Security Vulnerabilities - CVEs Published In February 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix a btf decl_tag bug when tagging a function
syzbot reported a btf decl_tag bug with stack trace below:
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
CPU: 0 PID: 3592 Comm: syz-executor914 Not tainted 5.16.0-syzkaller-11424-gb7892f7d5cb2 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
RIP: 0010:btf_type_vlen include/linux/btf.h:231 [inline]
RIP: 0010:btf_decl_tag_resolve+0x83e/0xaa0 kernel/bpf/btf.c:3910
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
btf_resolve+0x251/0x1020 kernel/bpf/btf.c:4198
btf_check_all_types kernel/bpf/btf.c:4239 [inline]
btf_parse_type_sec kernel/bpf/btf.c:4280 [inline]
btf_parse kernel/bpf/btf.c:4513 [inline]
btf_new_fd+0x19fe/0x2370 kernel/bpf/btf.c:6047
bpf_btf_load kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4039 [inline]
__sys_bpf+0x1cbb/0x5970 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4679
__do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4738 [inline]
__se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4736 [inline]
__x64_sys_bpf+0x75/0xb0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4736
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+0x44/0xae
The kasan error is triggered with an illegal BTF like below:
type 0: void
type 1: int
type 2: decl_tag to func type 3
type 3: func to func_proto type 8
The total number of types is 4 and the type 3 is illegal
since its func_proto type is out of range.
Currently, the target type of decl_tag can be struct/union, var or func.
Both struct/union and var implemented their own 'resolve' callback functions
and hence handled properly in kernel.
But func type doesn't have 'resolve' callback function. When
btf_decl_tag_resolve() tries to check func type, it tries to get
vlen of its func_proto type, which triggered the above kasan error.
To fix the issue, btf_decl_tag_resolve() needs to do btf_func_check()
before trying to accessing func_proto type.
In the current implementation, func type is checked with
btf_func_check() in the main checking function btf_check_all_types().
To fix the above kasan issue, let us implement 'resolve' callback
func type properly. The 'resolve' callback will be also called
in btf_check_all_types() for func types.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ptp: unregister virtual clocks when unregistering physical clock.
When unregistering a physical clock which has some virtual clocks,
unregister the virtual clocks with it.
This fixes the following oops, which can be triggered by unloading
a driver providing a PTP clock when it has enabled virtual clocks:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffc04fc4d8
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
RIP: 0010:ptp_vclock_read+0x31/0xb0
Call Trace:
timecounter_read+0xf/0x50
ptp_vclock_refresh+0x2c/0x50
? ptp_clock_release+0x40/0x40
ptp_aux_kworker+0x17/0x30
kthread_worker_fn+0x9b/0x240
? kthread_should_park+0x30/0x30
kthread+0xe2/0x110
? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf, sockmap: Fix memleak in tcp_bpf_sendmsg while sk msg is full
If tcp_bpf_sendmsg() is running while sk msg is full. When sk_msg_alloc()
returns -ENOMEM error, tcp_bpf_sendmsg() goes to wait_for_memory. If partial
memory has been alloced by sk_msg_alloc(), that is, msg_tx->sg.size is
greater than osize after sk_msg_alloc(), memleak occurs. To fix we use
sk_msg_trim() to release the allocated memory, then goto wait for memory.
Other call paths of sk_msg_alloc() have the similar issue, such as
tls_sw_sendmsg(), so handle sk_msg_trim logic inside sk_msg_alloc(),
as Cong Wang suggested.
This issue can cause the following info:
WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 7950 at net/core/stream.c:208 sk_stream_kill_queues+0xd4/0x1a0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
inet_csk_destroy_sock+0x55/0x110
__tcp_close+0x279/0x470
tcp_close+0x1f/0x60
inet_release+0x3f/0x80
__sock_release+0x3d/0xb0
sock_close+0x11/0x20
__fput+0x92/0x250
task_work_run+0x6a/0xa0
do_exit+0x33b/0xb60
do_group_exit+0x2f/0xa0
get_signal+0xb6/0x950
arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xac/0x2a0
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xa9/0x200
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x30
do_syscall_64+0x46/0x80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
</TASK>
WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 2094 at net/ipv4/af_inet.c:155 inet_sock_destruct+0x13c/0x260
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__sk_destruct+0x24/0x1f0
sk_psock_destroy+0x19b/0x1c0
process_one_work+0x1b3/0x3c0
kthread+0xe6/0x110
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
</TASK>
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
MIPS: pgalloc: fix memory leak caused by pgd_free()
pgd page is freed by generic implementation pgd_free() since commit
f9cb654cb550 ("asm-generic: pgalloc: provide generic pgd_free()"),
however, there are scenarios that the system uses more than one page as
the pgd table, in such cases the generic implementation pgd_free() won't
be applicable anymore. For example, when PAGE_SIZE_4KB is enabled and
MIPS_VA_BITS_48 is not enabled in a 64bit system, the macro "PGD_ORDER"
will be set as "1", which will cause allocating two pages as the pgd
table. Well, at the same time, the generic implementation pgd_free()
just free one pgd page, which will result in the memory leak.
The memory leak can be easily detected by executing shell command:
"while true; do ls > /dev/null; grep MemFree /proc/meminfo; done"
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mips: cdmm: Fix refcount leak in mips_cdmm_phys_base
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.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mtd: rawnand: atmel: fix refcount issue in atmel_nand_controller_init
The reference counting issue happens in several error handling paths
on a refcounted object "nc->dmac". In these paths, the function simply
returns the error code, forgetting to balance the reference count of
"nc->dmac", increased earlier by dma_request_channel(), which may
cause refcount leaks.
Fix it by decrementing the refcount of specific object in those error
paths.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ath10k: Fix error handling in ath10k_setup_msa_resources
The device_node pointer is returned by of_parse_phandle() with refcount
incremented. We should use of_node_put() on it when done.
This function only calls of_node_put() in the regular path.
And it will cause refcount leak in error path.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/64s: Don't use DSISR for SLB faults
Since commit 46ddcb3950a2 ("powerpc/mm: Show if a bad page fault on data
is read or write.") we use page_fault_is_write(regs->dsisr) in
__bad_page_fault() to determine if the fault is for a read or write, and
change the message printed accordingly.
But SLB faults, aka Data Segment Interrupts, don't set DSISR (Data
Storage Interrupt Status Register) to a useful value. All ISA versions
from v2.03 through v3.1 specify that the Data Segment Interrupt sets
DSISR "to an undefined value". As far as I can see there's no mention of
SLB faults setting DSISR in any BookIV content either.
This manifests as accesses that should be a read being incorrectly
reported as writes, for example, using the xmon "dump" command:
0:mon> d 0x5deadbeef0000000
5deadbeef0000000
[359526.415354][ C6] BUG: Unable to handle kernel data access on write at 0x5deadbeef0000000
[359526.415611][ C6] Faulting instruction address: 0xc00000000010a300
cpu 0x6: Vector: 380 (Data SLB Access) at [c00000000ffbf400]
pc: c00000000010a300: mread+0x90/0x190
If we disassemble the PC, we see a load instruction:
0:mon> di c00000000010a300
c00000000010a300 89490000 lbz r10,0(r9)
We can also see in exceptions-64s.S that the data_access_slb block
doesn't set IDSISR=1, which means it doesn't load DSISR into pt_regs. So
the value we're using to determine if the fault is a read/write is some
stale value in pt_regs from a previous page fault.
Rework the printing logic to separate the SLB fault case out, and only
print read/write in the cases where we can determine it.
The result looks like eg:
0:mon> d 0x5deadbeef0000000
5deadbeef0000000
[ 721.779525][ C6] BUG: Unable to handle kernel data access at 0x5deadbeef0000000
[ 721.779697][ C6] Faulting instruction address: 0xc00000000014cbe0
cpu 0x6: Vector: 380 (Data SLB Access) at [c00000000ffbf390]
0:mon> d 0
0000000000000000
[ 742.793242][ C6] BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0x00000000
[ 742.793316][ C6] Faulting instruction address: 0xc00000000014cbe0
cpu 0x6: Vector: 380 (Data SLB Access) at [c00000000ffbf390]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xsk: Fix race at socket teardown
Fix a race in the xsk socket teardown code that can lead to a NULL pointer
dereference splat. The current xsk unbind code in xsk_unbind_dev() starts by
setting xs->state to XSK_UNBOUND, sets xs->dev to NULL and then waits for any
NAPI processing to terminate using synchronize_net(). After that, the release
code starts to tear down the socket state and free allocated memory.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000c0
PGD 8000000932469067 P4D 8000000932469067 PUD 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
CPU: 25 PID: 69132 Comm: grpcpp_sync_ser Tainted: G I 5.16.0+ #2
Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R730/0599V5, BIOS 1.2.10 03/09/2015
RIP: 0010:__xsk_sendmsg+0x2c/0x690
[...]
RSP: 0018:ffffa2348bd13d50 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000040 RCX: ffff8d5fc632d258
RDX: 0000000000400000 RSI: ffffa2348bd13e10 RDI: ffff8d5fc5489800
RBP: ffffa2348bd13db0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007ffffffff000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8d5fc5489800
R13: ffff8d5fcb0f5140 R14: ffff8d5fcb0f5140 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 00007f991cff9400(0000) GS:ffff8d6f1f700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00000000000000c0 CR3: 0000000114888005 CR4: 00000000001706e0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? aa_sk_perm+0x43/0x1b0
xsk_sendmsg+0xf0/0x110
sock_sendmsg+0x65/0x70
__sys_sendto+0x113/0x190
? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20
? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x23/0x50
? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xa5/0x1d0
__x64_sys_sendto+0x29/0x30
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
There are two problems with the current code. First, setting xs->dev to NULL
before waiting for all users to stop using the socket is not correct. The
entry to the data plane functions xsk_poll(), xsk_sendmsg(), and xsk_recvmsg()
are all guarded by a test that xs->state is in the state XSK_BOUND and if not,
it returns right away. But one process might have passed this test but still
have not gotten to the point in which it uses xs->dev in the code. In this
interim, a second process executing xsk_unbind_dev() might have set xs->dev to
NULL which will lead to a crash for the first process. The solution here is
just to get rid of this NULL assignment since it is not used anymore. Before
commit 42fddcc7c64b ("xsk: use state member for socket synchronization"),
xs->dev was the gatekeeper to admit processes into the data plane functions,
but it was replaced with the state variable xs->state in the aforementioned
commit.
The second problem is that synchronize_net() does not wait for any process in
xsk_poll(), xsk_sendmsg(), or xsk_recvmsg() to complete, which means that the
state they rely on might be cleaned up prematurely. This can happen when the
notifier gets called (at driver unload for example) as it uses xsk_unbind_dev().
Solve this by extending the RCU critical region from just the ndo_xsk_wakeup
to the whole functions mentioned above, so that both the test of xs->state ==
XSK_BOUND and the last use of any member of xs is covered by the RCU critical
section. This will guarantee that when synchronize_net() completes, there will
be no processes left executing xsk_poll(), xsk_sendmsg(), or xsk_recvmsg() and
state can be cleaned up safely. Note that we need to drop the RCU lock for the
skb xmit path as it uses functions that might sleep. Due to this, we have to
retest the xs->state after we grab the mutex that protects the skb xmit code
from, among a number of things, an xsk_unbind_dev() being executed from the
notifier at the same time.
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/tegra: Fix reference leak in tegra_dsi_ganged_probe
The reference taken by 'of_find_device_by_node()' must be released when
not needed anymore. Add put_device() call to fix this.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-02-26