0x1dd/0x21f drivers/base/core.c:4615
__dev_printk+0x3be/0x440 drivers/base/core.c:4627
_dev_info+0x1ea/0x22f drivers/base/core.c:4673
r871xu_drv_init+0x1929/0x3070 drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c:401
usb_probe_interface+0xf19/0x1600 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
really_probe+0x6c7/0x1350 drivers/base/dd.c:621
__driver_probe_device+0x3e9/0x530 drivers/base/dd.c:752
driver_probe_device drivers/base/dd.c:782 [inline]
__device_attach_driver+0x79f/0x1120 drivers/base/dd.c:899
bus_for_each_drv+0x2d6/0x3f0 drivers/base/bus.c:427
__device_attach+0x593/0x8e0 drivers/base/dd.c:970
device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:1017
bus_probe_device+0x17b/0x3e0 drivers/base/bus.c:487
device_add+0x1fff/0x26e0 drivers/base/core.c:3405
usb_set_configuration+0x37e9/0x3ed0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2170
usb_generic_driver_probe+0x13c/0x300 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
usb_probe_device+0x309/0x570 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293
really_probe+0x6c7/0x1350 drivers/base/dd.c:621
__driver_probe_device+0x3e9/0x530 drivers/base/dd.c:752
driver_probe_device drivers/base/dd.c:782 [inline]
__device_attach_driver+0x79f/0x1120 drivers/base/dd.c:899
bus_for_each_drv+0x2d6/0x3f0 drivers/base/bus.c:427
__device_attach+0x593/0x8e0 drivers/base/dd.c:970
device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:1017
bus_probe_device+0x17b/0x3e0 drivers/base/bus.c:487
device_add+0x1fff/0x26e0 drivers/base/core.c:3405
usb_new_device+0x1b91/0x2950 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2566
hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5363 [inline]
hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5507 [inline]
port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5665 [inline]
hub_event+0x58e3/0x89e0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5747
process_one_work+0xdb6/0x1820 kernel/workqueue.c:2289
worker_thread+0x10d0/0x2240 kernel/workqueue.c:2436
kthread+0x3c7/0x500 kernel/kthread.c:376
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
Local variable data created at:
usb_read8+0x5d/0x130 drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_ops.c:33
r8712_read8+0xa5/0xd0 drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_io.c:29
KMSAN: uninit-value in r871xu_drv_init
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=3cd92b1d85428b128503bfa7a250294c9ae00bd8
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: quota: fix loop condition at f2fs_quota_sync()
cnt should be passed to sb_has_quota_active() instead of type to check
active quota properly.
Moreover, when the type is -1, the compiler with enough inline knowledge
can discard sb_has_quota_active() check altogether, causing a NULL pointer
dereference at the following inode_lock(dqopt->files[cnt]):
[ 2.796010] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000a0
[ 2.796024] Mem abort info:
[ 2.796025] ESR = 0x96000005
[ 2.796028] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 2.796029] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 2.796031] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 2.796032] Data abort info:
[ 2.796034] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005
[ 2.796035] CM = 0, WnR = 0
[ 2.796046] user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=00000003370d1000
[ 2.796048] [00000000000000a0] pgd=0000000000000000, pud=0000000000000000
[ 2.796051] Internal error: Oops: 96000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 2.796056] CPU: 7 PID: 640 Comm: f2fs_ckpt-259:7 Tainted: G S 5.4.179-arter97-r8-64666-g2f16e087f9d8 #1
[ 2.796057] Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Lahaina MTP lemonadep (DT)
[ 2.796059] pstate: 80c00005 (Nzcv daif +PAN +UAO)
[ 2.796065] pc : down_write+0x28/0x70
[ 2.796070] lr : f2fs_quota_sync+0x100/0x294
[ 2.796071] sp : ffffffa3f48ffc30
[ 2.796073] x29: ffffffa3f48ffc30 x28: 0000000000000000
[ 2.796075] x27: ffffffa3f6d718b8 x26: ffffffa415fe9d80
[ 2.796077] x25: ffffffa3f7290048 x24: 0000000000000001
[ 2.796078] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffffffa3f7290000
[ 2.796080] x21: ffffffa3f72904a0 x20: ffffffa3f7290110
[ 2.796081] x19: ffffffa3f77a9800 x18: ffffffc020aae038
[ 2.796083] x17: ffffffa40e38e040 x16: ffffffa40e38e6d0
[ 2.796085] x15: ffffffa40e38e6cc x14: ffffffa40e38e6d0
[ 2.796086] x13: 00000000000004f6 x12: 00162c44ff493000
[ 2.796088] x11: 0000000000000400 x10: ffffffa40e38c948
[ 2.796090] x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 00000000000000a0
[ 2.796091] x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000d1060f00002a
[ 2.796093] x5 : ffffffa3f48ff718 x4 : 000000000000000d
[ 2.796094] x3 : 00000000060c0000 x2 : 0000000000000001
[ 2.796096] x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 00000000000000a0
[ 2.796098] Call trace:
[ 2.796100] down_write+0x28/0x70
[ 2.796102] f2fs_quota_sync+0x100/0x294
[ 2.796104] block_operations+0x120/0x204
[ 2.796106] f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x11c/0x520
[ 2.796107] __checkpoint_and_complete_reqs+0x7c/0xd34
[ 2.796109] issue_checkpoint_thread+0x6c/0xb8
[ 2.796112] kthread+0x138/0x414
[ 2.796114] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
[ 2.796117] Code: aa0803e0 aa1f03e1 52800022 aa0103e9 (c8e97d02)
[ 2.796120] ---[ end trace 96e942e8eb6a0b53 ]---
[ 2.800116] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
[ 2.800120] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
coresight: syscfg: Fix memleak on registration failure in cscfg_create_device
device_register() calls device_initialize(),
according to doc of device_initialize:
Use put_device() to give up your reference instead of freeing
* @dev directly once you have called this function.
To prevent potential memleak, use put_device() for error handling.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tpm: fix reference counting for struct tpm_chip
The following sequence of operations results in a refcount warning:
1. Open device /dev/tpmrm.
2. Remove module tpm_tis_spi.
3. Write a TPM command to the file descriptor opened at step 1.
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1161 at lib/refcount.c:25 kobject_get+0xa0/0xa4
refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.
Modules linked in: tpm_tis_spi tpm_tis_core tpm mdio_bcm_unimac brcmfmac
sha256_generic libsha256 sha256_arm hci_uart btbcm bluetooth cfg80211 vc4
brcmutil ecdh_generic ecc snd_soc_core crc32_arm_ce libaes
raspberrypi_hwmon ac97_bus snd_pcm_dmaengine bcm2711_thermal snd_pcm
snd_timer genet snd phy_generic soundcore [last unloaded: spi_bcm2835]
CPU: 3 PID: 1161 Comm: hold_open Not tainted 5.10.0ls-main-dirty #2
Hardware name: BCM2711
[<c0410c3c>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c040b580>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
[<c040b580>] (show_stack) from [<c1092174>] (dump_stack+0xc4/0xd8)
[<c1092174>] (dump_stack) from [<c0445a30>] (__warn+0x104/0x108)
[<c0445a30>] (__warn) from [<c0445aa8>] (warn_slowpath_fmt+0x74/0xb8)
[<c0445aa8>] (warn_slowpath_fmt) from [<c08435d0>] (kobject_get+0xa0/0xa4)
[<c08435d0>] (kobject_get) from [<bf0a715c>] (tpm_try_get_ops+0x14/0x54 [tpm])
[<bf0a715c>] (tpm_try_get_ops [tpm]) from [<bf0a7d6c>] (tpm_common_write+0x38/0x60 [tpm])
[<bf0a7d6c>] (tpm_common_write [tpm]) from [<c05a7ac0>] (vfs_write+0xc4/0x3c0)
[<c05a7ac0>] (vfs_write) from [<c05a7ee4>] (ksys_write+0x58/0xcc)
[<c05a7ee4>] (ksys_write) from [<c04001a0>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x4c)
Exception stack(0xc226bfa8 to 0xc226bff0)
bfa0: 00000000 000105b4 00000003 beafe664 00000014 00000000
bfc0: 00000000 000105b4 000103f8 00000004 00000000 00000000 b6f9c000 beafe684
bfe0: 0000006c beafe648 0001056c b6eb6944
---[ end trace d4b8409def9b8b1f ]---
The reason for this warning is the attempt to get the chip->dev reference
in tpm_common_write() although the reference counter is already zero.
Since commit 8979b02aaf1d ("tpm: Fix reference count to main device") the
extra reference used to prevent a premature zero counter is never taken,
because the required TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2 flag is never set.
Fix this by moving the TPM 2 character device handling from
tpm_chip_alloc() to tpm_add_char_device() which is called at a later point
in time when the flag has been set in case of TPM2.
Commit fdc915f7f719 ("tpm: expose spaces via a device link /dev/tpmrm<n>")
already introduced function tpm_devs_release() to release the extra
reference but did not implement the required put on chip->devs that results
in the call of this function.
Fix this by putting chip->devs in tpm_chip_unregister().
Finally move the new implementation for the TPM 2 handling into a new
function to avoid multiple checks for the TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2 flag in the
good case and error cases.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: pcm: Fix races among concurrent prealloc proc writes
We have no protection against concurrent PCM buffer preallocation
changes via proc files, and it may potentially lead to UAF or some
weird problem. This patch applies the PCM open_mutex to the proc
write operation for avoiding the racy proc writes and the PCM stream
open (and further operations).
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mac80211: fix potential double free on mesh join
While commit 6a01afcf8468 ("mac80211: mesh: Free ie data when leaving
mesh") fixed a memory leak on mesh leave / teardown it introduced a
potential memory corruption caused by a double free when rejoining the
mesh:
ieee80211_leave_mesh()
-> kfree(sdata->u.mesh.ie);
...
ieee80211_join_mesh()
-> copy_mesh_setup()
-> old_ie = ifmsh->ie;
-> kfree(old_ie);
This double free / kernel panics can be reproduced by using wpa_supplicant
with an encrypted mesh (if set up without encryption via "iw" then
ifmsh->ie is always NULL, which avoids this issue). And then calling:
$ iw dev mesh0 mesh leave
$ iw dev mesh0 mesh join my-mesh
Note that typically these commands are not used / working when using
wpa_supplicant. And it seems that wpa_supplicant or wpa_cli are going
through a NETDEV_DOWN/NETDEV_UP cycle between a mesh leave and mesh join
where the NETDEV_UP resets the mesh.ie to NULL via a memcpy of
default_mesh_setup in cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call, which then avoids
the memory corruption, too.
The issue was first observed in an application which was not using
wpa_supplicant but "Senf" instead, which implements its own calls to
nl80211.
Fixing the issue by removing the kfree()'ing of the mesh IE in the mesh
join function and leaving it solely up to the mesh leave to free the
mesh IE.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: pcm: Fix races among concurrent hw_params and hw_free calls
Currently we have neither proper check nor protection against the
concurrent calls of PCM hw_params and hw_free ioctls, which may result
in a UAF. Since the existing PCM stream lock can't be used for
protecting the whole ioctl operations, we need a new mutex to protect
those racy calls.
This patch introduced a new mutex, runtime->buffer_mutex, and applies
it to both hw_params and hw_free ioctl code paths. Along with it, the
both functions are slightly modified (the mmap_count check is moved
into the state-check block) for code simplicity.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rtc: pl031: fix rtc features null pointer dereference
When there is no interrupt line, rtc alarm feature is disabled.
The clearing of the alarm feature bit was being done prior to allocations
of ldata->rtc device, resulting in a null pointer dereference.
Clear RTC_FEATURE_ALARM after the rtc device is allocated.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
can: m_can: m_can_tx_handler(): fix use after free of skb
can_put_echo_skb() will clone skb then free the skb. Move the
can_put_echo_skb() for the m_can version 3.0.x directly before the
start of the xmit in hardware, similar to the 3.1.x branch.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
jffs2: fix memory leak in jffs2_scan_medium
If an error is returned in jffs2_scan_eraseblock() and some memory
has been added to the jffs2_summary *s, we can observe the following
kmemleak report:
--------------------------------------------
unreferenced object 0xffff88812b889c40 (size 64):
comm "mount", pid 692, jiffies 4294838325 (age 34.288s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
40 48 b5 14 81 88 ff ff 01 e0 31 00 00 00 50 00 @H........1...P.
00 00 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 09 08 ................
backtrace:
[<ffffffffae93a3a3>] __kmalloc+0x613/0x910
[<ffffffffaf423b9c>] jffs2_sum_add_dirent_mem+0x5c/0xa0
[<ffffffffb0f3afa8>] jffs2_scan_medium.cold+0x36e5/0x4794
[<ffffffffb0f3dbe1>] jffs2_do_mount_fs.cold+0xa7/0x2267
[<ffffffffaf40acf3>] jffs2_do_fill_super+0x383/0xc30
[<ffffffffaf40c00a>] jffs2_fill_super+0x2ea/0x4c0
[<ffffffffb0315d64>] mtd_get_sb+0x254/0x400
[<ffffffffb0315f5f>] mtd_get_sb_by_nr+0x4f/0xd0
[<ffffffffb0316478>] get_tree_mtd+0x498/0x840
[<ffffffffaf40bd15>] jffs2_get_tree+0x25/0x30
[<ffffffffae9f358d>] vfs_get_tree+0x8d/0x2e0
[<ffffffffaea7a98f>] path_mount+0x50f/0x1e50
[<ffffffffaea7c3d7>] do_mount+0x107/0x130
[<ffffffffaea7c5c5>] __se_sys_mount+0x1c5/0x2f0
[<ffffffffaea7c917>] __x64_sys_mount+0xc7/0x160
[<ffffffffb10142f5>] do_syscall_64+0x45/0x70
unreferenced object 0xffff888114b54840 (size 32):
comm "mount", pid 692, jiffies 4294838325 (age 34.288s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
c0 75 b5 14 81 88 ff ff 02 e0 02 00 00 00 02 00 .u..............
00 00 84 00 00 00 44 00 00 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b a5 ......D...kkkkk.
backtrace:
[<ffffffffae93be24>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x584/0x880
[<ffffffffaf423b04>] jffs2_sum_add_inode_mem+0x54/0x90
[<ffffffffb0f3bd44>] jffs2_scan_medium.cold+0x4481/0x4794
[...]
unreferenced object 0xffff888114b57280 (size 32):
comm "mount", pid 692, jiffies 4294838393 (age 34.357s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
10 d5 6c 11 81 88 ff ff 08 e0 05 00 00 00 01 00 ..l.............
00 00 38 02 00 00 28 00 00 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b a5 ..8...(...kkkkk.
backtrace:
[<ffffffffae93be24>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x584/0x880
[<ffffffffaf423c34>] jffs2_sum_add_xattr_mem+0x54/0x90
[<ffffffffb0f3a24f>] jffs2_scan_medium.cold+0x298c/0x4794
[...]
unreferenced object 0xffff8881116cd510 (size 16):
comm "mount", pid 692, jiffies 4294838395 (age 34.355s)
hex dump (first 16 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 e0 60 02 00 00 6b a5 ..........`...k.
backtrace:
[<ffffffffae93be24>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x584/0x880
[<ffffffffaf423cc4>] jffs2_sum_add_xref_mem+0x54/0x90
[<ffffffffb0f3b2e3>] jffs2_scan_medium.cold+0x3a20/0x4794
[...]
--------------------------------------------
Therefore, we should call jffs2_sum_reset_collected(s) on exit to
release the memory added in s. In addition, a new tag "out_buf" is
added to prevent the NULL pointer reference caused by s being NULL.
(thanks to Zhang Yi for this analysis)
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-02-26