Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.7.7 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ath11k: fix netdev open race
Make sure to allocate resources needed before registering the device.
This specifically avoids having a racing open() trigger a BUG_ON() in
mod_timer() when ath11k_mac_op_start() is called before the
mon_reap_timer as been set up.
I did not see this issue with next-20220310, but I hit it on every probe
with next-20220511. Perhaps some timing changed in between.
Here's the backtrace:
[ 51.346947] kernel BUG at kernel/time/timer.c:990!
[ 51.346958] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
...
[ 51.578225] Call trace:
[ 51.583293] __mod_timer+0x298/0x390
[ 51.589518] mod_timer+0x14/0x20
[ 51.595368] ath11k_mac_op_start+0x41c/0x4a0 [ath11k]
[ 51.603165] drv_start+0x38/0x60 [mac80211]
[ 51.610110] ieee80211_do_open+0x29c/0x7d0 [mac80211]
[ 51.617945] ieee80211_open+0x60/0xb0 [mac80211]
[ 51.625311] __dev_open+0x100/0x1c0
[ 51.631420] __dev_change_flags+0x194/0x210
[ 51.638214] dev_change_flags+0x24/0x70
[ 51.644646] do_setlink+0x228/0xdb0
[ 51.650723] __rtnl_newlink+0x460/0x830
[ 51.657162] rtnl_newlink+0x4c/0x80
[ 51.663229] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x124/0x390
[ 51.669917] netlink_rcv_skb+0x58/0x130
[ 51.676314] rtnetlink_rcv+0x18/0x30
[ 51.682460] netlink_unicast+0x250/0x310
[ 51.688960] netlink_sendmsg+0x19c/0x3e0
[ 51.695458] ____sys_sendmsg+0x220/0x290
[ 51.701938] ___sys_sendmsg+0x7c/0xc0
[ 51.708148] __sys_sendmsg+0x68/0xd0
[ 51.714254] __arm64_sys_sendmsg+0x28/0x40
[ 51.720900] invoke_syscall+0x48/0x120
Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
regulator: of: Fix refcount leak bug in of_get_regulation_constraints()
We should call the of_node_put() for the reference returned by
of_get_child_by_name() which has increased the refcount.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ath9k: fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb
Syzbot reported use-after-free Read in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb() [0]. The
problem was in incorrect htc_handle->drv_priv initialization.
Probable call trace which can trigger use-after-free:
ath9k_htc_probe_device()
/* htc_handle->drv_priv = priv; */
ath9k_htc_wait_for_target() <--- Failed
ieee80211_free_hw() <--- priv pointer is freed
<IRQ>
...
ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb()
ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream()
RX_STAT_INC() <--- htc_handle->drv_priv access
In order to not add fancy protection for drv_priv we can move
htc_handle->drv_priv initialization at the end of the
ath9k_htc_probe_device() and add helper macro to make
all *_STAT_* macros NULL safe, since syzbot has reported related NULL
deref in that macros [1]
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
virtio-gpu: fix a missing check to avoid NULL dereference
'cache_ent' could be set NULL inside virtio_gpu_cmd_get_capset()
and it will lead to a NULL dereference by a lately use of it
(i.e., ptr = cache_ent->caps_cache). Fix it with a NULL check.
[ kraxel: minor codestyle fixup ]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: fix potential 32-bit overflow when accessing ARRAY map element
If BPF array map is bigger than 4GB, element pointer calculation can
overflow because both index and elem_size are u32. Fix this everywhere
by forcing 64-bit multiplication. Extract this formula into separate
small helper and use it consistently in various places.
Speculative-preventing formula utilizing index_mask trick is left as is,
but explicit u64 casts are added in both places.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: wil6210: debugfs: fix info leak in wil_write_file_wmi()
The simple_write_to_buffer() function will succeed if even a single
byte is initialized. However, we need to initialize the whole buffer
to prevent information leaks. Just use memdup_user().
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: hisilicon/sec - don't sleep when in softirq
When kunpeng920 encryption driver is used to deencrypt and decrypt
packets during the softirq, it is not allowed to use mutex lock. The
kernel will report the following error:
BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/57/0/0x00000300
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0x0/0x1e4
show_stack+0x20/0x2c
dump_stack+0xd8/0x140
__schedule_bug+0x68/0x80
__schedule+0x728/0x840
schedule+0x50/0xe0
schedule_preempt_disabled+0x18/0x24
__mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x594/0x5dc
__mutex_lock_slowpath+0x1c/0x30
mutex_lock+0x50/0x60
sec_request_init+0x8c/0x1a0 [hisi_sec2]
sec_process+0x28/0x1ac [hisi_sec2]
sec_skcipher_crypto+0xf4/0x1d4 [hisi_sec2]
sec_skcipher_encrypt+0x1c/0x30 [hisi_sec2]
crypto_skcipher_encrypt+0x2c/0x40
crypto_authenc_encrypt+0xc8/0xfc [authenc]
crypto_aead_encrypt+0x2c/0x40
echainiv_encrypt+0x144/0x1a0 [echainiv]
crypto_aead_encrypt+0x2c/0x40
esp_output_tail+0x348/0x5c0 [esp4]
esp_output+0x120/0x19c [esp4]
xfrm_output_one+0x25c/0x4d4
xfrm_output_resume+0x6c/0x1fc
xfrm_output+0xac/0x3c0
xfrm4_output+0x64/0x130
ip_build_and_send_pkt+0x158/0x20c
tcp_v4_send_synack+0xdc/0x1f0
tcp_conn_request+0x7d0/0x994
tcp_v4_conn_request+0x58/0x6c
tcp_v6_conn_request+0xf0/0x100
tcp_rcv_state_process+0x1cc/0xd60
tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x10c/0x250
tcp_v4_rcv+0xfc4/0x10a4
ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xf4/0x200
ip_local_deliver_finish+0x58/0x70
ip_local_deliver+0x68/0x120
ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x70/0x94
ip_list_rcv_finish.constprop.0+0x17c/0x1d0
ip_sublist_rcv+0x40/0xb0
ip_list_rcv+0x140/0x1dc
__netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x154/0x28c
__netif_receive_skb_list+0x120/0x1a0
netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0xe4/0x1f0
napi_complete_done+0x70/0x1f0
gro_cell_poll+0x9c/0xb0
napi_poll+0xcc/0x264
net_rx_action+0xd4/0x21c
__do_softirq+0x130/0x358
irq_exit+0x11c/0x13c
__handle_domain_irq+0x88/0xf0
gic_handle_irq+0x78/0x2c0
el1_irq+0xb8/0x140
arch_cpu_idle+0x18/0x40
default_idle_call+0x5c/0x1c0
cpuidle_idle_call+0x174/0x1b0
do_idle+0xc8/0x160
cpu_startup_entry+0x30/0x11c
secondary_start_kernel+0x158/0x1e4
softirq: huh, entered softirq 3 NET_RX 0000000093774ee4 with
preempt_count 00000100, exited with fffffe00?
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mt76: mt76x02u: fix possible memory leak in __mt76x02u_mcu_send_msg
Free the skb if mt76u_bulk_msg fails in __mt76x02u_mcu_send_msg routine.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: hinic: avoid kernel hung in hinic_get_stats64()
When using hinic device as a bond slave device, and reading device stats
of master bond device, the kernel may hung.
The kernel panic calltrace as follows:
Kernel panic - not syncing: softlockup: hung tasks
Call trace:
native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x1ec/0x31c
dev_get_stats+0x60/0xcc
dev_seq_printf_stats+0x40/0x120
dev_seq_show+0x1c/0x40
seq_read_iter+0x3c8/0x4dc
seq_read+0xe0/0x130
proc_reg_read+0xa8/0xe0
vfs_read+0xb0/0x1d4
ksys_read+0x70/0xfc
__arm64_sys_read+0x20/0x30
el0_svc_common+0x88/0x234
do_el0_svc+0x2c/0x90
el0_svc+0x1c/0x30
el0_sync_handler+0xa8/0xb0
el0_sync+0x148/0x180
And the calltrace of task that actually caused kernel hungs as follows:
__switch_to+124
__schedule+548
schedule+72
schedule_timeout+348
__down_common+188
__down+24
down+104
hinic_get_stats64+44 [hinic]
dev_get_stats+92
bond_get_stats+172 [bonding]
dev_get_stats+92
dev_seq_printf_stats+60
dev_seq_show+24
seq_read_iter+964
seq_read+220
proc_reg_read+164
vfs_read+172
ksys_read+108
__arm64_sys_read+28
el0_svc_common+132
do_el0_svc+40
el0_svc+24
el0_sync_handler+164
el0_sync+324
When getting device stats from bond, kernel will call bond_get_stats().
It first holds the spinlock bond->stats_lock, and then call
hinic_get_stats64() to collect hinic device's stats.
However, hinic_get_stats64() calls `down(&nic_dev->mgmt_lock)` to
protect its critical section, which may schedule current task out.
And if system is under high pressure, the task cannot be woken up
immediately, which eventually triggers kernel hung panic.
Since previous patch has replaced hinic_dev.tx_stats/rx_stats with local
variable in hinic_get_stats64(), there is nothing need to be protected
by lock, so just removing down()/up() is ok.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: tw686x: Fix memory leak in tw686x_video_init
video_device_alloc() allocates memory for vdev,
when video_register_device() fails, it doesn't release the memory and
leads to memory leak, call video_device_release() to fix this.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18