Security Vulnerabilities
- CVEs Published In March 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix memory leak in hci_update_adv_data()
When hci_cmd_sync_queue() failed in hci_update_adv_data(), inst_ptr is
not freed, which will cause memory leak, convert to use ERR_PTR/PTR_ERR
to pass the instance to callback so no memory needs to be allocated.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix memory leaks
When hci_cmd_sync_queue() failed in hci_le_terminate_big() or
hci_le_big_terminate(), the memory pointed by variable d is not freed,
which will cause memory leak. Add release process to error path.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: mdio: validate parameter addr in mdiobus_get_phy()
The caller may pass any value as addr, what may result in an out-of-bounds
access to array mdio_map. One existing case is stmmac_init_phy() that
may pass -1 as addr. Therefore validate addr before using it.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
l2tp: close all race conditions in l2tp_tunnel_register()
The code in l2tp_tunnel_register() is racy in several ways:
1. It modifies the tunnel socket _after_ publishing it.
2. It calls setup_udp_tunnel_sock() on an existing socket without
locking.
3. It changes sock lock class on fly, which triggers many syzbot
reports.
This patch amends all of them by moving socket initialization code
before publishing and under sock lock. As suggested by Jakub, the
l2tp lockdep class is not necessary as we can just switch to
bh_lock_sock_nested().
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: sch_taprio: fix possible use-after-free
syzbot reported a nasty crash [1] in net_tx_action() which
made little sense until we got a repro.
This repro installs a taprio qdisc, but providing an
invalid TCA_RATE attribute.
qdisc_create() has to destroy the just initialized
taprio qdisc, and taprio_destroy() is called.
However, the hrtimer used by taprio had already fired,
therefore advance_sched() called __netif_schedule().
Then net_tx_action was trying to use a destroyed qdisc.
We can not undo the __netif_schedule(), so we must wait
until one cpu serviced the qdisc before we can proceed.
Many thanks to Alexander Potapenko for his help.
[1]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in queued_spin_trylock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:94 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in do_raw_spin_trylock include/linux/spinlock.h:191 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __raw_spin_trylock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:89 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in _raw_spin_trylock+0x92/0xa0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:138
queued_spin_trylock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:94 [inline]
do_raw_spin_trylock include/linux/spinlock.h:191 [inline]
__raw_spin_trylock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:89 [inline]
_raw_spin_trylock+0x92/0xa0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:138
spin_trylock include/linux/spinlock.h:359 [inline]
qdisc_run_begin include/net/sch_generic.h:187 [inline]
qdisc_run+0xee/0x540 include/net/pkt_sched.h:125
net_tx_action+0x77c/0x9a0 net/core/dev.c:5086
__do_softirq+0x1cc/0x7fb kernel/softirq.c:571
run_ksoftirqd+0x2c/0x50 kernel/softirq.c:934
smpboot_thread_fn+0x554/0x9f0 kernel/smpboot.c:164
kthread+0x31b/0x430 kernel/kthread.c:376
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
Uninit was created at:
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:732 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3258 [inline]
__kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x814/0x1250 mm/slub.c:4970
kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:358 [inline]
__alloc_skb+0x346/0xcf0 net/core/skbuff.c:430
alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1257 [inline]
nlmsg_new include/net/netlink.h:953 [inline]
netlink_ack+0x5f3/0x12b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2436
netlink_rcv_skb+0x55d/0x6c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2507
rtnetlink_rcv+0x30/0x40 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6108
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0xf3b/0x1270 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345
netlink_sendmsg+0x1288/0x1440 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]
sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:734 [inline]
____sys_sendmsg+0xabc/0xe90 net/socket.c:2482
___sys_sendmsg+0x2a1/0x3f0 net/socket.c:2536
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2565 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2574 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2572 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x367/0x540 net/socket.c:2572
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
CPU: 0 PID: 13 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted 6.0.0-rc2-syzkaller-47461-gac3859c02d7f #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/22/2022
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: enetc: avoid deadlock in enetc_tx_onestep_tstamp()
This lockdep splat says it better than I could:
================================
WARNING: inconsistent lock state
6.2.0-rc2-07010-ga9b9500ffaac-dirty #967 Not tainted
--------------------------------
inconsistent {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} -> {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} usage.
kworker/1:3/179 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes:
ffff3ec4036ce098 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.?.}-{3:3}, at: netif_freeze_queues+0x5c/0xc0
{IN-SOFTIRQ-W} state was registered at:
_raw_spin_lock+0x5c/0xc0
sch_direct_xmit+0x148/0x37c
__dev_queue_xmit+0x528/0x111c
ip6_finish_output2+0x5ec/0xb7c
ip6_finish_output+0x240/0x3f0
ip6_output+0x78/0x360
ndisc_send_skb+0x33c/0x85c
ndisc_send_rs+0x54/0x12c
addrconf_rs_timer+0x154/0x260
call_timer_fn+0xb8/0x3a0
__run_timers.part.0+0x214/0x26c
run_timer_softirq+0x3c/0x74
__do_softirq+0x14c/0x5d8
____do_softirq+0x10/0x20
call_on_irq_stack+0x2c/0x5c
do_softirq_own_stack+0x1c/0x30
__irq_exit_rcu+0x168/0x1a0
irq_exit_rcu+0x10/0x40
el1_interrupt+0x38/0x64
irq event stamp: 7825
hardirqs last enabled at (7825): [<ffffdf1f7200cae4>] exit_to_kernel_mode+0x34/0x130
hardirqs last disabled at (7823): [<ffffdf1f708105f0>] __do_softirq+0x550/0x5d8
softirqs last enabled at (7824): [<ffffdf1f7081050c>] __do_softirq+0x46c/0x5d8
softirqs last disabled at (7811): [<ffffdf1f708166e0>] ____do_softirq+0x10/0x20
other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0
----
lock(_xmit_ETHER#2);
<Interrupt>
lock(_xmit_ETHER#2);
*** DEADLOCK ***
3 locks held by kworker/1:3/179:
#0: ffff3ec400004748 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1f4/0x6c0
#1: ffff80000a0bbdc8 ((work_completion)(&priv->tx_onestep_tstamp)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1f4/0x6c0
#2: ffff3ec4036cd438 (&dev->tx_global_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: netif_tx_lock+0x1c/0x34
Workqueue: events enetc_tx_onestep_tstamp
Call trace:
print_usage_bug.part.0+0x208/0x22c
mark_lock+0x7f0/0x8b0
__lock_acquire+0x7c4/0x1ce0
lock_acquire.part.0+0xe0/0x220
lock_acquire+0x68/0x84
_raw_spin_lock+0x5c/0xc0
netif_freeze_queues+0x5c/0xc0
netif_tx_lock+0x24/0x34
enetc_tx_onestep_tstamp+0x20/0x100
process_one_work+0x28c/0x6c0
worker_thread+0x74/0x450
kthread+0x118/0x11c
but I'll say it anyway: the enetc_tx_onestep_tstamp() work item runs in
process context, therefore with softirqs enabled (i.o.w., it can be
interrupted by a softirq). If we hold the netif_tx_lock() when there is
an interrupt, and the NET_TX softirq then gets scheduled, this will take
the netif_tx_lock() a second time and deadlock the kernel.
To solve this, use netif_tx_lock_bh(), which blocks softirqs from
running.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: nfc: Fix use-after-free in local_cleanup()
Fix a use-after-free that occurs in kfree_skb() called from
local_cleanup(). This could happen when killing nfc daemon (e.g. neard)
after detaching an nfc device.
When detaching an nfc device, local_cleanup() called from
nfc_llcp_unregister_device() frees local->rx_pending and decreases
local->ref by kref_put() in nfc_llcp_local_put().
In the terminating process, nfc daemon releases all sockets and it leads
to decreasing local->ref. After the last release of local->ref,
local_cleanup() called from local_release() frees local->rx_pending
again, which leads to the bug.
Setting local->rx_pending to NULL in local_cleanup() could prevent
use-after-free when local_cleanup() is called twice.
Found by a modified version of syzkaller.
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in kfree_skb()
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:106)
print_address_description.constprop.0.cold (mm/kasan/report.c:306)
kasan_check_range (mm/kasan/generic.c:189)
kfree_skb (net/core/skbuff.c:955)
local_cleanup (net/nfc/llcp_core.c:159)
nfc_llcp_local_put.part.0 (net/nfc/llcp_core.c:172)
nfc_llcp_local_put (net/nfc/llcp_core.c:181)
llcp_sock_destruct (net/nfc/llcp_sock.c:959)
__sk_destruct (net/core/sock.c:2133)
sk_destruct (net/core/sock.c:2181)
__sk_free (net/core/sock.c:2192)
sk_free (net/core/sock.c:2203)
llcp_sock_release (net/nfc/llcp_sock.c:646)
__sock_release (net/socket.c:650)
sock_close (net/socket.c:1365)
__fput (fs/file_table.c:306)
task_work_run (kernel/task_work.c:179)
ptrace_notify (kernel/signal.c:2354)
syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare (kernel/entry/common.c:278)
syscall_exit_to_user_mode (kernel/entry/common.c:296)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:86)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:106)
Allocated by task 4719:
kasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:45)
__kasan_slab_alloc (mm/kasan/common.c:325)
slab_post_alloc_hook (mm/slab.h:766)
kmem_cache_alloc_node (mm/slub.c:3497)
__alloc_skb (net/core/skbuff.c:552)
pn533_recv_response (drivers/nfc/pn533/usb.c:65)
__usb_hcd_giveback_urb (drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1671)
usb_giveback_urb_bh (drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1704)
tasklet_action_common.isra.0 (kernel/softirq.c:797)
__do_softirq (kernel/softirq.c:571)
Freed by task 1901:
kasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:45)
kasan_set_track (mm/kasan/common.c:52)
kasan_save_free_info (mm/kasan/genericdd.c:518)
__kasan_slab_free (mm/kasan/common.c:236)
kmem_cache_free (mm/slub.c:3809)
kfree_skbmem (net/core/skbuff.c:874)
kfree_skb (net/core/skbuff.c:931)
local_cleanup (net/nfc/llcp_core.c:159)
nfc_llcp_unregister_device (net/nfc/llcp_core.c:1617)
nfc_unregister_device (net/nfc/core.c:1179)
pn53x_unregister_nfc (drivers/nfc/pn533/pn533.c:2846)
pn533_usb_disconnect (drivers/nfc/pn533/usb.c:579)
usb_unbind_interface (drivers/usb/core/driver.c:458)
device_release_driver_internal (drivers/base/dd.c:1279)
bus_remove_device (drivers/base/bus.c:529)
device_del (drivers/base/core.c:3665)
usb_disable_device (drivers/usb/core/message.c:1420)
usb_disconnect (drivers/usb/core.c:2261)
hub_event (drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5833)
process_one_work (arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:27 include/linux/jump_label.h:212 include/trace/events/workqueue.h:108 kernel/workqueue.c:2281)
worker_thread (include/linux/list.h:282 kernel/workqueue.c:2423)
kthread (kernel/kthread.c:319)
ret_from_fork (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:301)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bnxt: Do not read past the end of test names
Test names were being concatenated based on a offset beyond the end of
the first name, which tripped the buffer overflow detection logic:
detected buffer overflow in strnlen
[...]
Call Trace:
bnxt_ethtool_init.cold+0x18/0x18
Refactor struct hwrm_selftest_qlist_output to use an actual array,
and adjust the concatenation to use snprintf() rather than a series of
strncat() calls.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: stmmac: enable all safety features by default
In the original implementation of dwmac5
commit 8bf993a5877e ("net: stmmac: Add support for DWMAC5 and implement Safety Features")
all safety features were enabled by default.
Later it seems some implementations didn't have support for all the
features, so in
commit 5ac712dcdfef ("net: stmmac: enable platform specific safety features")
the safety_feat_cfg structure was added to the callback and defined for
some platforms to selectively enable these safety features.
The problem is that only certain platforms were given that software
support. If the automotive safety package bit is set in the hardware
features register the safety feature callback is called for the platform,
and for platforms that didn't get a safety_feat_cfg defined this results
in the following NULL pointer dereference:
[ 7.933303] Call trace:
[ 7.935812] dwmac5_safety_feat_config+0x20/0x170 [stmmac]
[ 7.941455] __stmmac_open+0x16c/0x474 [stmmac]
[ 7.946117] stmmac_open+0x38/0x70 [stmmac]
[ 7.950414] __dev_open+0x100/0x1dc
[ 7.954006] __dev_change_flags+0x18c/0x204
[ 7.958297] dev_change_flags+0x24/0x6c
[ 7.962237] do_setlink+0x2b8/0xfa4
[ 7.965827] __rtnl_newlink+0x4ec/0x840
[ 7.969766] rtnl_newlink+0x50/0x80
[ 7.973353] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x12c/0x374
[ 7.977557] netlink_rcv_skb+0x5c/0x130
[ 7.981500] rtnetlink_rcv+0x18/0x2c
[ 7.985172] netlink_unicast+0x2e8/0x340
[ 7.989197] netlink_sendmsg+0x1a8/0x420
[ 7.993222] ____sys_sendmsg+0x218/0x280
[ 7.997249] ___sys_sendmsg+0xac/0x100
[ 8.001103] __sys_sendmsg+0x84/0xe0
[ 8.004776] __arm64_sys_sendmsg+0x24/0x30
[ 8.008983] invoke_syscall+0x48/0x114
[ 8.012840] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xcc/0xec
[ 8.017665] do_el0_svc+0x38/0xb0
[ 8.021071] el0_svc+0x2c/0x84
[ 8.024212] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xf4/0x120
[ 8.028598] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194
Go back to the original behavior, if the automotive safety package
is found to be supported in hardware enable all the features unless
safety_feat_cfg is passed in saying this particular platform only
supports a subset of the features.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
thermal: core: call put_device() only after device_register() fails
put_device() shouldn't be called before a prior call to
device_register(). __thermal_cooling_device_register() doesn't follow
that properly and needs fixing. Also
thermal_cooling_device_destroy_sysfs() is getting called unnecessarily
on few error paths.
Fix all this by placing the calls at the right place.
Based on initial work done by Caleb Connolly.