Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 4.14.322 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bnxt: avoid overflow in bnxt_get_nvram_directory()
The value of an arithmetic expression is subject
of possible overflow due to a failure to cast operands to a larger data
type before performing arithmetic. Used macro for multiplication instead
operator for avoiding overflow.
Found by Security Code and Linux Verification
Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't dereference ACPI root object handle
Since the commit referenced in the Fixes: tag below the VMBus client driver
is walking the ACPI namespace up from the VMBus ACPI device to the ACPI
namespace root object trying to find Hyper-V MMIO ranges.
However, if it is not able to find them it ends trying to walk resources of
the ACPI namespace root object itself.
This object has all-ones handle, which causes a NULL pointer dereference
in the ACPI code (from dereferencing this pointer with an offset).
This in turn causes an oops on boot with VMBus host implementations that do
not provide Hyper-V MMIO ranges in their VMBus ACPI device or its
ancestors.
The QEMU VMBus implementation is an example of such implementation.
I guess providing these ranges is optional, since all tested Windows
versions seem to be able to use VMBus devices without them.
Fix this by explicitly terminating the lookup at the ACPI namespace root
object.
Note that Linux guests under KVM/QEMU do not use the Hyper-V PV interface
by default - they only do so if the KVM PV interface is missing or
disabled.
Example stack trace of such oops:
[ 3.710827] ? __die+0x1f/0x60
[ 3.715030] ? page_fault_oops+0x159/0x460
[ 3.716008] ? exc_page_fault+0x73/0x170
[ 3.716959] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
[ 3.717957] ? acpi_ns_lookup+0x7a/0x4b0
[ 3.718898] ? acpi_ns_internalize_name+0x79/0xc0
[ 3.720018] acpi_ns_get_node_unlocked+0xb5/0xe0
[ 3.721120] ? acpi_ns_check_object_type+0xfe/0x200
[ 3.722285] ? acpi_rs_convert_aml_to_resource+0x37/0x6e0
[ 3.723559] ? down_timeout+0x3a/0x60
[ 3.724455] ? acpi_ns_get_node+0x3a/0x60
[ 3.725412] acpi_ns_get_node+0x3a/0x60
[ 3.726335] acpi_ns_evaluate+0x1c3/0x2c0
[ 3.727295] acpi_ut_evaluate_object+0x64/0x1b0
[ 3.728400] acpi_rs_get_method_data+0x2b/0x70
[ 3.729476] ? vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x1d0/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus]
[ 3.730940] ? vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x1d0/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus]
[ 3.732411] acpi_walk_resources+0x78/0xd0
[ 3.733398] vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x9f/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus]
[ 3.734802] platform_probe+0x3d/0x90
[ 3.735684] really_probe+0x19b/0x400
[ 3.736570] ? __device_attach_driver+0x100/0x100
[ 3.737697] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x160
[ 3.738746] driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90
[ 3.739743] __driver_attach+0xc2/0x1b0
[ 3.740671] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xc0
[ 3.741601] bus_add_driver+0x10e/0x210
[ 3.742527] driver_register+0x55/0xf0
[ 3.744412] ? 0xffffffffc039a000
[ 3.745207] hv_acpi_init+0x3c/0x1000 [hv_vmbus]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: fix memory leak of remain_skbs
hif_dev->remain_skb is allocated and used exclusively in
ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream(). It is implied that an allocated remain_skb is
processed and subsequently freed (in error paths) only during the next
call of ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream().
So, if the urbs are deallocated between those two calls due to the device
deinitialization or suspend, it is possible that ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream()
is not called next time and the allocated remain_skb is leaked. Our local
Syzkaller instance was able to trigger that.
remain_skb makes sense when receiving two consecutive urbs which are
logically linked together, i.e. a specific data field from the first skb
indicates a cached skb to be allocated, memcpy'd with some data and
subsequently processed in the next call to ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream(). Urbs
deallocation supposedly makes that link irrelevant so we need to free the
cached skb in those cases.
Fix the leak by introducing a function to explicitly free remain_skb (if
it is not NULL) when the rx urbs have been deallocated. remain_skb is NULL
when it has not been allocated at all (hif_dev struct is kzalloced) or
when it has been processed in next call to ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream().
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: conntrack: fix wrong ct->timeout value
(struct nf_conn)->timeout is an interval before the conntrack
confirmed. After confirmed, it becomes a timestamp.
It is observed that timeout of an unconfirmed conntrack:
- Set by calling ctnetlink_change_timeout(). As a result,
`nfct_time_stamp` was wrongly added to `ct->timeout` twice.
- Get by calling ctnetlink_dump_timeout(). As a result,
`nfct_time_stamp` was wrongly subtracted.
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl
ctnetlink_dump_timeout
__ctnetlink_glue_build
ctnetlink_glue_build
__nfqnl_enqueue_packet
nf_queue
nf_hook_slow
ip_mc_output
? __pfx_ip_finish_output
ip_send_skb
? __pfx_dst_output
udp_send_skb
udp_sendmsg
? __pfx_ip_generic_getfrag
sock_sendmsg
Separate the 2 cases in:
- Setting `ct->timeout` in __nf_ct_set_timeout().
- Getting `ct->timeout` in ctnetlink_dump_timeout().
Pablo appends:
Update ctnetlink to set up the timeout _after_ the IPS_CONFIRMED flag is
set on, otherwise conntrack creation via ctnetlink breaks.
Note that the problem described in this patch occurs since the
introduction of the nfnetlink_queue conntrack support, select a
sufficiently old Fixes: tag for -stable kernel to pick up this fix.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: sch_fq: fix integer overflow of "credit"
if sch_fq is configured with "initial quantum" having values greater than
INT_MAX, the first assignment of "credit" does signed integer overflow to
a very negative value.
In this situation, the syzkaller script provided by Cristoph triggers the
CPU soft-lockup warning even with few sockets. It's not an infinite loop,
but "credit" wasn't probably meant to be minus 2Gb for each new flow.
Capping "initial quantum" to INT_MAX proved to fix the issue.
v2: validation of "initial quantum" is done in fq_policy, instead of open
coding in fq_change() _ suggested by Jakub Kicinski
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: hisi_sas: Grab sas_dev lock when traversing the members of sas_dev.list
When freeing slots in function slot_complete_v3_hw(), it is possible that
sas_dev.list is being traversed elsewhere, and it may trigger a NULL
pointer exception, such as follows:
==>cq thread ==>scsi_eh_6
==>scsi_error_handler()
==>sas_eh_handle_sas_errors()
==>sas_scsi_find_task()
==>lldd_abort_task()
==>slot_complete_v3_hw() ==>hisi_sas_abort_task()
==>hisi_sas_slot_task_free() ==>dereg_device_v3_hw()
==>list_del_init() ==>list_for_each_entry_safe()
[ 7165.434918] sas: Enter sas_scsi_recover_host busy: 32 failed: 32
[ 7165.434926] sas: trying to find task 0x00000000769b5ba5
[ 7165.434927] sas: sas_scsi_find_task: aborting task 0x00000000769b5ba5
[ 7165.434940] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(00000000769b5ba5) aborted
[ 7165.434964] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(00000000c9f7aa07) ignored
[ 7165.434965] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(00000000e2a1cf01) ignored
[ 7165.434968] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
[ 7165.434972] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(0000000022d52d93) ignored
[ 7165.434975] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(0000000066a7516c) ignored
[ 7165.434976] Mem abort info:
[ 7165.434982] ESR = 0x96000004
[ 7165.434991] Exception class = DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 7165.434992] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 7165.434993] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 7165.434994] Data abort info:
[ 7165.434994] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004
[ 7165.434995] CM = 0, WnR = 0
[ 7165.434997] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp = 00000000f29543f2
[ 7165.434998] [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000
[ 7165.435003] Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] SMP
[ 7165.439863] Process scsi_eh_6 (pid: 4109, stack limit = 0x00000000c43818d5)
[ 7165.468862] pstate: 00c00009 (nzcv daif +PAN +UAO)
[ 7165.473637] pc : dereg_device_v3_hw+0x68/0xa8 [hisi_sas_v3_hw]
[ 7165.479443] lr : dereg_device_v3_hw+0x2c/0xa8 [hisi_sas_v3_hw]
[ 7165.485247] sp : ffff00001d623bc0
[ 7165.488546] x29: ffff00001d623bc0 x28: ffffa027d03b9508
[ 7165.493835] x27: ffff80278ed50af0 x26: ffffa027dd31e0a8
[ 7165.499123] x25: ffffa027d9b27f88 x24: ffffa027d9b209f8
[ 7165.504411] x23: ffffa027c45b0d60 x22: ffff80278ec07c00
[ 7165.509700] x21: 0000000000000008 x20: ffffa027d9b209f8
[ 7165.514988] x19: ffffa027d9b27f88 x18: ffffffffffffffff
[ 7165.520276] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000
[ 7165.525564] x15: ffff0000091d9708 x14: ffff0000093b7dc8
[ 7165.530852] x13: ffff0000093b7a23 x12: 6e7265746e692067
[ 7165.536140] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000bb0
[ 7165.541429] x9 : ffff00001d6238f0 x8 : ffffa027d877af00
[ 7165.546718] x7 : ffffa027d6329600 x6 : ffff7e809f58ca00
[ 7165.552006] x5 : 0000000000001f8a x4 : 000000000000088e
[ 7165.557295] x3 : ffffa027d9b27fa8 x2 : 0000000000000000
[ 7165.562583] x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 000000003000188e
[ 7165.567872] Call trace:
[ 7165.570309] dereg_device_v3_hw+0x68/0xa8 [hisi_sas_v3_hw]
[ 7165.575775] hisi_sas_abort_task+0x248/0x358 [hisi_sas_main]
[ 7165.581415] sas_eh_handle_sas_errors+0x258/0x8e0 [libsas]
[ 7165.586876] sas_scsi_recover_host+0x134/0x458 [libsas]
[ 7165.592082] scsi_error_handler+0xb4/0x488
[ 7165.596163] kthread+0x134/0x138
[ 7165.599380] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
[ 7165.602940] Code: d5033e9f b9000040 aa0103e2 eb03003f (f9400021)
[ 7165.609004] kernel fault(0x1) notification starting on CPU 75
[ 7165.700728] ---[ end trace fc042cbbea224efc ]---
[ 7165.705326] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
To fix the issue, grab sas_dev lock when traversing the members of
sas_dev.list in dereg_device_v3_hw() and hisi_sas_release_tasks() to avoid
concurrency of adding and deleting member. When
---truncated---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md: fix soft lockup in status_resync
status_resync() will calculate 'curr_resync - recovery_active' to show
user a progress bar like following:
[============>........] resync = 61.4%
'curr_resync' and 'recovery_active' is updated in md_do_sync(), and
status_resync() can read them concurrently, hence it's possible that
'curr_resync - recovery_active' can overflow to a huge number. In this
case status_resync() will be stuck in the loop to print a large amount
of '=', which will end up soft lockup.
Fix the problem by setting 'resync' to MD_RESYNC_ACTIVE in this case,
this way resync in progress will be reported to user.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gfs2: Fix possible data races in gfs2_show_options()
Some fields such as gt_logd_secs of the struct gfs2_tune are accessed
without holding the lock gt_spin in gfs2_show_options():
val = sdp->sd_tune.gt_logd_secs;
if (val != 30)
seq_printf(s, ",commit=%d", val);
And thus can cause data races when gfs2_show_options() and other functions
such as gfs2_reconfigure() are concurrently executed:
spin_lock(>->gt_spin);
gt->gt_logd_secs = newargs->ar_commit;
To fix these possible data races, the lock sdp->sd_tune.gt_spin is
acquired before accessing the fields of gfs2_tune and released after these
accesses.
Further changes by Andreas:
- Don't hold the spin lock over the seq_printf operations.
CVSS Score
7.0
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm thin: Fix ABBA deadlock between shrink_slab and dm_pool_abort_metadata
Following concurrent processes:
P1(drop cache) P2(kworker)
drop_caches_sysctl_handler
drop_slab
shrink_slab
down_read(&shrinker_rwsem) - LOCK A
do_shrink_slab
super_cache_scan
prune_icache_sb
dispose_list
evict
ext4_evict_inode
ext4_clear_inode
ext4_discard_preallocations
ext4_mb_load_buddy_gfp
ext4_mb_init_cache
ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait
ext4_read_bh_nowait
submit_bh
dm_submit_bio
do_worker
process_deferred_bios
commit
metadata_operation_failed
dm_pool_abort_metadata
down_write(&pmd->root_lock) - LOCK B
__destroy_persistent_data_objects
dm_block_manager_destroy
dm_bufio_client_destroy
unregister_shrinker
down_write(&shrinker_rwsem)
thin_map |
dm_thin_find_block ↓
down_read(&pmd->root_lock) --> ABBA deadlock
, which triggers hung task:
[ 76.974820] INFO: task kworker/u4:3:63 blocked for more than 15 seconds.
[ 76.976019] Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4-00011-g8f17dd350364-dirty #910
[ 76.978521] task:kworker/u4:3 state:D stack:0 pid:63 ppid:2
[ 76.978534] Workqueue: dm-thin do_worker
[ 76.978552] Call Trace:
[ 76.978564] __schedule+0x6ba/0x10f0
[ 76.978582] schedule+0x9d/0x1e0
[ 76.978588] rwsem_down_write_slowpath+0x587/0xdf0
[ 76.978600] down_write+0xec/0x110
[ 76.978607] unregister_shrinker+0x2c/0xf0
[ 76.978616] dm_bufio_client_destroy+0x116/0x3d0
[ 76.978625] dm_block_manager_destroy+0x19/0x40
[ 76.978629] __destroy_persistent_data_objects+0x5e/0x70
[ 76.978636] dm_pool_abort_metadata+0x8e/0x100
[ 76.978643] metadata_operation_failed+0x86/0x110
[ 76.978649] commit+0x6a/0x230
[ 76.978655] do_worker+0xc6e/0xd90
[ 76.978702] process_one_work+0x269/0x630
[ 76.978714] worker_thread+0x266/0x630
[ 76.978730] kthread+0x151/0x1b0
[ 76.978772] INFO: task test.sh:2646 blocked for more than 15 seconds.
[ 76.979756] Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4-00011-g8f17dd350364-dirty #910
[ 76.982111] task:test.sh state:D stack:0 pid:2646 ppid:2459
[ 76.982128] Call Trace:
[ 76.982139] __schedule+0x6ba/0x10f0
[ 76.982155] schedule+0x9d/0x1e0
[ 76.982159] rwsem_down_read_slowpath+0x4f4/0x910
[ 76.982173] down_read+0x84/0x170
[ 76.982177] dm_thin_find_block+0x4c/0xd0
[ 76.982183] thin_map+0x201/0x3d0
[ 76.982188] __map_bio+0x5b/0x350
[ 76.982195] dm_submit_bio+0x2b6/0x930
[ 76.982202] __submit_bio+0x123/0x2d0
[ 76.982209] submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x101/0x3e0
[ 76.982222] submit_bio_noacct+0x389/0x770
[ 76.982227] submit_bio+0x50/0xc0
[ 76.982232] submit_bh_wbc+0x15e/0x230
[ 76.982238] submit_bh+0x14/0x20
[ 76.982241] ext4_read_bh_nowait+0xc5/0x130
[ 76.982247] ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait+0x340/0xc60
[ 76.982254] ext4_mb_init_cache+0x1ce/0xdc0
[ 76.982259] ext4_mb_load_buddy_gfp+0x987/0xfa0
[ 76.982263] ext4_discard_preallocations+0x45d/0x830
[ 76.982274] ext4_clear_inode+0x48/0xf0
[ 76.982280] ext4_evict_inode+0xcf/0xc70
[ 76.982285] evict+0x119/0x2b0
[ 76.982290] dispose_list+0x43/0xa0
[ 76.982294] prune_icache_sb+0x64/0x90
[ 76.982298] super_cache_scan+0x155/0x210
[ 76.982303] do_shrink_slab+0x19e/0x4e0
[ 76.982310] shrink_slab+0x2bd/0x450
[ 76.982317] drop_slab+0xcc/0x1a0
[ 76.982323] drop_caches_sysctl_handler+0xb7/0xe0
[ 76.982327] proc_sys_call_handler+0x1bc/0x300
[ 76.982331] proc_sys_write+0x17/0x20
[ 76.982334] vfs_write+0x3d3/0x570
[ 76.982342] ksys_write+0x73/0x160
[ 76.982347] __x64_sys_write+0x1e/0x30
[ 76.982352] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
[ 76.982357] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
Funct
---truncated---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ARM: OMAP2+: omap4-common: Fix refcount leak bug
In omap4_sram_init(), of_find_compatible_node() will return a node
pointer with refcount incremented. We should use of_node_put() when
it is not used anymore.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07