Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 6.1.0 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: wl128x: Fix atomicity violation in fmc_send_cmd()
Atomicity violation occurs when the fmc_send_cmd() function is executed
simultaneously with the modification of the fmdev->resp_skb value.
Consider a scenario where, after passing the validity check within the
function, a non-null fmdev->resp_skb variable is assigned a null value.
This results in an invalid fmdev->resp_skb variable passing the validity
check. As seen in the later part of the function, skb = fmdev->resp_skb;
when the invalid fmdev->resp_skb passes the check, a null pointer
dereference error may occur at line 478, evt_hdr = (void *)skb->data;
To address this issue, it is recommended to include the validity check of
fmdev->resp_skb within the locked section of the function. This
modification ensures that the value of fmdev->resp_skb does not change
during the validation process, thereby maintaining its validity.
This possible bug is found by an experimental static analysis tool
developed by our team. This tool analyzes the locking APIs
to extract function pairs that can be concurrently executed, and then
analyzes the instructions in the paired functions to identify possible
concurrency bugs including data races and atomicity violations.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/pseries: Fix dtl_access_lock to be a rw_semaphore
The dtl_access_lock needs to be a rw_sempahore, a sleeping lock, because
the code calls kmalloc() while holding it, which can sleep:
# echo 1 > /proc/powerpc/vcpudispatch_stats
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at include/linux/sched/mm.h:337
in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 199, name: sh
preempt_count: 1, expected: 0
3 locks held by sh/199:
#0: c00000000a0743f8 (sb_writers#3){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x324/0x438
#1: c0000000028c7058 (dtl_enable_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: vcpudispatch_stats_write+0xd4/0x5f4
#2: c0000000028c70b8 (dtl_access_lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: vcpudispatch_stats_write+0x220/0x5f4
CPU: 0 PID: 199 Comm: sh Not tainted 6.10.0-rc4 #152
Hardware name: IBM pSeries (emulated by qemu) POWER9 (raw) 0x4e1202 0xf000005 of:SLOF,HEAD hv:linux,kvm pSeries
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x130/0x148 (unreliable)
__might_resched+0x174/0x410
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x340/0x3d0
alloc_dtl_buffers+0x124/0x1ac
vcpudispatch_stats_write+0x2a8/0x5f4
proc_reg_write+0xf4/0x150
vfs_write+0xfc/0x438
ksys_write+0x88/0x148
system_call_exception+0x1c4/0x5a0
system_call_common+0xf4/0x258
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: dwc3: gadget: Fix looping of queued SG entries
The dwc3_request->num_queued_sgs is decremented on completion. If a
partially completed request is handled, then the
dwc3_request->num_queued_sgs no longer reflects the total number of
num_queued_sgs (it would be cleared).
Correctly check the number of request SG entries remained to be prepare
and queued. Failure to do this may cause null pointer dereference when
accessing non-existent SG entry.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mfd: intel_soc_pmic_bxtwc: Use IRQ domain for USB Type-C device
While design wise the idea of converting the driver to use
the hierarchy of the IRQ chips is correct, the implementation
has (inherited) flaws. This was unveiled when platform_get_irq()
had started WARN() on IRQ 0 that is supposed to be a Linux
IRQ number (also known as vIRQ).
Rework the driver to respect IRQ domain when creating each MFD
device separately, as the domain is not the same for all of them.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
brd: defer automatic disk creation until module initialization succeeds
My colleague Wupeng found the following problems during fault injection:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff809d073
PGD 6e648067 P4D 123ec8067 PUD 123ec4067 PMD 100e38067 PTE 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI
CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 755 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.12.0-rc3+ #17
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:__asan_load8+0x4c/0xa0
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
blkdev_put_whole+0x41/0x70
bdev_release+0x1a3/0x250
blkdev_release+0x11/0x20
__fput+0x1d7/0x4a0
task_work_run+0xfc/0x180
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1de/0x1f0
do_syscall_64+0x6b/0x170
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
loop_init() is calling loop_add() after __register_blkdev() succeeds and
is ignoring disk_add() failure from loop_add(), for loop_add() failure
is not fatal and successfully created disks are already visible to
bdev_open().
brd_init() is currently calling brd_alloc() before __register_blkdev()
succeeds and is releasing successfully created disks when brd_init()
returns an error. This can cause UAF for the latter two case:
case 1:
T1:
modprobe brd
brd_init
brd_alloc(0) // success
add_disk
disk_scan_partitions
bdev_file_open_by_dev // alloc file
fput // won't free until back to userspace
brd_alloc(1) // failed since mem alloc error inject
// error path for modprobe will release code segment
// back to userspace
__fput
blkdev_release
bdev_release
blkdev_put_whole
bdev->bd_disk->fops->release // fops is freed now, UAF!
case 2:
T1: T2:
modprobe brd
brd_init
brd_alloc(0) // success
open(/dev/ram0)
brd_alloc(1) // fail
// error path for modprobe
close(/dev/ram0)
...
/* UAF! */
bdev->bd_disk->fops->release
Fix this problem by following what loop_init() does. Besides,
reintroduce brd_devices_mutex to help serialize modifications to
brd_list.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sunrpc: clear XPRT_SOCK_UPD_TIMEOUT when reset transport
Since transport->sock has been set to NULL during reset transport,
XPRT_SOCK_UPD_TIMEOUT also needs to be cleared. Otherwise, the
xs_tcp_set_socket_timeouts() may be triggered in xs_tcp_send_request()
to dereference the transport->sock that has been set to NULL.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/vc4: hdmi: Avoid hang with debug registers when suspended
Trying to read /sys/kernel/debug/dri/1/hdmi1_regs
when the hdmi is disconnected results in a fatal system hang.
This is due to the pm suspend code disabling the dvp clock.
That is just a gate of the 108MHz clock in DVP_HT_RPI_MISC_CONFIG,
which results in accesses hanging AXI bus.
Protect against this.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
octeontx2-pf: handle otx2_mbox_get_rsp errors in otx2_common.c
Add error pointer check after calling otx2_mbox_get_rsp().
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: bcm - add error check in the ahash_hmac_init function
The ahash_init functions may return fails. The ahash_hmac_init should
not return ok when ahash_init returns error. For an example, ahash_init
will return -ENOMEM when allocation memory is error.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/mm/fault: Fix kfence page fault reporting
copy_from_kernel_nofault() can be called when doing read of /proc/kcore.
/proc/kcore can have some unmapped kfence objects which when read via
copy_from_kernel_nofault() can cause page faults. Since *_nofault()
functions define their own fixup table for handling fault, use that
instead of asking kfence to handle such faults.
Hence we search the exception tables for the nip which generated the
fault. If there is an entry then we let the fixup table handler handle the
page fault by returning an error from within ___do_page_fault().
This can be easily triggered if someone tries to do dd from /proc/kcore.
eg. dd if=/proc/kcore of=/dev/null bs=1M
Some example false negatives:
===============================
BUG: KFENCE: invalid read in copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x9c/0x1a0
Invalid read at 0xc0000000fdff0000:
copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x9c/0x1a0
0xc00000000665f950
read_kcore_iter+0x57c/0xa04
proc_reg_read_iter+0xe4/0x16c
vfs_read+0x320/0x3ec
ksys_read+0x90/0x154
system_call_exception+0x120/0x310
system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec
BUG: KFENCE: use-after-free read in copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x9c/0x1a0
Use-after-free read at 0xc0000000fe050000 (in kfence-#2):
copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x9c/0x1a0
0xc00000000665f950
read_kcore_iter+0x57c/0xa04
proc_reg_read_iter+0xe4/0x16c
vfs_read+0x320/0x3ec
ksys_read+0x90/0x154
system_call_exception+0x120/0x310
system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-12-28