Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 4.13.7 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr()
There exists a kernel oops caused by a BUG_ON(nhead < 0) at
net/core/skbuff.c:2232 in pskb_expand_head().
This bug is triggered as part of the calipso_skbuff_setattr()
routine when skb_cow() is passed headroom > INT_MAX
(i.e. (int)(skb_headroom(skb) + len_delta) < 0).
The root cause of the bug is due to an implicit integer cast in
__skb_cow(). The check (headroom > skb_headroom(skb)) is meant to ensure
that delta = headroom - skb_headroom(skb) is never negative, otherwise
we will trigger a BUG_ON in pskb_expand_head(). However, if
headroom > INT_MAX and delta <= -NET_SKB_PAD, the check passes, delta
becomes negative, and pskb_expand_head() is passed a negative value for
nhead.
Fix the trigger condition in calipso_skbuff_setattr(). Avoid passing
"negative" headroom sizes to skb_cow() within calipso_skbuff_setattr()
by only using skb_cow() to grow headroom.
PoC:
Using `netlabelctl` tool:
netlabelctl map del default
netlabelctl calipso add pass doi:7
netlabelctl map add default address:0::1/128 protocol:calipso,7
Then run the following PoC:
int fd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
// setup msghdr
int cmsg_size = 2;
int cmsg_len = 0x60;
struct msghdr msg;
struct sockaddr_in6 dest_addr;
struct cmsghdr * cmsg = (struct cmsghdr *) calloc(1,
sizeof(struct cmsghdr) + cmsg_len);
msg.msg_name = &dest_addr;
msg.msg_namelen = sizeof(dest_addr);
msg.msg_iov = NULL;
msg.msg_iovlen = 0;
msg.msg_control = cmsg;
msg.msg_controllen = cmsg_len;
msg.msg_flags = 0;
// setup sockaddr
dest_addr.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
dest_addr.sin6_port = htons(31337);
dest_addr.sin6_flowinfo = htonl(31337);
dest_addr.sin6_addr = in6addr_loopback;
dest_addr.sin6_scope_id = 31337;
// setup cmsghdr
cmsg->cmsg_len = cmsg_len;
cmsg->cmsg_level = IPPROTO_IPV6;
cmsg->cmsg_type = IPV6_HOPOPTS;
char * hop_hdr = (char *)cmsg + sizeof(struct cmsghdr);
hop_hdr[1] = 0x9; //set hop size - (0x9 + 1) * 8 = 80
sendmsg(fd, &msg, 0);
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iavf: fix off-by-one issues in iavf_config_rss_reg()
There are off-by-one bugs when configuring RSS hash key and lookup
table, causing out-of-bounds reads to memory [1] and out-of-bounds
writes to device registers.
Before commit 43a3d9ba34c9 ("i40evf: Allow PF driver to configure RSS"),
the loop upper bounds were:
i <= I40E_VFQF_{HKEY,HLUT}_MAX_INDEX
which is safe since the value is the last valid index.
That commit changed the bounds to:
i <= adapter->rss_{key,lut}_size / 4
where `rss_{key,lut}_size / 4` is the number of dwords, so the last
valid index is `(rss_{key,lut}_size / 4) - 1`. Therefore, using `<=`
accesses one element past the end.
Fix the issues by using `<` instead of `<=`, ensuring we do not exceed
the bounds.
[1] KASAN splat about rss_key_size off-by-one
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in iavf_config_rss+0x619/0x800
Read of size 4 at addr ffff888102c50134 by task kworker/u8:6/63
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 63 Comm: kworker/u8:6 Not tainted 6.18.0-rc2-enjuk-tnguy-00378-g3005f5b77652-dirty #156 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Workqueue: iavf iavf_watchdog_task
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x6f/0xb0
print_report+0x170/0x4f3
kasan_report+0xe1/0x1a0
iavf_config_rss+0x619/0x800
iavf_watchdog_task+0x2be7/0x3230
process_one_work+0x7fd/0x1420
worker_thread+0x4d1/0xd40
kthread+0x344/0x660
ret_from_fork+0x249/0x320
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
</TASK>
Allocated by task 63:
kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
__kasan_kmalloc+0x7f/0x90
__kmalloc_noprof+0x246/0x6f0
iavf_watchdog_task+0x28fc/0x3230
process_one_work+0x7fd/0x1420
worker_thread+0x4d1/0xd40
kthread+0x344/0x660
ret_from_fork+0x249/0x320
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888102c50100
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-64 of size 64
The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
allocated 52-byte region [ffff888102c50100, ffff888102c50134)
The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x102c50
flags: 0x200000000000000(node=0|zone=2)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 0200000000000000 ffff8881000418c0 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080200020 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
Memory state around the buggy address:
ffff888102c50000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
ffff888102c50080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff888102c50100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
^
ffff888102c50180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
ffff888102c50200: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
team: fix check for port enabled in team_queue_override_port_prio_changed()
There has been a syzkaller bug reported recently with the following
trace:
list_del corruption, ffff888058bea080->prev is LIST_POISON2 (dead000000000122)
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:59!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 21246 Comm: syz.0.2928 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x13e/0x200 lib/list_debug.c:59
Code: 48 c7 c7 e0 71 f0 8b e8 30 08 ef fc 90 0f 0b 48 89 ef e8 a5 02 55 fd 48 89 ea 48 89 de 48 c7 c7 40 72 f0 8b e8 13 08 ef fc 90 <0f> 0b 48 89 ef e8 88 02 55 fd 48 89 ea 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000d49f370 EFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: 000000000000004e RBX: ffff888058bea080 RCX: ffffc9002817d000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff819becc6 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: dead000000000122 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000080000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff888039e9c230
R13: ffff888058bea088 R14: ffff888058bea080 R15: ffff888055461480
FS: 00007fbbcfe6f6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880d6d0a000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000110c3afcb0 CR3: 00000000382c7000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__list_del_entry_valid include/linux/list.h:132 [inline]
__list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:223 [inline]
list_del_rcu include/linux/rculist.h:178 [inline]
__team_queue_override_port_del drivers/net/team/team_core.c:826 [inline]
__team_queue_override_port_del drivers/net/team/team_core.c:821 [inline]
team_queue_override_port_prio_changed drivers/net/team/team_core.c:883 [inline]
team_priority_option_set+0x171/0x2f0 drivers/net/team/team_core.c:1534
team_option_set drivers/net/team/team_core.c:376 [inline]
team_nl_options_set_doit+0x8ae/0xe60 drivers/net/team/team_core.c:2653
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x209/0x2f0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115
genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline]
genl_rcv_msg+0x55c/0x800 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210
netlink_rcv_skb+0x158/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2552
genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0x5aa/0x870 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346
netlink_sendmsg+0x8c8/0xdd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1896
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:742 [inline]
____sys_sendmsg+0xa98/0xc70 net/socket.c:2630
___sys_sendmsg+0x134/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2684
__sys_sendmsg+0x16d/0x220 net/socket.c:2716
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
The problem is in this flow:
1) Port is enabled, queue_id != 0, in qom_list
2) Port gets disabled
-> team_port_disable()
-> team_queue_override_port_del()
-> del (removed from list)
3) Port is disabled, queue_id != 0, not in any list
4) Priority changes
-> team_queue_override_port_prio_changed()
-> checks: port disabled && queue_id != 0
-> calls del - hits the BUG as it is removed already
To fix this, change the check in team_queue_override_port_prio_changed()
so it returns early if port is not enabled.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: btusb: revert use of devm_kzalloc in btusb
This reverts commit 98921dbd00c4e ("Bluetooth: Use devm_kzalloc in
btusb.c file").
In btusb_probe(), we use devm_kzalloc() to allocate the btusb data. This
ties the lifetime of all the btusb data to the binding of a driver to
one interface, INTF. In a driver that binds to other interfaces, ISOC
and DIAG, this is an accident waiting to happen.
The issue is revealed in btusb_disconnect(), where calling
usb_driver_release_interface(&btusb_driver, data->intf) will have devm
free the data that is also being used by the other interfaces of the
driver that may not be released yet.
To fix this, revert the use of devm and go back to freeing memory
explicitly.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Input: lkkbd - disable pending work before freeing device
lkkbd_interrupt() schedules lk->tq via schedule_work(), and the work
handler lkkbd_reinit() dereferences the lkkbd structure and its
serio/input_dev fields.
lkkbd_disconnect() and error paths in lkkbd_connect() free the lkkbd
structure without preventing the reinit work from being queued again
until serio_close() returns. This can allow the work handler to run
after the structure has been freed, leading to a potential use-after-free.
Use disable_work_sync() instead of cancel_work_sync() to ensure the
reinit work cannot be re-queued, and call it both in lkkbd_disconnect()
and in lkkbd_connect() error paths after serio_open().
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
functionfs: fix the open/removal races
ffs_epfile_open() can race with removal, ending up with file->private_data
pointing to freed object.
There is a total count of opened files on functionfs (both ep0 and
dynamic ones) and when it hits zero, dynamic files get removed.
Unfortunately, that removal can happen while another thread is
in ffs_epfile_open(), but has not incremented the count yet.
In that case open will succeed, leaving us with UAF on any subsequent
read() or write().
The root cause is that ffs->opened is misused; atomic_dec_and_test() vs.
atomic_add_return() is not a good idea, when object remains visible all
along.
To untangle that
* serialize openers on ffs->mutex (both for ep0 and for dynamic files)
* have dynamic ones use atomic_inc_not_zero() and fail if we had
zero ->opened; in that case the file we are opening is doomed.
* have the inodes of dynamic files marked on removal (from the
callback of simple_recursive_removal()) - clear ->i_private there.
* have open of dynamic ones verify they hadn't been already removed,
along with checking that state is FFS_ACTIVE.
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: aic94xx: fix use-after-free in device removal path
The asd_pci_remove() function fails to synchronize with pending tasklets
before freeing the asd_ha structure, leading to a potential
use-after-free vulnerability.
When a device removal is triggered (via hot-unplug or module unload),
race condition can occur.
The fix adds tasklet_kill() before freeing the asd_ha structure,
ensuring all scheduled tasklets complete before cleanup proceeds.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
driver core: fix potential null-ptr-deref in device_add()
I got the following null-ptr-deref report while doing fault injection test:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000058
CPU: 2 PID: 278 Comm: 37-i2c-ds2482 Tainted: G B W N 6.1.0-rc3+
RIP: 0010:klist_put+0x2d/0xd0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
klist_remove+0xf1/0x1c0
device_release_driver_internal+0x196/0x210
bus_remove_device+0x1bd/0x240
device_add+0xd3d/0x1100
w1_add_master_device+0x476/0x490 [wire]
ds2482_probe+0x303/0x3e0 [ds2482]
This is how it happened:
w1_alloc_dev()
// The dev->driver is set to w1_master_driver.
memcpy(&dev->dev, device, sizeof(struct device));
device_add()
bus_add_device()
dpm_sysfs_add() // It fails, calls bus_remove_device.
// error path
bus_remove_device()
// The dev->driver is not null, but driver is not bound.
__device_release_driver()
klist_remove(&dev->p->knode_driver) <-- It causes null-ptr-deref.
// normal path
bus_probe_device() // It's not called yet.
device_bind_driver()
If dev->driver is set, in the error path after calling bus_add_device()
in device_add(), bus_remove_device() is called, then the device will be
detached from driver. But device_bind_driver() is not called yet, so it
causes null-ptr-deref while access the 'knode_driver'. To fix this, set
dev->driver to null in the error path before calling bus_remove_device().
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-12-30
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: uclogic: Correct devm device reference for hidinput input_dev name
Reference the HID device rather than the input device for the devm
allocation of the input_dev name. Referencing the input_dev would lead to a
use-after-free when the input_dev was unregistered and subsequently fires a
uevent that depends on the name. At the point of firing the uevent, the
name would be freed by devres management.
Use devm_kasprintf to simplify the logic for allocating memory and
formatting the input_dev name string.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-12-30
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: fix racy bitfield write in btrfs_clear_space_info_full()
From the memory-barriers.txt document regarding memory barrier ordering
guarantees:
(*) These guarantees do not apply to bitfields, because compilers often
generate code to modify these using non-atomic read-modify-write
sequences. Do not attempt to use bitfields to synchronize parallel
algorithms.
(*) Even in cases where bitfields are protected by locks, all fields
in a given bitfield must be protected by one lock. If two fields
in a given bitfield are protected by different locks, the compiler's
non-atomic read-modify-write sequences can cause an update to one
field to corrupt the value of an adjacent field.
btrfs_space_info has a bitfield sharing an underlying word consisting of
the fields full, chunk_alloc, and flush:
struct btrfs_space_info {
struct btrfs_fs_info * fs_info; /* 0 8 */
struct btrfs_space_info * parent; /* 8 8 */
...
int clamp; /* 172 4 */
unsigned int full:1; /* 176: 0 4 */
unsigned int chunk_alloc:1; /* 176: 1 4 */
unsigned int flush:1; /* 176: 2 4 */
...
Therefore, to be safe from parallel read-modify-writes losing a write to
one of the bitfield members protected by a lock, all writes to all the
bitfields must use the lock. They almost universally do, except for
btrfs_clear_space_info_full() which iterates over the space_infos and
writes out found->full = 0 without a lock.
Imagine that we have one thread completing a transaction in which we
finished deleting a block_group and are thus calling
btrfs_clear_space_info_full() while simultaneously the data reclaim
ticket infrastructure is running do_async_reclaim_data_space():
T1 T2
btrfs_commit_transaction
btrfs_clear_space_info_full
data_sinfo->full = 0
READ: full:0, chunk_alloc:0, flush:1
do_async_reclaim_data_space(data_sinfo)
spin_lock(&space_info->lock);
if(list_empty(tickets))
space_info->flush = 0;
READ: full: 0, chunk_alloc:0, flush:1
MOD/WRITE: full: 0, chunk_alloc:0, flush:0
spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
return;
MOD/WRITE: full:0, chunk_alloc:0, flush:1
and now data_sinfo->flush is 1 but the reclaim worker has exited. This
breaks the invariant that flush is 0 iff there is no work queued or
running. Once this invariant is violated, future allocations that go
into __reserve_bytes() will add tickets to space_info->tickets but will
see space_info->flush is set to 1 and not queue the work. After this,
they will block forever on the resulting ticket, as it is now impossible
to kick the worker again.
I also confirmed by looking at the assembly of the affected kernel that
it is doing RMW operations. For example, to set the flush (3rd) bit to 0,
the assembly is:
andb $0xfb,0x60(%rbx)
and similarly for setting the full (1st) bit to 0:
andb $0xfe,-0x20(%rax)
So I think this is really a bug on practical systems. I have observed
a number of systems in this exact state, but am currently unable to
reproduce it.
Rather than leaving this footgun lying around for the future, take
advantage of the fact that there is room in the struct anyway, and that
it is already quite large and simply change the three bitfield members to
bools. This avoids writes to space_info->full having any effect on
---truncated---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-12-24