Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 6.1.52 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: ipu-bridge: Fix null pointer deref on SSDB/PLD parsing warnings
When ipu_bridge_parse_rotation() and ipu_bridge_parse_orientation() run
sensor->adev is not set yet.
So if either of the dev_warn() calls about unknown values are hit this
will lead to a NULL pointer deref.
Set sensor->adev earlier, with a borrowed ref to avoid making unrolling
on errors harder, to fix this.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-17
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
lwt: Fix return values of BPF xmit ops
BPF encap ops can return different types of positive values, such like
NET_RX_DROP, NET_XMIT_CN, NETDEV_TX_BUSY, and so on, from function
skb_do_redirect and bpf_lwt_xmit_reroute. At the xmit hook, such return
values would be treated implicitly as LWTUNNEL_XMIT_CONTINUE in
ip(6)_finish_output2. When this happens, skbs that have been freed would
continue to the neighbor subsystem, causing use-after-free bug and
kernel crashes.
To fix the incorrect behavior, skb_do_redirect return values can be
simply discarded, the same as tc-egress behavior. On the other hand,
bpf_lwt_xmit_reroute returns useful errors to local senders, e.g. PMTU
information. Thus convert its return values to avoid the conflict with
LWTUNNEL_XMIT_CONTINUE.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-17
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pstore/ram: Check start of empty przs during init
After commit 30696378f68a ("pstore/ram: Do not treat empty buffers as
valid"), initialization would assume a prz was valid after seeing that
the buffer_size is zero (regardless of the buffer start position). This
unchecked start value means it could be outside the bounds of the buffer,
leading to future access panics when written to:
sysdump_panic_event+0x3b4/0x5b8
atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x54/0x90
panic+0x1c8/0x42c
die+0x29c/0x2a8
die_kernel_fault+0x68/0x78
__do_kernel_fault+0x1c4/0x1e0
do_bad_area+0x40/0x100
do_translation_fault+0x68/0x80
do_mem_abort+0x68/0xf8
el1_da+0x1c/0xc0
__raw_writeb+0x38/0x174
__memcpy_toio+0x40/0xac
persistent_ram_update+0x44/0x12c
persistent_ram_write+0x1a8/0x1b8
ramoops_pstore_write+0x198/0x1e8
pstore_console_write+0x94/0xe0
...
To avoid this, also check if the prz start is 0 during the initialization
phase. If not, the next prz sanity check case will discover it (start >
size) and zap the buffer back to a sane state.
[kees: update commit log with backtrace and clarifications]
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211_hwsim: drop short frames
While technically some control frames like ACK are shorter and
end after Address 1, such frames shouldn't be forwarded through
wmediumd or similar userspace, so require the full 3-address
header to avoid accessing invalid memory if shorter frames are
passed in.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm/mdp5: Don't leak some plane state
Apparently no one noticed that mdp5 plane states leak like a sieve
ever since we introduced plane_state->commit refcount a few years ago
in 21a01abbe32a ("drm/atomic: Fix freeing connector/plane state too
early by tracking commits, v3.")
Fix it by using the right helpers.
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/551236/
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/mediatek: dp: Change logging to dev for mtk_dp_aux_transfer()
Change logging from drm_{err,info}() to dev_{err,info}() in functions
mtk_dp_aux_transfer() and mtk_dp_aux_do_transfer(): this will be
essential to avoid getting NULL pointer kernel panics if any kind
of error happens during AUX transfers happening before the bridge
is attached.
This may potentially start happening in a later commit implementing
aux-bus support, as AUX transfers will be triggered from the panel
driver (for EDID) before the mtk-dp bridge gets attached, and it's
done in preparation for the same.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbdev/ep93xx-fb: Do not assign to struct fb_info.dev
Do not assing the Linux device to struct fb_info.dev. The call to
register_framebuffer() initializes the field to the fbdev device.
Drivers should not override its value.
Fixes a bug where the driver incorrectly decreases the hardware
device's reference counter and leaks the fbdev device.
v2:
* add Fixes tag (Dan)
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mISDN: hfcpci: Fix warning when deleting uninitialized timer
With CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS unloading hfcpci module leads
to the following splat:
[ 250.215892] ODEBUG: assert_init not available (active state 0) object: ffffffffc01a3dc0 object type: timer_list hint: 0x0
[ 250.217520] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 233 at lib/debugobjects.c:612 debug_print_object+0x1b6/0x2c0
[ 250.218775] Modules linked in: hfcpci(-) mISDN_core
[ 250.219537] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 233 Comm: rmmod Not tainted 6.17.0-rc2-g6f713187ac98 #2 PREEMPT(voluntary)
[ 250.220940] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[ 250.222377] RIP: 0010:debug_print_object+0x1b6/0x2c0
[ 250.223131] Code: fc ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 75 4f 41 56 48 8b 14 dd a0 4e 01 9f 48 89 ee 48 c7 c7 20 46 01 9f e8 cb 84d
[ 250.225805] RSP: 0018:ffff888015ea7c08 EFLAGS: 00010286
[ 250.226608] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000005 RCX: ffffffff9be93a95
[ 250.227708] RDX: 1ffff1100d945138 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffff88806ca289c0
[ 250.228993] RBP: ffffffff9f014a00 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed1002bd4f39
[ 250.230043] R10: ffff888015ea79cf R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000001
[ 250.231185] R13: ffffffff9eea0520 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888015ea7cc8
[ 250.232454] FS: 00007f3208f01540(0000) GS:ffff8880caf5a000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 250.233851] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 250.234856] CR2: 00007f32090a7421 CR3: 0000000004d63000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
[ 250.236117] Call Trace:
[ 250.236599] <TASK>
[ 250.236967] ? trace_irq_enable.constprop.0+0xd4/0x130
[ 250.237920] debug_object_assert_init+0x1f6/0x310
[ 250.238762] ? __pfx_debug_object_assert_init+0x10/0x10
[ 250.239658] ? __lock_acquire+0xdea/0x1c70
[ 250.240369] __try_to_del_timer_sync+0x69/0x140
[ 250.241172] ? __pfx___try_to_del_timer_sync+0x10/0x10
[ 250.242058] ? __timer_delete_sync+0xc6/0x120
[ 250.242842] ? lock_acquire+0x30/0x80
[ 250.243474] ? __timer_delete_sync+0xc6/0x120
[ 250.244262] __timer_delete_sync+0x98/0x120
[ 250.245015] HFC_cleanup+0x10/0x20 [hfcpci]
[ 250.245704] __do_sys_delete_module+0x348/0x510
[ 250.246461] ? __pfx___do_sys_delete_module+0x10/0x10
[ 250.247338] do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x360
[ 250.247924] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Fix this by initializing hfc_tl timer with DEFINE_TIMER macro.
Also, use mod_timer instead of manual timeout update.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfs: do not propagate ENODATA disk errors into xattr code
ENODATA (aka ENOATTR) has a very specific meaning in the xfs xattr code;
namely, that the requested attribute name could not be found.
However, a medium error from disk may also return ENODATA. At best,
this medium error may escape to userspace as "attribute not found"
when in fact it's an IO (disk) error.
At worst, we may oops in xfs_attr_leaf_get() when we do:
error = xfs_attr_leaf_hasname(args, &bp);
if (error == -ENOATTR) {
xfs_trans_brelse(args->trans, bp);
return error;
}
because an ENODATA/ENOATTR error from disk leaves us with a null bp,
and the xfs_trans_brelse will then null-deref it.
As discussed on the list, we really need to modify the lower level
IO functions to trap all disk errors and ensure that we don't let
unique errors like this leak up into higher xfs functions - many
like this should be remapped to EIO.
However, this patch directly addresses a reported bug in the xattr
code, and should be safe to backport to stable kernels. A larger-scope
patch to handle more unique errors at lower levels can follow later.
(Note, prior to 07120f1abdff we did not oops, but we did return the
wrong error code to userspace.)
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
atm: atmtcp: Prevent arbitrary write in atmtcp_recv_control().
syzbot reported the splat below. [0]
When atmtcp_v_open() or atmtcp_v_close() is called via connect()
or close(), atmtcp_send_control() is called to send an in-kernel
special message.
The message has ATMTCP_HDR_MAGIC in atmtcp_control.hdr.length.
Also, a pointer of struct atm_vcc is set to atmtcp_control.vcc.
The notable thing is struct atmtcp_control is uAPI but has a
space for an in-kernel pointer.
struct atmtcp_control {
struct atmtcp_hdr hdr; /* must be first */
...
atm_kptr_t vcc; /* both directions */
...
} __ATM_API_ALIGN;
typedef struct { unsigned char _[8]; } __ATM_API_ALIGN atm_kptr_t;
The special message is processed in atmtcp_recv_control() called
from atmtcp_c_send().
atmtcp_c_send() is vcc->dev->ops->send() and called from 2 paths:
1. .ndo_start_xmit() (vcc->send() == atm_send_aal0())
2. vcc_sendmsg()
The problem is sendmsg() does not validate the message length and
userspace can abuse atmtcp_recv_control() to overwrite any kptr
by atmtcp_control.
Let's add a new ->pre_send() hook to validate messages from sendmsg().
[0]:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc00200000ab: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: probably user-memory-access in range [0x0000000100000558-0x000000010000055f]
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5865 Comm: syz-executor331 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc1-syzkaller-00215-gbab3ce404553 #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
RIP: 0010:atmtcp_recv_control drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:93 [inline]
RIP: 0010:atmtcp_c_send+0x1da/0x950 drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:297
Code: 4d 8d 75 1a 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 20 84 c0 0f 85 15 06 00 00 41 0f b7 1e 4d 8d b7 60 05 00 00 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 0f b6 04 20 84 c0 0f 85 13 06 00 00 66 41 89 1e 4d 8d 75 1c 4c
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003f5f810 EFLAGS: 00010203
RAX: 00000000200000ab RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffff88802a510000 RSI: 00000000ffffffff RDI: ffff888030a6068c
RBP: ffff88802699fb40 R08: ffff888030a606eb R09: 1ffff1100614c0dd
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffffff8718fc40 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff888030a60680 R14: 000000010000055f R15: 00000000ffffffff
FS: 00007f8d7e9236c0(0000) GS:ffff888125c1c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000000045ad50 CR3: 0000000075bde000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
vcc_sendmsg+0xa10/0xc60 net/atm/common.c:645
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x219/0x270 net/socket.c:729
____sys_sendmsg+0x505/0x830 net/socket.c:2614
___sys_sendmsg+0x21f/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2668
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2700 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2705 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2703 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x19b/0x260 net/socket.c:2703
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f8d7e96a4a9
Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 51 18 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f8d7e923198 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f8d7e9f4308 RCX: 00007f8d7e96a4a9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000240 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007f8d7e9f4300 R08: 65732f636f72702f R09: 65732f636f72702f
R10: 65732f636f72702f R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f8d7e9c10ac
R13: 00007f8d7e9231a0 R14: 0000200000000200 R15: 0000200000000250
</TASK>
Modules linked in:
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16