Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.15.119 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/amd/iommu_v2: Fix pasid_state refcount dec hit 0 warning on pasid unbind
When unbinding pasid - a race condition exists vs outstanding page faults.
To prevent this, the pasid_state object contains a refcount.
* set to 1 on pasid bind
* incremented on each ppr notification start
* decremented on each ppr notification done
* decremented on pasid unbind
Since refcount_dec assumes that refcount will never reach 0:
the current implementation causes the following to be invoked on
pasid unbind:
REFCOUNT_WARN("decrement hit 0; leaking memory")
Fix this issue by changing refcount_dec to refcount_dec_and_test
to explicitly handle refcount=1.
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
start_kernel: Add __no_stack_protector function attribute
Back during the discussion of
commit a9a3ed1eff36 ("x86: Fix early boot crash on gcc-10, third try")
we discussed the need for a function attribute to control the omission
of stack protectors on a per-function basis; at the time Clang had
support for no_stack_protector but GCC did not. This was fixed in
gcc-11. Now that the function attribute is available, let's start using
it.
Callers of boot_init_stack_canary need to use this function attribute
unless they're compiled with -fno-stack-protector, otherwise the canary
stored in the stack slot of the caller will differ upon the call to
boot_init_stack_canary. This will lead to a call to __stack_chk_fail()
then panic.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: do not ignore genmask when looking up chain by id
When adding a rule to a chain referring to its ID, if that chain had been
deleted on the same batch, the rule might end up referring to a deleted
chain.
This will lead to a WARNING like following:
[ 33.098431] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 33.098678] WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 69 at net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:2037 nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x23d/0x260
[ 33.099217] Modules linked in:
[ 33.099388] CPU: 5 PID: 69 Comm: kworker/5:1 Not tainted 6.4.0+ #409
[ 33.099726] Workqueue: events nf_tables_trans_destroy_work
[ 33.100018] RIP: 0010:nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x23d/0x260
[ 33.100306] Code: 8b 7c 24 68 e8 64 9c ed fe 4c 89 e7 e8 5c 9c ed fe 48 83 c4 08 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d 31 c0 89 c6 89 c7 c3 cc cc cc cc <0f> 0b 48 83 c4 08 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d 31 c0 89 c6 89 c7
[ 33.101271] RSP: 0018:ffffc900004ffc48 EFLAGS: 00010202
[ 33.101546] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff888006fc0a28 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 33.101920] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
[ 33.102649] RBP: ffffc900004ffc78 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 33.103018] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8880135ef500
[ 33.103385] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: dead000000000122 R15: ffff888006fc0a10
[ 33.103762] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888024c80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 33.104184] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 33.104493] CR2: 00007fe863b56a50 CR3: 00000000124b0001 CR4: 0000000000770ee0
[ 33.104872] PKRU: 55555554
[ 33.104999] Call Trace:
[ 33.105113] <TASK>
[ 33.105214] ? show_regs+0x72/0x90
[ 33.105371] ? __warn+0xa5/0x210
[ 33.105520] ? nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x23d/0x260
[ 33.105732] ? report_bug+0x1f2/0x200
[ 33.105902] ? handle_bug+0x46/0x90
[ 33.106546] ? exc_invalid_op+0x19/0x50
[ 33.106762] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1b/0x20
[ 33.106995] ? nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x23d/0x260
[ 33.107249] ? nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x30/0x260
[ 33.107506] nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x669/0x680
[ 33.107782] ? mark_held_locks+0x28/0xa0
[ 33.107996] ? __pfx_nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x10/0x10
[ 33.108294] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x28/0x70
[ 33.108538] process_one_work+0x68c/0xb70
[ 33.108755] ? lock_acquire+0x17f/0x420
[ 33.108977] ? __pfx_process_one_work+0x10/0x10
[ 33.109218] ? do_raw_spin_lock+0x128/0x1d0
[ 33.109435] ? _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x71/0x80
[ 33.109634] worker_thread+0x2bd/0x700
[ 33.109817] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[ 33.110254] kthread+0x18b/0x1d0
[ 33.110410] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 33.110581] ret_from_fork+0x29/0x50
[ 33.110757] </TASK>
[ 33.110866] irq event stamp: 1651
[ 33.111017] hardirqs last enabled at (1659): [<ffffffffa206a209>] __up_console_sem+0x79/0xa0
[ 33.111379] hardirqs last disabled at (1666): [<ffffffffa206a1ee>] __up_console_sem+0x5e/0xa0
[ 33.111740] softirqs last enabled at (1616): [<ffffffffa1f5d40e>] __irq_exit_rcu+0x9e/0xe0
[ 33.112094] softirqs last disabled at (1367): [<ffffffffa1f5d40e>] __irq_exit_rcu+0x9e/0xe0
[ 33.112453] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
This is due to the nft_chain_lookup_byid ignoring the genmask. After this
change, adding the new rule will fail as it will not find the chain.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ethernet: mvpp2_main: fix possible OOB write in mvpp2_ethtool_get_rxnfc()
rules is allocated in ethtool_get_rxnfc and the size is determined by
rule_cnt from user space. So rule_cnt needs to be check before using
rules to avoid OOB writing or NULL pointer dereference.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs: jfs: Fix UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAllocDmapLev
Syzkaller reported the following issue:
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:1965:6
index -84 is out of range for type 's8[341]' (aka 'signed char[341]')
CPU: 1 PID: 4995 Comm: syz-executor146 Not tainted 6.4.0-rc6-syzkaller-00037-gb6dad5178cea #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/27/2023
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x1e7/0x2d0 lib/dump_stack.c:106
ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:217 [inline]
__ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x11c/0x150 lib/ubsan.c:348
dbAllocDmapLev+0x3e5/0x430 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:1965
dbAllocCtl+0x113/0x920 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:1809
dbAllocAG+0x28f/0x10b0 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:1350
dbAlloc+0x658/0xca0 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c:874
dtSplitUp fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c:974 [inline]
dtInsert+0xda7/0x6b00 fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c:863
jfs_create+0x7b6/0xbb0 fs/jfs/namei.c:137
lookup_open fs/namei.c:3492 [inline]
open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3560 [inline]
path_openat+0x13df/0x3170 fs/namei.c:3788
do_filp_open+0x234/0x490 fs/namei.c:3818
do_sys_openat2+0x13f/0x500 fs/open.c:1356
do_sys_open fs/open.c:1372 [inline]
__do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1388 [inline]
__se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1383 [inline]
__x64_sys_openat+0x247/0x290 fs/open.c:1383
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
RIP: 0033:0x7f1f4e33f7e9
Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 51 14 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 c0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffc21129578 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f1f4e33f7e9
RDX: 000000000000275a RSI: 0000000020000040 RDI: 00000000ffffff9c
RBP: 00007f1f4e2ff080 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f1f4e2ff110
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
</TASK>
The bug occurs when the dbAllocDmapLev()function attempts to access
dp->tree.stree[leafidx + LEAFIND] while the leafidx value is negative.
To rectify this, the patch introduces a safeguard within the
dbAllocDmapLev() function. A check has been added to verify if leafidx is
negative. If it is, the function immediately returns an I/O error, preventing
any further execution that could potentially cause harm.
Tested via syzbot.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/rtas_flash: allow user copy to flash block cache objects
With hardened usercopy enabled (CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY=y), using the
/proc/powerpc/rtas/firmware_update interface to prepare a system
firmware update yields a BUG():
kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102!
Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 5 [#1]
LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Hash SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA pSeries
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 2232 Comm: dd Not tainted 6.5.0-rc3+ #2
Hardware name: IBM,8408-E8E POWER8E (raw) 0x4b0201 0xf000004 of:IBM,FW860.50 (SV860_146) hv:phyp pSeries
NIP: c0000000005991d0 LR: c0000000005991cc CTR: 0000000000000000
REGS: c0000000148c76a0 TRAP: 0700 Not tainted (6.5.0-rc3+)
MSR: 8000000000029033 <SF,EE,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 24002242 XER: 0000000c
CFAR: c0000000001fbd34 IRQMASK: 0
[ ... GPRs omitted ... ]
NIP usercopy_abort+0xa0/0xb0
LR usercopy_abort+0x9c/0xb0
Call Trace:
usercopy_abort+0x9c/0xb0 (unreliable)
__check_heap_object+0x1b4/0x1d0
__check_object_size+0x2d0/0x380
rtas_flash_write+0xe4/0x250
proc_reg_write+0xfc/0x160
vfs_write+0xfc/0x4e0
ksys_write+0x90/0x160
system_call_exception+0x178/0x320
system_call_common+0x160/0x2c4
The blocks of the firmware image are copied directly from user memory
to objects allocated from flash_block_cache, so flash_block_cache must
be created using kmem_cache_create_usercopy() to mark it safe for user
access.
[mpe: Trim and indent oops]
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
IB/hfi1: Fix possible panic during hotplug remove
During hotplug remove it is possible that the update counters work
might be pending, and may run after memory has been freed.
Cancel the update counters work before freeing memory.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
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:
ibmvnic: Do not reset dql stats on NON_FATAL err
All ibmvnic resets, make a call to netdev_tx_reset_queue() when
re-opening the device. netdev_tx_reset_queue() resets the num_queued
and num_completed byte counters. These stats are used in Byte Queue
Limit (BQL) algorithms. The difference between these two stats tracks
the number of bytes currently sitting on the physical NIC. ibmvnic
increases the number of queued bytes though calls to
netdev_tx_sent_queue() in the drivers xmit function. When, VIOS reports
that it is done transmitting bytes, the ibmvnic device increases the
number of completed bytes through calls to netdev_tx_completed_queue().
It is important to note that the driver batches its transmit calls and
num_queued is increased every time that an skb is added to the next
batch, not necessarily when the batch is sent to VIOS for transmission.
Unlike other reset types, a NON FATAL reset will not flush the sub crq
tx buffers. Therefore, it is possible for the batched skb array to be
partially full. So if there is call to netdev_tx_reset_queue() when
re-opening the device, the value of num_queued (0) would not account
for the skb's that are currently batched. Eventually, when the batch
is sent to VIOS, the call to netdev_tx_completed_queue() would increase
num_completed to a value greater than the num_queued. This causes a
BUG_ON crash:
ibmvnic 30000002: Firmware reports error, cause: adapter problem.
Starting recovery...
ibmvnic 30000002: tx error 600
ibmvnic 30000002: tx error 600
ibmvnic 30000002: tx error 600
ibmvnic 30000002: tx error 600
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at lib/dynamic_queue_limits.c:27!
Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 5
[....]
NIP dql_completed+0x28/0x1c0
LR ibmvnic_complete_tx.isra.0+0x23c/0x420 [ibmvnic]
Call Trace:
ibmvnic_complete_tx.isra.0+0x3f8/0x420 [ibmvnic] (unreliable)
ibmvnic_interrupt_tx+0x40/0x70 [ibmvnic]
__handle_irq_event_percpu+0x98/0x270
---[ end trace ]---
Therefore, do not reset the dql stats when performing a NON_FATAL reset.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01