Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.7.13 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: Fix bad hist from corrupting named_triggers list
The following commands causes a crash:
~# cd /sys/kernel/tracing/events/rcu/rcu_callback
~# echo 'hist:name=bad:keys=common_pid:onmax(bogus).save(common_pid)' > trigger
bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
~# echo 'hist:name=bad:keys=common_pid' > trigger
Because the following occurs:
event_trigger_write() {
trigger_process_regex() {
event_hist_trigger_parse() {
data = event_trigger_alloc(..);
event_trigger_register(.., data) {
cmd_ops->reg(.., data, ..) [hist_register_trigger()] {
data->ops->init() [event_hist_trigger_init()] {
save_named_trigger(name, data) {
list_add(&data->named_list, &named_triggers);
}
}
}
}
ret = create_actions(); (return -EINVAL)
if (ret)
goto out_unreg;
[..]
ret = hist_trigger_enable(data, ...) {
list_add_tail_rcu(&data->list, &file->triggers); <<<---- SKIPPED!!! (this is important!)
[..]
out_unreg:
event_hist_unregister(.., data) {
cmd_ops->unreg(.., data, ..) [hist_unregister_trigger()] {
list_for_each_entry(iter, &file->triggers, list) {
if (!hist_trigger_match(data, iter, named_data, false)) <- never matches
continue;
[..]
test = iter;
}
if (test && test->ops->free) <<<-- test is NULL
test->ops->free(test) [event_hist_trigger_free()] {
[..]
if (data->name)
del_named_trigger(data) {
list_del(&data->named_list); <<<<-- NEVER gets removed!
}
}
}
}
[..]
kfree(data); <<<-- frees item but it is still on list
The next time a hist with name is registered, it causes an u-a-f bug and
the kernel can crash.
Move the code around such that if event_trigger_register() succeeds, the
next thing called is hist_trigger_enable() which adds it to the list.
A bunch of actions is called if get_named_trigger_data() returns false.
But that doesn't need to be called after event_trigger_register(), so it
can be moved up, allowing event_trigger_register() to be called just
before hist_trigger_enable() keeping them together and allowing the
file->triggers to be properly populated.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-04-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
caif_virtio: fix wrong pointer check in cfv_probe()
del_vqs() frees virtqueues, therefore cfv->vq_tx pointer should be checked
for NULL before calling it, not cfv->vdev. Also the current implementation
is redundant because the pointer cfv->vdev is dereferenced before it is
checked for NULL.
Fix this by checking cfv->vq_tx for NULL instead of cfv->vdev before
calling del_vqs().
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-04-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: limit printed string from FW file
There's no guarantee here that the file is always with a
NUL-termination, so reading the string may read beyond the
end of the TLV. If that's the last TLV in the file, it can
perhaps even read beyond the end of the file buffer.
Fix that by limiting the print format to the size of the
buffer we have.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-04-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: enetc: VFs do not support HWTSTAMP_TX_ONESTEP_SYNC
Actually ENETC VFs do not support HWTSTAMP_TX_ONESTEP_SYNC because only
ENETC PF can access PMa_SINGLE_STEP registers. And there will be a crash
if VFs are used to test one-step timestamp, the crash log as follows.
[ 129.110909] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00000000000080c0
[ 129.287769] Call trace:
[ 129.290219] enetc_port_mac_wr+0x30/0xec (P)
[ 129.294504] enetc_start_xmit+0xda4/0xe74
[ 129.298525] enetc_xmit+0x70/0xec
[ 129.301848] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x98/0x118
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-04-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nft_payload: incorrect arithmetics when fetching VLAN header bits
If the offset + length goes over the ethernet + vlan header, then the
length is adjusted to copy the bytes that are within the boundaries of
the vlan_ethhdr scratchpad area. The remaining bytes beyond ethernet +
vlan header are copied directly from the skbuff data area.
Fix incorrect arithmetic operator: subtract, not add, the size of the
vlan header in case of double-tagged packets to adjust the length
accordingly to address CVE-2023-0179.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-03-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/core: Fix ib block iterator counter overflow
When registering a new DMA MR after selecting the best aligned page size
for it, we iterate over the given sglist to split each entry to smaller,
aligned to the selected page size, DMA blocks.
In given circumstances where the sg entry and page size fit certain
sizes and the sg entry is not aligned to the selected page size, the
total size of the aligned pages we need to cover the sg entry is >= 4GB.
Under this circumstances, while iterating page aligned blocks, the
counter responsible for counting how much we advanced from the start of
the sg entry is overflowed because its type is u32 and we pass 4GB in
size. This can lead to an infinite loop inside the iterator function
because the overflow prevents the counter to be larger
than the size of the sg entry.
Fix the presented problem by changing the advancement condition to
eliminate overflow.
Backtrace:
[ 192.374329] efa_reg_user_mr_dmabuf
[ 192.376783] efa_register_mr
[ 192.382579] pgsz_bitmap 0xfffff000 rounddown 0x80000000
[ 192.386423] pg_sz [0x80000000] umem_length[0xc0000000]
[ 192.392657] start 0x0 length 0xc0000000 params.page_shift 31 params.page_num 3
[ 192.399559] hp_cnt[3], pages_in_hp[524288]
[ 192.403690] umem->sgt_append.sgt.nents[1]
[ 192.407905] number entries: [1], pg_bit: [31]
[ 192.411397] biter->__sg_nents [1] biter->__sg [0000000008b0c5d8]
[ 192.415601] biter->__sg_advance [665837568] sg_dma_len[3221225472]
[ 192.419823] biter->__sg_nents [1] biter->__sg [0000000008b0c5d8]
[ 192.423976] biter->__sg_advance [2813321216] sg_dma_len[3221225472]
[ 192.428243] biter->__sg_nents [1] biter->__sg [0000000008b0c5d8]
[ 192.432397] biter->__sg_advance [665837568] sg_dma_len[3221225472]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-03-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/imc-pmu: Fix use of mutex in IRQs disabled section
Current imc-pmu code triggers a WARNING with CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP
and CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING enabled, while running a thread_imc event.
Command to trigger the warning:
# perf stat -e thread_imc/CPM_CS_FROM_L4_MEM_X_DPTEG/ sleep 5
Performance counter stats for 'sleep 5':
0 thread_imc/CPM_CS_FROM_L4_MEM_X_DPTEG/
5.002117947 seconds time elapsed
0.000131000 seconds user
0.001063000 seconds sys
Below is snippet of the warning in dmesg:
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:580
in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 2869, name: perf-exec
preempt_count: 2, expected: 0
4 locks held by perf-exec/2869:
#0: c00000004325c540 (&sig->cred_guard_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: bprm_execve+0x64/0xa90
#1: c00000004325c5d8 (&sig->exec_update_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: begin_new_exec+0x460/0xef0
#2: c0000003fa99d4e0 (&cpuctx_lock){-...}-{2:2}, at: perf_event_exec+0x290/0x510
#3: c000000017ab8418 (&ctx->lock){....}-{2:2}, at: perf_event_exec+0x29c/0x510
irq event stamp: 4806
hardirqs last enabled at (4805): [<c000000000f65b94>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x94/0xd0
hardirqs last disabled at (4806): [<c0000000003fae44>] perf_event_exec+0x394/0x510
softirqs last enabled at (0): [<c00000000013c404>] copy_process+0xc34/0x1ff0
softirqs last disabled at (0): [<0000000000000000>] 0x0
CPU: 36 PID: 2869 Comm: perf-exec Not tainted 6.2.0-rc2-00011-g1247637727f2 #61
Hardware name: 8375-42A POWER9 0x4e1202 opal:v7.0-16-g9b85f7d961 PowerNV
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x98/0xe0 (unreliable)
__might_resched+0x2f8/0x310
__mutex_lock+0x6c/0x13f0
thread_imc_event_add+0xf4/0x1b0
event_sched_in+0xe0/0x210
merge_sched_in+0x1f0/0x600
visit_groups_merge.isra.92.constprop.166+0x2bc/0x6c0
ctx_flexible_sched_in+0xcc/0x140
ctx_sched_in+0x20c/0x2a0
ctx_resched+0x104/0x1c0
perf_event_exec+0x340/0x510
begin_new_exec+0x730/0xef0
load_elf_binary+0x3f8/0x1e10
...
do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING; state=2001 set at [<00000000fd63e7cf>] do_nanosleep+0x60/0x1a0
WARNING: CPU: 36 PID: 2869 at kernel/sched/core.c:9912 __might_sleep+0x9c/0xb0
CPU: 36 PID: 2869 Comm: sleep Tainted: G W 6.2.0-rc2-00011-g1247637727f2 #61
Hardware name: 8375-42A POWER9 0x4e1202 opal:v7.0-16-g9b85f7d961 PowerNV
NIP: c000000000194a1c LR: c000000000194a18 CTR: c000000000a78670
REGS: c00000004d2134e0 TRAP: 0700 Tainted: G W (6.2.0-rc2-00011-g1247637727f2)
MSR: 9000000000021033 <SF,HV,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 48002824 XER: 00000000
CFAR: c00000000013fb64 IRQMASK: 1
The above warning triggered because the current imc-pmu code uses mutex
lock in interrupt disabled sections. The function mutex_lock()
internally calls __might_resched(), which will check if IRQs are
disabled and in case IRQs are disabled, it will trigger the warning.
Fix the issue by changing the mutex lock to spinlock.
[mpe: Fix comments, trim oops in change log, add reported-by tags]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-03-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: ipset: Fix overflow before widen in the bitmap_ip_create() function.
When first_ip is 0, last_ip is 0xFFFFFFFF, and netmask is 31, the value of
an arithmetic expression 2 << (netmask - mask_bits - 1) is subject
to overflow due to a failure casting operands to a larger data type
before performing the arithmetic.
Note that it's harmless since the value will be checked at the next step.
Found by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center
(linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-03-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: mdio: validate parameter addr in mdiobus_get_phy()
The caller may pass any value as addr, what may result in an out-of-bounds
access to array mdio_map. One existing case is stmmac_init_phy() that
may pass -1 as addr. Therefore validate addr before using it.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-03-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
l2tp: close all race conditions in l2tp_tunnel_register()
The code in l2tp_tunnel_register() is racy in several ways:
1. It modifies the tunnel socket _after_ publishing it.
2. It calls setup_udp_tunnel_sock() on an existing socket without
locking.
3. It changes sock lock class on fly, which triggers many syzbot
reports.
This patch amends all of them by moving socket initialization code
before publishing and under sock lock. As suggested by Jakub, the
l2tp lockdep class is not necessary as we can just switch to
bh_lock_sock_nested().
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-03-27