Security Vulnerabilities - CVEs Published In September 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/smb: Fix inconsistent refcnt update
A possible inconsistent update of refcount was identified in `smb2_compound_op`.
Such inconsistent update could lead to possible resource leaks.
Why it is a possible bug:
1. In the comment section of the function, it clearly states that the
reference to `cfile` should be dropped after calling this function.
2. Every control flow path would check and drop the reference to
`cfile`, except the patched one.
3. Existing callers would not handle refcount update of `cfile` if
-ENOMEM is returned.
To fix the bug, an extra goto label "out" is added, to make sure that the
cleanup logic would always be respected. As the problem is caused by the
allocation failure of `vars`, the cleanup logic between label "finished"
and "out" can be safely ignored. According to the definition of function
`is_replayable_error`, the error code of "-ENOMEM" is not recoverable.
Therefore, the replay logic also gets ignored.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm/dpu: Add a null ptr check for dpu_encoder_needs_modeset
The drm_atomic_get_new_connector_state() can return NULL if the
connector is not part of the atomic state. Add a check to prevent
a NULL pointer dereference.
This follows the same pattern used in dpu_encoder_update_topology()
within the same file, which checks for NULL before using conn_state.
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/665188/
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
efivarfs: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in efivarfs_d_compare
Observed on kernel 6.6 (present on master as well):
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in memcmp+0x98/0xd0
Call trace:
kasan_check_range+0xe8/0x190
__asan_loadN+0x1c/0x28
memcmp+0x98/0xd0
efivarfs_d_compare+0x68/0xd8
__d_lookup_rcu_op_compare+0x178/0x218
__d_lookup_rcu+0x1f8/0x228
d_alloc_parallel+0x150/0x648
lookup_open.isra.0+0x5f0/0x8d0
open_last_lookups+0x264/0x828
path_openat+0x130/0x3f8
do_filp_open+0x114/0x248
do_sys_openat2+0x340/0x3c0
__arm64_sys_openat+0x120/0x1a0
If dentry->d_name.len < EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN , 'guid' can become
negative, leadings to oob. The issue can be triggered by parallel
lookups using invalid filename:
T1 T2
lookup_open
->lookup
simple_lookup
d_add
// invalid dentry is added to hash list
lookup_open
d_alloc_parallel
__d_lookup_rcu
__d_lookup_rcu_op_compare
hlist_bl_for_each_entry_rcu
// invalid dentry can be retrieved
->d_compare
efivarfs_d_compare
// oob
Fix it by checking 'guid' before cmp.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: intel-thc-hid: intel-thc: Fix incorrect pointer arithmetic in I2C regs save
Improper use of secondary pointer (&dev->i2c_subip_regs) caused
kernel crash and out-of-bounds error:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in _regmap_bulk_read+0x449/0x510
Write of size 4 at addr ffff888136005dc0 by task kworker/u33:5/5107
CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 5107 Comm: kworker/u33:5 Not tainted 6.16.0+ #3 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Workqueue: async async_run_entry_fn
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x76/0xa0
print_report+0xd1/0x660
? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x26/0x200
kasan_report+0xe1/0x120
? _regmap_bulk_read+0x449/0x510
? _regmap_bulk_read+0x449/0x510
__asan_report_store4_noabort+0x17/0x30
_regmap_bulk_read+0x449/0x510
? __pfx__regmap_bulk_read+0x10/0x10
regmap_bulk_read+0x270/0x3d0
pio_complete+0x1ee/0x2c0 [intel_thc]
? __pfx_pio_complete+0x10/0x10 [intel_thc]
? __pfx_pio_wait+0x10/0x10 [intel_thc]
? regmap_update_bits_base+0x13b/0x1f0
thc_i2c_subip_pio_read+0x117/0x270 [intel_thc]
thc_i2c_subip_regs_save+0xc2/0x140 [intel_thc]
? __pfx_thc_i2c_subip_regs_save+0x10/0x10 [intel_thc]
[...]
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888136005d00
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-rnd-12-192 of size 192
The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
allocated 192-byte region [ffff888136005d00, ffff888136005dc0)
Replaced with direct array indexing (&dev->i2c_subip_regs[i]) to ensure
safe memory access.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RISC-V: KVM: fix stack overrun when loading vlenb
The userspace load can put up to 2048 bits into an xlen bit stack
buffer. We want only xlen bits, so check the size beforehand.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
io_uring/kbuf: always use READ_ONCE() to read ring provided buffer lengths
Since the buffers are mapped from userspace, it is prudent to use
READ_ONCE() to read the value into a local variable, and use that for
any other actions taken. Having a stable read of the buffer length
avoids worrying about it changing after checking, or being read multiple
times.
Similarly, the buffer may well change in between it being picked and
being committed. Ensure the looping for incremental ring buffer commit
stops if it hits a zero sized buffer, as no further progress can be made
at that point.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ftrace: Fix potential warning in trace_printk_seq during ftrace_dump
When calling ftrace_dump_one() concurrently with reading trace_pipe,
a WARN_ON_ONCE() in trace_printk_seq() can be triggered due to a race
condition.
The issue occurs because:
CPU0 (ftrace_dump) CPU1 (reader)
echo z > /proc/sysrq-trigger
!trace_empty(&iter)
trace_iterator_reset(&iter) <- len = size = 0
cat /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_pipe
trace_find_next_entry_inc(&iter)
__find_next_entry
ring_buffer_empty_cpu <- all empty
return NULL
trace_printk_seq(&iter.seq)
WARN_ON_ONCE(s->seq.len >= s->seq.size)
In the context between trace_empty() and trace_find_next_entry_inc()
during ftrace_dump, the ring buffer data was consumed by other readers.
This caused trace_find_next_entry_inc to return NULL, failing to populate
`iter.seq`. At this point, due to the prior trace_iterator_reset, both
`iter.seq.len` and `iter.seq.size` were set to 0. Since they are equal,
the WARN_ON_ONCE condition is triggered.
Move the trace_printk_seq() into the if block that checks to make sure the
return value of trace_find_next_entry_inc() is non-NULL in
ftrace_dump_one(), ensuring the 'iter.seq' is properly populated before
subsequent operations.
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ice: fix NULL pointer dereference in ice_unplug_aux_dev() on reset
Issuing a reset when the driver is loaded without RDMA support, will
results in a crash as it attempts to remove RDMA's non-existent auxbus
device:
echo 1 > /sys/class/net/<if>/device/reset
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
...
RIP: 0010:ice_unplug_aux_dev+0x29/0x70 [ice]
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
ice_prepare_for_reset+0x77/0x260 [ice]
pci_dev_save_and_disable+0x2c/0x70
pci_reset_function+0x88/0x130
reset_store+0x5a/0xa0
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x15e/0x210
vfs_write+0x273/0x520
ksys_write+0x6b/0xe0
do_syscall_64+0x79/0x3b0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
ice_unplug_aux_dev() checks pf->cdev_info->adev for NULL pointer, but
pf->cdev_info will also be NULL, leading to the deref in the trace above.
Introduce a flag to be set when the creation of the auxbus device is
successful, to avoid multiple NULL pointer checks in ice_unplug_aux_dev().
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/xe/vm: Clear the scratch_pt pointer on error
Avoid triggering a dereference of an error pointer on cleanup in
xe_vm_free_scratch() by clearing any scratch_pt error pointer.
(cherry picked from commit 358ee50ab565f3c8ea32480e9d03127a81ba32f8)
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: initialize more fields in sctp_v6_from_sk()
syzbot found that sin6_scope_id was not properly initialized,
leading to undefined behavior.
Clear sin6_scope_id and sin6_flowinfo.
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __sctp_v6_cmp_addr+0x887/0x8c0 net/sctp/ipv6.c:649
__sctp_v6_cmp_addr+0x887/0x8c0 net/sctp/ipv6.c:649
sctp_inet6_cmp_addr+0x4f2/0x510 net/sctp/ipv6.c:983
sctp_bind_addr_conflict+0x22a/0x3b0 net/sctp/bind_addr.c:390
sctp_get_port_local+0x21eb/0x2440 net/sctp/socket.c:8452
sctp_get_port net/sctp/socket.c:8523 [inline]
sctp_listen_start net/sctp/socket.c:8567 [inline]
sctp_inet_listen+0x710/0xfd0 net/sctp/socket.c:8636
__sys_listen_socket net/socket.c:1912 [inline]
__sys_listen net/socket.c:1927 [inline]
__do_sys_listen net/socket.c:1932 [inline]
__se_sys_listen net/socket.c:1930 [inline]
__x64_sys_listen+0x343/0x4c0 net/socket.c:1930
x64_sys_call+0x271d/0x3e20 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:51
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xd9/0x210 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Local variable addr.i.i created at:
sctp_get_port net/sctp/socket.c:8515 [inline]
sctp_listen_start net/sctp/socket.c:8567 [inline]
sctp_inet_listen+0x650/0xfd0 net/sctp/socket.c:8636
__sys_listen_socket net/socket.c:1912 [inline]
__sys_listen net/socket.c:1927 [inline]
__do_sys_listen net/socket.c:1932 [inline]
__se_sys_listen net/socket.c:1930 [inline]
__x64_sys_listen+0x343/0x4c0 net/socket.c:1930
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2025-09-16