Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usbip: validate number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit()
When a USB/IP client receives a RET_SUBMIT response,
usbip_pack_ret_submit() unconditionally overwrites
urb->number_of_packets from the network PDU. This value is
subsequently used as the loop bound in usbip_recv_iso() and
usbip_pad_iso() to iterate over urb->iso_frame_desc[], a flexible
array whose size was fixed at URB allocation time based on the
*original* number_of_packets from the CMD_SUBMIT.
A malicious USB/IP server can set number_of_packets in the response
to a value larger than what was originally submitted, causing a heap
out-of-bounds write when usbip_recv_iso() writes to
urb->iso_frame_desc[i] beyond the allocated region.
KASAN confirmed this with kernel 7.0.0-rc5:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in usbip_recv_iso+0x46a/0x640
Write of size 4 at addr ffff888106351d40 by task vhci_rx/69
The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
allocated 320-byte region [ffff888106351c00, ffff888106351d40)
The server side (stub_rx.c) and gadget side (vudc_rx.c) already
validate number_of_packets in the CMD_SUBMIT path since commits
c6688ef9f297 ("usbip: fix stub_rx: harden CMD_SUBMIT path to handle
malicious input") and b78d830f0049 ("usbip: fix vudc_rx: harden
CMD_SUBMIT path to handle malicious input"). The server side validates
against USBIP_MAX_ISO_PACKETS because no URB exists yet at that point.
On the client side we have the original URB, so we can use the tighter
bound: the response must not exceed the original number_of_packets.
This mirrors the existing validation of actual_length against
transfer_buffer_length in usbip_recv_xbuff(), which checks the
response value against the original allocation size.
Kelvin Mbogo's series ("usb: usbip: fix integer overflow in
usbip_recv_iso()", v2) hardens the receive-side functions themselves;
this patch complements that work by catching the bad value at its
source -- in usbip_pack_ret_submit() before the overwrite -- and
using the tighter per-URB allocation bound rather than the global
USBIP_MAX_ISO_PACKETS limit.
Fix this by checking rpdu->number_of_packets against
urb->number_of_packets in usbip_pack_ret_submit() before the
overwrite. On violation, clamp to zero so that usbip_recv_iso() and
usbip_pad_iso() safely return early.
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: SEV: Drop WARN on large size for KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_REG_REGION
Drop the WARN in sev_pin_memory() on npages overflowing an int, as the
WARN is comically trivially to trigger from userspace, e.g. by doing:
struct kvm_enc_region range = {
.addr = 0,
.size = -1ul,
};
__vm_ioctl(vm, KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_REG_REGION, &range);
Note, the checks in sev_mem_enc_register_region() that presumably exist to
verify the incoming address+size are completely worthless, as both "addr"
and "size" are u64s and SEV is 64-bit only, i.e. they _can't_ be greater
than ULONG_MAX. That wart will be cleaned up in the near future.
if (range->addr > ULONG_MAX || range->size > ULONG_MAX)
return -EINVAL;
Opportunistically add a comment to explain why the code calculates the
number of pages the "hard" way, e.g. instead of just shifting @ulen.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: SEV: Lock all vCPUs when synchronzing VMSAs for SNP launch finish
Lock all vCPUs when synchronizing and encrypting VMSAs for SNP guests, as
allowing userspace to manipulate and/or run a vCPU while its state is being
synchronized would at best corrupt vCPU state, and at worst crash the host
kernel.
Opportunistically assert that vcpu->mutex is held when synchronizing its
VMSA (the SEV-ES path already locks vCPUs).
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: SEV: Protect *all* of sev_mem_enc_register_region() with kvm->lock
Take and hold kvm->lock for before checking sev_guest() in
sev_mem_enc_register_region(), as sev_guest() isn't stable unless kvm->lock
is held (or KVM can guarantee KVM_SEV_INIT{2} has completed and can't
rollack state). If KVM_SEV_INIT{2} fails, KVM can end up trying to add to
a not-yet-initialized sev->regions_list, e.g. triggering a #GP
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
CPU: 110 UID: 0 PID: 72717 Comm: syz.15.11462 Tainted: G U W O 6.16.0-smp-DEV #1 NONE
Tainted: [U]=USER, [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE
Hardware name: Google, Inc. Arcadia_IT_80/Arcadia_IT_80, BIOS 12.52.0-0 10/28/2024
RIP: 0010:sev_mem_enc_register_region+0x3f0/0x4f0 ../include/linux/list.h:83
Code: <41> 80 3c 04 00 74 08 4c 89 ff e8 f1 c7 a2 00 49 39 ed 0f 84 c6 00
RSP: 0018:ffff88838647fbb8 EFLAGS: 00010256
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 1ffff92015cf1e0b RCX: dffffc0000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000001000 RDI: ffff888367870000
RBP: ffffc900ae78f050 R08: ffffea000d9e0007 R09: 1ffffd4001b3c000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff94001b3c001 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff8982ab0bde00 R14: ffffc900ae78f058 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 00007f34e9dc66c0(0000) GS:ffff89ee64d33000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fe180adef98 CR3: 000000047210e000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
kvm_arch_vm_ioctl+0xa72/0x1240 ../arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:7371
kvm_vm_ioctl+0x649/0x990 ../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:5363
__se_sys_ioctl+0x101/0x170 ../fs/ioctl.c:51
do_syscall_x64 ../arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x6f/0x1f0 ../arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
RIP: 0033:0x7f34e9f7e9a9
Code: <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f34e9dc6038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f34ea1a6080 RCX: 00007f34e9f7e9a9
RDX: 0000200000000280 RSI: 000000008010aebb RDI: 0000000000000007
RBP: 00007f34ea000d69 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f34ea1a6080 R15: 00007ffce77197a8
</TASK>
with a syzlang reproducer that looks like:
syz_kvm_add_vcpu$x86(0x0, &(0x7f0000000040)={0x0, &(0x7f0000000180)=ANY=[], 0x70}) (async)
syz_kvm_add_vcpu$x86(0x0, &(0x7f0000000080)={0x0, &(0x7f0000000180)=ANY=[@ANYBLOB="..."], 0x4f}) (async)
r0 = openat$kvm(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000200), 0x0, 0x0)
r1 = ioctl$KVM_CREATE_VM(r0, 0xae01, 0x0)
r2 = openat$kvm(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000240), 0x0, 0x0)
r3 = ioctl$KVM_CREATE_VM(r2, 0xae01, 0x0)
ioctl$KVM_SET_CLOCK(r3, 0xc008aeba, &(0x7f0000000040)={0x1, 0x8, 0x0, 0x5625e9b0}) (async)
ioctl$KVM_SET_PIT2(r3, 0x8010aebb, &(0x7f0000000280)={[...], 0x5}) (async)
ioctl$KVM_SET_PIT2(r1, 0x4070aea0, 0x0) (async)
r4 = ioctl$KVM_CREATE_VM(0xffffffffffffffff, 0xae01, 0x0)
openat$kvm(0xffffffffffffff9c, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0) (async)
ioctl$KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION(r4, 0x4020ae46, &(0x7f0000000400)={0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x2000, &(0x7f0000001000/0x2000)=nil}) (async)
r5 = ioctl$KVM_CREATE_VCPU(r4, 0xae41, 0x2)
close(r0) (async)
openat$kvm(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000000), 0x8000, 0x0) (async)
ioctl$KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG(r5, 0x4048ae9b, &(0x7f0000000300)={0x4376ea830d46549b, 0x0, [0x46, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x1000]}) (async)
ioctl$KVM_RUN(r5, 0xae80, 0x0)
Opportunistically use guard() to avoid having to define a new error label
and goto usage.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm: call ->free_folio() directly in folio_unmap_invalidate()
We can only call filemap_free_folio() if we have a reference to (or hold a
lock on) the mapping. Otherwise, we've already removed the folio from the
mapping so it no longer pins the mapping and the mapping can be removed,
causing a use-after-free when accessing mapping->a_ops.
Follow the same pattern as __remove_mapping() and load the free_folio
function pointer before dropping the lock on the mapping. That lets us
make filemap_free_folio() static as this was the only caller outside
filemap.c.
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: em28xx: fix use-after-free in em28xx_v4l2_open()
em28xx_v4l2_open() reads dev->v4l2 without holding dev->lock,
creating a race with em28xx_v4l2_init()'s error path and
em28xx_v4l2_fini(), both of which free the em28xx_v4l2 struct
and set dev->v4l2 to NULL under dev->lock.
This race leads to two issues:
- use-after-free in v4l2_fh_init() when accessing vdev->ctrl_handler,
since the video_device is embedded in the freed em28xx_v4l2 struct.
- NULL pointer dereference in em28xx_resolution_set() when accessing
v4l2->norm, since dev->v4l2 has been set to NULL.
Fix this by moving the mutex_lock() before the dev->v4l2 read and
adding a NULL check for dev->v4l2 under the lock.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: mediatek: vcodec: fix use-after-free in encoder release path
The fops_vcodec_release() function frees the context structure (ctx)
without first cancelling any pending or running work in ctx->encode_work.
This creates a race window where the workqueue handler (mtk_venc_worker)
may still be accessing the context memory after it has been freed.
Race condition:
CPU 0 (release path) CPU 1 (workqueue)
--------------------- ------------------
fops_vcodec_release()
v4l2_m2m_ctx_release()
v4l2_m2m_cancel_job()
// waits for m2m job "done"
mtk_venc_worker()
v4l2_m2m_job_finish()
// m2m job "done"
// BUT worker still running!
// post-job_finish access:
other ctx dereferences
// UAF if ctx already freed
// returns (job "done")
kfree(ctx) // ctx freed
Root cause: The v4l2_m2m_ctx_release() only waits for the m2m job
lifecycle (via TRANS_RUNNING flag), not the workqueue lifecycle.
After v4l2_m2m_job_finish() is called, the m2m framework considers
the job complete and v4l2_m2m_ctx_release() returns, but the worker
function continues executing and may still access ctx.
The work is queued during encode operations via:
queue_work(ctx->dev->encode_workqueue, &ctx->encode_work)
The worker function accesses ctx->m2m_ctx, ctx->dev, and other ctx
fields even after calling v4l2_m2m_job_finish().
This vulnerability was confirmed with KASAN by running an instrumented
test module that widens the post-job_finish race window. KASAN detected:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mtk_venc_worker+0x159/0x180
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88800326e000 by task kworker/u8:0/12
Workqueue: mtk_vcodec_enc_wq mtk_venc_worker
Allocated by task 47:
__kasan_kmalloc+0x7f/0x90
fops_vcodec_open+0x85/0x1a0
Freed by task 47:
__kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70
kfree+0xee/0x3a0
fops_vcodec_release+0xb7/0x190
Fix this by calling cancel_work_sync(&ctx->encode_work) before kfree(ctx).
This ensures the workqueue handler is both cancelled (if pending) and
synchronized (waits for any running handler to complete) before the
context is freed.
Placement rationale: The fix is placed after v4l2_ctrl_handler_free()
and before list_del_init(&ctx->list). At this point, all m2m operations
are done (v4l2_m2m_ctx_release() has returned), and we need to ensure
the workqueue is synchronized before removing ctx from the list and
freeing it.
Note: The open error path does NOT need cancel_work_sync() because
INIT_WORK() only initializes the work structure - it does not schedule
it. Work is only scheduled later during device_run() operations.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: vidtv: fix nfeeds state corruption on start_streaming failure
syzbot reported a memory leak in vidtv_psi_service_desc_init [1].
When vidtv_start_streaming() fails inside vidtv_start_feed(), the
nfeeds counter is left incremented even though no feed was actually
started. This corrupts the driver state: subsequent start_feed calls
see nfeeds > 1 and skip starting the mux, while stop_feed calls
eventually try to stop a non-existent stream.
This state corruption can also lead to memory leaks, since the mux
and channel resources may be partially allocated during a failed
start_streaming but never cleaned up, as the stop path finds
dvb->streaming == false and returns early.
Fix by decrementing nfeeds back when start_streaming fails, keeping
the counter in sync with the actual number of active feeds.
[1]
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888145b50820 (size 32):
comm "syz.0.17", pid 6068, jiffies 4294944486
backtrace (crc 90a0c7d4):
vidtv_psi_service_desc_init+0x74/0x1b0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:288
vidtv_channel_s302m_init+0xb1/0x2a0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:83
vidtv_channels_init+0x1b/0x40 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:524
vidtv_mux_init+0x516/0xbe0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:518
vidtv_start_streaming drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:194 [inline]
vidtv_start_feed+0x33e/0x4d0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:239
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm: blk-cgroup: fix use-after-free in cgwb_release_workfn()
cgwb_release_workfn() calls css_put(wb->blkcg_css) and then later accesses
wb->blkcg_css again via blkcg_unpin_online(). If css_put() drops the last
reference, the blkcg can be freed asynchronously (css_free_rwork_fn ->
blkcg_css_free -> kfree) before blkcg_unpin_online() dereferences the
pointer to access blkcg->online_pin, resulting in a use-after-free:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in blkcg_unpin_online (./include/linux/instrumented.h:112 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:400 ./include/linux/refcount.h:389 ./include/linux/refcount.h:432 ./include/linux/refcount.h:450 block/blk-cgroup.c:1367)
Write of size 4 at addr ff11000117aa6160 by task kworker/71:1/531
Workqueue: cgwb_release cgwb_release_workfn
Call Trace:
<TASK>
blkcg_unpin_online (./include/linux/instrumented.h:112 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:400 ./include/linux/refcount.h:389 ./include/linux/refcount.h:432 ./include/linux/refcount.h:450 block/blk-cgroup.c:1367)
cgwb_release_workfn (mm/backing-dev.c:629)
process_scheduled_works (kernel/workqueue.c:3278 kernel/workqueue.c:3385)
Freed by task 1016:
kfree (./include/linux/kasan.h:235 mm/slub.c:2689 mm/slub.c:6246 mm/slub.c:6561)
css_free_rwork_fn (kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:5542)
process_scheduled_works (kernel/workqueue.c:3302 kernel/workqueue.c:3385)
** Stack based on commit 66672af7a095 ("Add linux-next specific files
for 20260410")
I am seeing this crash sporadically in Meta fleet across multiple kernel
versions. A full reproducer is available at:
https://github.com/leitao/debug/blob/main/reproducers/repro_blkcg_uaf.sh
(The race window is narrow. To make it easily reproducible, inject a
msleep(100) between css_put() and blkcg_unpin_online() in
cgwb_release_workfn(). With that delay and a KASAN-enabled kernel, the
reproducer triggers the splat reliably in less than a second.)
Fix this by moving blkcg_unpin_online() before css_put(), so the
cgwb's CSS reference keeps the blkcg alive while blkcg_unpin_online()
accesses it.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: qcom: q6apm: move component registration to unmanaged version
q6apm component registers dais dynamically from ASoC toplology, which
are allocated using device managed version apis. Allocating both
component and dynamic dais using managed version could lead to incorrect
free ordering, dai will be freed while component still holding references
to it.
Fix this issue by moving component to unmanged version so
that the dai pointers are only freeded after the component is removed.
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in snd_soc_del_component_unlocked+0x3d4/0x400 [snd_soc_core]
Read of size 8 at addr ffff00084493a6e8 by task kworker/u48:0/3426
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: LENOVO 21N2ZC5PUS/21N2ZC5PUS, BIOS N42ET57W (1.31 ) 08/08/2024
Workqueue: pdr_notifier_wq pdr_notifier_work [pdr_interface]
Call trace:
show_stack+0x28/0x7c (C)
dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x80
print_report+0x160/0x4b4
kasan_report+0xac/0xfc
__asan_report_load8_noabort+0x20/0x34
snd_soc_del_component_unlocked+0x3d4/0x400 [snd_soc_core]
snd_soc_unregister_component_by_driver+0x50/0x88 [snd_soc_core]
devm_component_release+0x30/0x5c [snd_soc_core]
devres_release_all+0x13c/0x210
device_unbind_cleanup+0x20/0x190
device_release_driver_internal+0x350/0x468
device_release_driver+0x18/0x30
bus_remove_device+0x1a0/0x35c
device_del+0x314/0x7f0
device_unregister+0x20/0xbc
apr_remove_device+0x5c/0x7c [apr]
device_for_each_child+0xd8/0x160
apr_pd_status+0x7c/0xa8 [apr]
pdr_notifier_work+0x114/0x240 [pdr_interface]
process_one_work+0x500/0xb70
worker_thread+0x630/0xfb0
kthread+0x370/0x6c0
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Allocated by task 77:
kasan_save_stack+0x40/0x68
kasan_save_track+0x20/0x40
kasan_save_alloc_info+0x44/0x58
__kasan_kmalloc+0xbc/0xdc
__kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x1f4/0x620
devm_kmalloc+0x7c/0x1c8
snd_soc_register_dai+0x50/0x4f0 [snd_soc_core]
soc_tplg_pcm_elems_load+0x55c/0x1eb8 [snd_soc_core]
snd_soc_tplg_component_load+0x4f8/0xb60 [snd_soc_core]
audioreach_tplg_init+0x124/0x1fc [snd_q6apm]
q6apm_audio_probe+0x10/0x1c [snd_q6apm]
snd_soc_component_probe+0x5c/0x118 [snd_soc_core]
soc_probe_component+0x44c/0xaf0 [snd_soc_core]
snd_soc_bind_card+0xad0/0x2370 [snd_soc_core]
snd_soc_register_card+0x3b0/0x4c0 [snd_soc_core]
devm_snd_soc_register_card+0x50/0xc8 [snd_soc_core]
x1e80100_platform_probe+0x208/0x368 [snd_soc_x1e80100]
platform_probe+0xc0/0x188
really_probe+0x188/0x804
__driver_probe_device+0x158/0x358
driver_probe_device+0x60/0x190
__device_attach_driver+0x16c/0x2a8
bus_for_each_drv+0x100/0x194
__device_attach+0x174/0x380
device_initial_probe+0x14/0x20
bus_probe_device+0x124/0x154
deferred_probe_work_func+0x140/0x220
process_one_work+0x500/0xb70
worker_thread+0x630/0xfb0
kthread+0x370/0x6c0
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Freed by task 3426:
kasan_save_stack+0x40/0x68
kasan_save_track+0x20/0x40
__kasan_save_free_info+0x4c/0x80
__kasan_slab_free+0x78/0xa0
kfree+0x100/0x4a4
devres_release_all+0x144/0x210
device_unbind_cleanup+0x20/0x190
device_release_driver_internal+0x350/0x468
device_release_driver+0x18/0x30
bus_remove_device+0x1a0/0x35c
device_del+0x314/0x7f0
device_unregister+0x20/0xbc
apr_remove_device+0x5c/0x7c [apr]
device_for_each_child+0xd8/0x160
apr_pd_status+0x7c/0xa8 [apr]
pdr_notifier_work+0x114/0x240 [pdr_interface]
process_one_work+0x500/0xb70
worker_thread+0x630/0xfb0
kthread+0x370/0x6c0
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-24