Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 3.16.39 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
qlcnic: prevent ->dcb use-after-free on qlcnic_dcb_enable() failure
adapter->dcb would get silently freed inside qlcnic_dcb_enable() in
case qlcnic_dcb_attach() would return an error, which always happens
under OOM conditions. This would lead to use-after-free because both
of the existing callers invoke qlcnic_dcb_get_info() on the obtained
pointer, which is potentially freed at that point.
Propagate errors from qlcnic_dcb_enable(), and instead free the dcb
pointer at callsite using qlcnic_dcb_free(). This also removes the now
unused qlcnic_clear_dcb_ops() helper, which was a simple wrapper around
kfree() also causing memory leaks for partially initialized dcb.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the SVACE
static analysis tool.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ocfs2: fix memory leak in ocfs2_stack_glue_init()
ocfs2_table_header should be free in ocfs2_stack_glue_init() if
ocfs2_sysfs_init() failed, otherwise kmemleak will report memleak.
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff88810eeb5800 (size 128):
comm "modprobe", pid 4507, jiffies 4296182506 (age 55.888s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
c0 40 14 a0 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 .@..............
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<000000001e59e1cd>] __register_sysctl_table+0xca/0xef0
[<00000000c04f70f7>] 0xffffffffa0050037
[<000000001bd12912>] do_one_initcall+0xdb/0x480
[<0000000064f766c9>] do_init_module+0x1cf/0x680
[<000000002ba52db0>] load_module+0x6441/0x6f20
[<000000009772580d>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x12f/0x1c0
[<00000000380c1f22>] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90
[<000000004cf473bc>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: do not BUG_ON() on ENOMEM when dropping extent items for a range
If we get -ENOMEM while dropping file extent items in a given range, at
btrfs_drop_extents(), due to failure to allocate memory when attempting to
increment the reference count for an extent or drop the reference count,
we handle it with a BUG_ON(). This is excessive, instead we can simply
abort the transaction and return the error to the caller. In fact most
callers of btrfs_drop_extents(), directly or indirectly, already abort
the transaction if btrfs_drop_extents() returns any error.
Also, we already have error paths at btrfs_drop_extents() that may return
-ENOMEM and in those cases we abort the transaction, like for example
anything that changes the b+tree may return -ENOMEM due to a failure to
allocate a new extent buffer when COWing an existing extent buffer, such
as a call to btrfs_duplicate_item() for example.
So replace the BUG_ON() calls with proper logic to abort the transaction
and return the error.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in lbs_init_adapter()
When kfifo_alloc() failed in lbs_init_adapter(), cmd buffer is not
released. Add free memory to processing error path.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
UM: cpuinfo: Fix a warning for CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
When CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK and CONFIG_DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS is selected,
cpu_max_bits_warn() generates a runtime warning similar as below while
we show /proc/cpuinfo. Fix this by using nr_cpu_ids (the runtime limit)
instead of NR_CPUS to iterate CPUs.
[ 3.052463] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 3.059679] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1 at include/linux/cpumask.h:108 show_cpuinfo+0x5e8/0x5f0
[ 3.070072] Modules linked in: efivarfs autofs4
[ 3.076257] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Not tainted 5.19-rc5+ #1052
[ 3.099465] Stack : 9000000100157b08 9000000000f18530 9000000000cf846c 9000000100154000
[ 3.109127] 9000000100157a50 0000000000000000 9000000100157a58 9000000000ef7430
[ 3.118774] 90000001001578e8 0000000000000040 0000000000000020 ffffffffffffffff
[ 3.128412] 0000000000aaaaaa 1ab25f00eec96a37 900000010021de80 900000000101c890
[ 3.138056] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000aaaaaa
[ 3.147711] ffff8000339dc220 0000000000000001 0000000006ab4000 0000000000000000
[ 3.157364] 900000000101c998 0000000000000004 9000000000ef7430 0000000000000000
[ 3.167012] 0000000000000009 000000000000006c 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[ 3.176641] 9000000000d3de08 9000000001639390 90000000002086d8 00007ffff0080286
[ 3.186260] 00000000000000b0 0000000000000004 0000000000000000 0000000000071c1c
[ 3.195868] ...
[ 3.199917] Call Trace:
[ 3.203941] [<90000000002086d8>] show_stack+0x38/0x14c
[ 3.210666] [<9000000000cf846c>] dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x88
[ 3.217625] [<900000000023d268>] __warn+0xd0/0x100
[ 3.223958] [<9000000000cf3c90>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x7c/0xcc
[ 3.231150] [<9000000000210220>] show_cpuinfo+0x5e8/0x5f0
[ 3.238080] [<90000000004f578c>] seq_read_iter+0x354/0x4b4
[ 3.245098] [<90000000004c2e90>] new_sync_read+0x17c/0x1c4
[ 3.252114] [<90000000004c5174>] vfs_read+0x138/0x1d0
[ 3.258694] [<90000000004c55f8>] ksys_read+0x70/0x100
[ 3.265265] [<9000000000cfde9c>] do_syscall+0x7c/0x94
[ 3.271820] [<9000000000202fe4>] handle_syscall+0xc4/0x160
[ 3.281824] ---[ end trace 8b484262b4b8c24c ]---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pnode: terminate at peers of source
The propagate_mnt() function handles mount propagation when creating
mounts and propagates the source mount tree @source_mnt to all
applicable nodes of the destination propagation mount tree headed by
@dest_mnt.
Unfortunately it contains a bug where it fails to terminate at peers of
@source_mnt when looking up copies of the source mount that become
masters for copies of the source mount tree mounted on top of slaves in
the destination propagation tree causing a NULL dereference.
Once the mechanics of the bug are understood it's easy to trigger.
Because of unprivileged user namespaces it is available to unprivileged
users.
While fixing this bug we've gotten confused multiple times due to
unclear terminology or missing concepts. So let's start this with some
clarifications:
* The terms "master" or "peer" denote a shared mount. A shared mount
belongs to a peer group.
* A peer group is a set of shared mounts that propagate to each other.
They are identified by a peer group id. The peer group id is available
in @shared_mnt->mnt_group_id.
Shared mounts within the same peer group have the same peer group id.
The peers in a peer group can be reached via @shared_mnt->mnt_share.
* The terms "slave mount" or "dependent mount" denote a mount that
receives propagation from a peer in a peer group. IOW, shared mounts
may have slave mounts and slave mounts have shared mounts as their
master. Slave mounts of a given peer in a peer group are listed on
that peers slave list available at @shared_mnt->mnt_slave_list.
* The term "master mount" denotes a mount in a peer group. IOW, it
denotes a shared mount or a peer mount in a peer group. The term
"master mount" - or "master" for short - is mostly used when talking
in the context of slave mounts that receive propagation from a master
mount. A master mount of a slave identifies the closest peer group a
slave mount receives propagation from. The master mount of a slave can
be identified via @slave_mount->mnt_master. Different slaves may point
to different masters in the same peer group.
* Multiple peers in a peer group can have non-empty ->mnt_slave_lists.
Non-empty ->mnt_slave_lists of peers don't intersect. Consequently, to
ensure all slave mounts of a peer group are visited the
->mnt_slave_lists of all peers in a peer group have to be walked.
* Slave mounts point to a peer in the closest peer group they receive
propagation from via @slave_mnt->mnt_master (see above). Together with
these peers they form a propagation group (see below). The closest
peer group can thus be identified through the peer group id
@slave_mnt->mnt_master->mnt_group_id of the peer/master that a slave
mount receives propagation from.
* A shared-slave mount is a slave mount to a peer group pg1 while also
a peer in another peer group pg2. IOW, a peer group may receive
propagation from another peer group.
If a peer group pg1 is a slave to another peer group pg2 then all
peers in peer group pg1 point to the same peer in peer group pg2 via
->mnt_master. IOW, all peers in peer group pg1 appear on the same
->mnt_slave_list. IOW, they cannot be slaves to different peer groups.
* A pure slave mount is a slave mount that is a slave to a peer group
but is not a peer in another peer group.
* A propagation group denotes the set of mounts consisting of a single
peer group pg1 and all slave mounts and shared-slave mounts that point
to a peer in that peer group via ->mnt_master. IOW, all slave mounts
such that @slave_mnt->mnt_master->mnt_group_id is equal to
@shared_mnt->mnt_group_id.
The concept of a propagation group makes it easier to talk about a
single propagation level in a propagation tree.
For example, in propagate_mnt() the immediate peers of @dest_mnt and
all slaves of @dest_mnt's peer group form a propagation group pr
---truncated---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix delayed allocation bug in ext4_clu_mapped for bigalloc + inline
When converting files with inline data to extents, delayed allocations
made on a file system created with both the bigalloc and inline options
can result in invalid extent status cache content, incorrect reserved
cluster counts, kernel memory leaks, and potential kernel panics.
With bigalloc, the code that determines whether a block must be
delayed allocated searches the extent tree to see if that block maps
to a previously allocated cluster. If not, the block is delayed
allocated, and otherwise, it isn't. However, if the inline option is
also used, and if the file containing the block is marked as able to
store data inline, there isn't a valid extent tree associated with
the file. The current code in ext4_clu_mapped() calls
ext4_find_extent() to search the non-existent tree for a previously
allocated cluster anyway, which typically finds nothing, as desired.
However, a side effect of the search can be to cache invalid content
from the non-existent tree (garbage) in the extent status tree,
including bogus entries in the pending reservation tree.
To fix this, avoid searching the extent tree when allocating blocks
for bigalloc + inline files that are being converted from inline to
extent mapped.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: dvb-usb: az6027: fix null-ptr-deref in az6027_i2c_xfer()
Wei Chen reports a kernel bug as blew:
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000010-0x0000000000000017]
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__i2c_transfer+0x77e/0x1930 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c:2109
i2c_transfer+0x1d5/0x3d0 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c:2170
i2cdev_ioctl_rdwr+0x393/0x660 drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c:297
i2cdev_ioctl+0x75d/0x9f0 drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c:458
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0xfb/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:856
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
RIP: 0033:0x7fd834a8bded
In az6027_i2c_xfer(), if msg[i].addr is 0x99,
a null-ptr-deref will caused when accessing msg[i].buf.
For msg[i].len is 0 and msg[i].buf is null.
Fix this by checking msg[i].len in az6027_i2c_xfer().
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to do sanity check on destination blkaddr during recovery
As Wenqing Liu reported in bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216456
loop5: detected capacity change from 0 to 131072
F2FS-fs (loop5): recover_inode: ino = 6, name = hln, inline = 1
F2FS-fs (loop5): recover_data: ino = 6 (i_size: recover) err = 0
F2FS-fs (loop5): recover_inode: ino = 6, name = hln, inline = 1
F2FS-fs (loop5): recover_data: ino = 6 (i_size: recover) err = 0
F2FS-fs (loop5): recover_inode: ino = 6, name = hln, inline = 1
F2FS-fs (loop5): recover_data: ino = 6 (i_size: recover) err = 0
F2FS-fs (loop5): Bitmap was wrongly set, blk:5634
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1013 at fs/f2fs/segment.c:2198
RIP: 0010:update_sit_entry+0xa55/0x10b0 [f2fs]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
f2fs_do_replace_block+0xa98/0x1890 [f2fs]
f2fs_replace_block+0xeb/0x180 [f2fs]
recover_data+0x1a69/0x6ae0 [f2fs]
f2fs_recover_fsync_data+0x120d/0x1fc0 [f2fs]
f2fs_fill_super+0x4665/0x61e0 [f2fs]
mount_bdev+0x2cf/0x3b0
legacy_get_tree+0xed/0x1d0
vfs_get_tree+0x81/0x2b0
path_mount+0x47e/0x19d0
do_mount+0xce/0xf0
__x64_sys_mount+0x12c/0x1a0
do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
If we enable CONFIG_F2FS_CHECK_FS config, it will trigger a kernel panic
instead of warning.
The root cause is: in fuzzed image, SIT table is inconsistent with inode
mapping table, result in triggering such warning during SIT table update.
This patch introduces a new flag DATA_GENERIC_ENHANCE_UPDATE, w/ this
flag, data block recovery flow can check destination blkaddr's validation
in SIT table, and skip f2fs_replace_block() to avoid inconsistent status.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: dvbdev: adopts refcnt to avoid UAF
dvb_unregister_device() is known that prone to use-after-free.
That is, the cleanup from dvb_unregister_device() releases the dvb_device
even if there are pointers stored in file->private_data still refer to it.
This patch adds a reference counter into struct dvb_device and delays its
deallocation until no pointer refers to the object.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15