Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.15.121 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kobject: Add sanity check for kset->kobj.ktype in kset_register()
When I register a kset in the following way:
static struct kset my_kset;
kobject_set_name(&my_kset.kobj, "my_kset");
ret = kset_register(&my_kset);
A null pointer dereference exception is occurred:
[ 4453.568337] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at \
virtual address 0000000000000028
... ...
[ 4453.810361] Call trace:
[ 4453.813062] kobject_get_ownership+0xc/0x34
[ 4453.817493] kobject_add_internal+0x98/0x274
[ 4453.822005] kset_register+0x5c/0xb4
[ 4453.825820] my_kobj_init+0x44/0x1000 [my_kset]
... ...
Because I didn't initialize my_kset.kobj.ktype.
According to the description in Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst:
- A ktype is the type of object that embeds a kobject. Every structure
that embeds a kobject needs a corresponding ktype.
So add sanity check to make sure kset->kobj.ktype is not NULL.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pwm: lpc32xx: Remove handling of PWM channels
Because LPC32xx PWM controllers have only a single output which is
registered as the only PWM device/channel per controller, it is known in
advance that pwm->hwpwm value is always 0. On basis of this fact
simplify the code by removing operations with pwm->hwpwm, there is no
controls which require channel number as input.
Even though I wasn't aware at the time when I forward ported that patch,
this fixes a null pointer dereference as lpc32xx->chip.pwms is NULL
before devm_pwmchip_add() is called.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix memory leak in mt7915_mcu_exit
Always purge mcu skb queues in mt7915_mcu_exit routine even if
mt7915_firmware_state fails.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
FS: JFS: Fix null-ptr-deref Read in txBegin
Syzkaller reported an issue where txBegin may be called
on a superblock in a read-only mounted filesystem which leads
to NULL pointer deref. This could be solved by checking if
the filesystem is read-only before calling txBegin, and returning
with appropiate error code.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe()
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c:876 rtw_usb_probe()
warn: 'hw' from ieee80211_alloc_hw() not released on lines: 811
Fix this by modifying return to a goto statement.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hsr: Fix uninit-value access in fill_frame_info()
Syzbot reports the following uninit-value access problem.
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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in fill_frame_info net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:601 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in hsr_forward_skb+0x9bd/0x30f0 net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:616
fill_frame_info net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:601 [inline]
hsr_forward_skb+0x9bd/0x30f0 net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:616
hsr_dev_xmit+0x192/0x330 net/hsr/hsr_device.c:223
__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4889 [inline]
netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4903 [inline]
xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3544 [inline]
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x247/0xa10 net/core/dev.c:3560
__dev_queue_xmit+0x34d0/0x52a0 net/core/dev.c:4340
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3082 [inline]
packet_xmit+0x9c/0x6b0 net/packet/af_packet.c:276
packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3087 [inline]
packet_sendmsg+0x8b1d/0x9f30 net/packet/af_packet.c:3119
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:753 [inline]
__sys_sendto+0x781/0xa30 net/socket.c:2176
__do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2188 [inline]
__se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2184 [inline]
__ia32_sys_sendto+0x11f/0x1c0 net/socket.c:2184
do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:112 [inline]
__do_fast_syscall_32+0xa2/0x100 arch/x86/entry/common.c:178
do_fast_syscall_32+0x37/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:203
do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/common.c:246
entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x70/0x82
Uninit was created at:
slab_post_alloc_hook+0x12f/0xb70 mm/slab.h:767
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x577/0xa80 mm/slub.c:3523
kmalloc_reserve+0x148/0x470 net/core/skbuff.c:559
__alloc_skb+0x318/0x740 net/core/skbuff.c:644
alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1286 [inline]
alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc8/0xbd0 net/core/skbuff.c:6299
sock_alloc_send_pskb+0xa80/0xbf0 net/core/sock.c:2794
packet_alloc_skb net/packet/af_packet.c:2936 [inline]
packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3030 [inline]
packet_sendmsg+0x70e8/0x9f30 net/packet/af_packet.c:3119
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:753 [inline]
__sys_sendto+0x781/0xa30 net/socket.c:2176
__do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2188 [inline]
__se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2184 [inline]
__ia32_sys_sendto+0x11f/0x1c0 net/socket.c:2184
do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:112 [inline]
__do_fast_syscall_32+0xa2/0x100 arch/x86/entry/common.c:178
do_fast_syscall_32+0x37/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:203
do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/common.c:246
entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x70/0x82
It is because VLAN not yet supported in hsr driver. Return error
when protocol is ETH_P_8021Q in fill_frame_info() now to fix it.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: qla4xxx: Add length check when parsing nlattrs
There are three places that qla4xxx parses nlattrs:
- qla4xxx_set_chap_entry()
- qla4xxx_iface_set_param()
- qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_set_param()
and each of them directly converts the nlattr to specific pointer of
structure without length checking. This could be dangerous as those
attributes are not validated and a malformed nlattr (e.g., length 0) could
result in an OOB read that leaks heap dirty data.
Add the nla_len check before accessing the nlattr data and return EINVAL if
the length check fails.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: multitouch: 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
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: lpfc: Fix null ndlp ptr dereference in abnormal exit path for GFT_ID
An error case exit from lpfc_cmpl_ct_cmd_gft_id() results in a call to
lpfc_nlp_put() with a null pointer to a nodelist structure.
Changed lpfc_cmpl_ct_cmd_gft_id() to initialize nodelist pointer upon
entry.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: Fix PM runtime leakage in am65_cpsw_nuss_ndo_slave_open()
Ensure pm_runtime_put() is issued in error path.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01