Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 3.12.16 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: make sure skb->len != 0 when redirecting to a tunneling device
syzkaller managed to trigger another case where skb->len == 0
when we enter __dev_queue_xmit:
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2470 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2576 skb_assert_len include/linux/skbuff.h:2576 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2470 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2576 __dev_queue_xmit+0x2069/0x35e0 net/core/dev.c:4295
Call Trace:
dev_queue_xmit+0x17/0x20 net/core/dev.c:4406
__bpf_tx_skb net/core/filter.c:2115 [inline]
__bpf_redirect_no_mac net/core/filter.c:2140 [inline]
__bpf_redirect+0x5fb/0xda0 net/core/filter.c:2163
____bpf_clone_redirect net/core/filter.c:2447 [inline]
bpf_clone_redirect+0x247/0x390 net/core/filter.c:2419
bpf_prog_48159a89cb4a9a16+0x59/0x5e
bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:897 [inline]
__bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:596 [inline]
bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:603 [inline]
bpf_test_run+0x46c/0x890 net/bpf/test_run.c:402
bpf_prog_test_run_skb+0xbdc/0x14c0 net/bpf/test_run.c:1170
bpf_prog_test_run+0x345/0x3c0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:3648
__sys_bpf+0x43a/0x6c0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5005
__do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5091 [inline]
__se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5089 [inline]
__x64_sys_bpf+0x7c/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5089
do_syscall_64+0x54/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:48
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xc6
The reproducer doesn't really reproduce outside of syzkaller
environment, so I'm taking a guess here. It looks like we
do generate correct ETH_HLEN-sized packet, but we redirect
the packet to the tunneling device. Before we do so, we
__skb_pull l2 header and arrive again at skb->len == 0.
Doesn't seem like we can do anything better than having
an explicit check after __skb_pull?
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential stack-out-of-bounds in brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds()
This patch fixes a stack-out-of-bounds read in brcmfmac that occurs
when 'buf' that is not null-terminated is passed as an argument of
strsep() in brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds(). This buffer is filled with a firmware
version string by memcpy() in brcmf_fil_iovar_data_get().
The patch ensures buf is null-terminated.
Found by a modified version of syzkaller.
[ 47.569679][ T1897] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43236b for chip BCM43236/3
[ 47.582839][ T1897] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_process_clm_blob: no clm_blob available (err=-2), device may have limited channels available
[ 47.601565][ T1897] ==================================================================
[ 47.602574][ T1897] BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in strsep+0x1b2/0x1f0
[ 47.603447][ T1897] Read of size 1 at addr ffffc90001f6f000 by task kworker/0:2/1897
[ 47.604336][ T1897]
[ 47.604621][ T1897] CPU: 0 PID: 1897 Comm: kworker/0:2 Tainted: G O 5.14.0+ #131
[ 47.605617][ T1897] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[ 47.606907][ T1897] Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
[ 47.607453][ T1897] Call Trace:
[ 47.607801][ T1897] dump_stack_lvl+0x8e/0xd1
[ 47.608295][ T1897] print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0xf/0x334
[ 47.609009][ T1897] ? strsep+0x1b2/0x1f0
[ 47.609434][ T1897] ? strsep+0x1b2/0x1f0
[ 47.609863][ T1897] kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf
[ 47.610366][ T1897] ? strsep+0x1b2/0x1f0
[ 47.610882][ T1897] strsep+0x1b2/0x1f0
[ 47.611300][ T1897] ? brcmf_fil_iovar_data_get+0x3a/0xf0
[ 47.611883][ T1897] brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds+0x995/0xc40
[ 47.612434][ T1897] ? brcmf_c_set_joinpref_default+0x100/0x100
[ 47.613078][ T1897] ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0xa1/0xd0
[ 47.613662][ T1897] ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb0/0xb0
[ 47.614208][ T1897] ? lock_acquire+0x19d/0x4e0
[ 47.614704][ T1897] ? find_held_lock+0x2d/0x110
[ 47.615236][ T1897] ? brcmf_usb_deq+0x1a7/0x260
[ 47.615741][ T1897] ? brcmf_usb_rx_fill_all+0x5a/0xf0
[ 47.616288][ T1897] brcmf_attach+0x246/0xd40
[ 47.616758][ T1897] ? wiphy_new_nm+0x1703/0x1dd0
[ 47.617280][ T1897] ? kmemdup+0x43/0x50
[ 47.617720][ T1897] brcmf_usb_probe+0x12de/0x1690
[ 47.618244][ T1897] ? brcmf_usbdev_qinit.constprop.0+0x470/0x470
[ 47.618901][ T1897] usb_probe_interface+0x2aa/0x760
[ 47.619429][ T1897] ? usb_probe_device+0x250/0x250
[ 47.619950][ T1897] really_probe+0x205/0xb70
[ 47.620435][ T1897] ? driver_allows_async_probing+0x130/0x130
[ 47.621048][ T1897] __driver_probe_device+0x311/0x4b0
[ 47.621595][ T1897] ? driver_allows_async_probing+0x130/0x130
[ 47.622209][ T1897] driver_probe_device+0x4e/0x150
[ 47.622739][ T1897] __device_attach_driver+0x1cc/0x2a0
[ 47.623287][ T1897] bus_for_each_drv+0x156/0x1d0
[ 47.623796][ T1897] ? bus_rescan_devices+0x30/0x30
[ 47.624309][ T1897] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x273/0x3e0
[ 47.624907][ T1897] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x46/0x160
[ 47.625437][ T1897] __device_attach+0x23f/0x3a0
[ 47.625924][ T1897] ? device_bind_driver+0xd0/0xd0
[ 47.626433][ T1897] ? kobject_uevent_env+0x287/0x14b0
[ 47.627057][ T1897] bus_probe_device+0x1da/0x290
[ 47.627557][ T1897] device_add+0xb7b/0x1eb0
[ 47.628027][ T1897] ? wait_for_completion+0x290/0x290
[ 47.628593][ T1897] ? __fw_devlink_link_to_suppliers+0x5a0/0x5a0
[ 47.629249][ T1897] usb_set_configuration+0xf59/0x16f0
[ 47.629829][ T1897] usb_generic_driver_probe+0x82/0xa0
[ 47.630385][ T1897] usb_probe_device+0xbb/0x250
[ 47.630927][ T1897] ? usb_suspend+0x590/0x590
[ 47.631397][ T1897] really_probe+0x205/0xb70
[ 47.631855][ T1897] ? driver_allows_async_probing+0x130/0x130
[ 47.632469][ T1897] __driver_probe_device+0x311/0x4b0
[ 47.633002][
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CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/sti: Fix return type of sti_{dvo,hda,hdmi}_connector_mode_valid()
With clang's kernel control flow integrity (kCFI, CONFIG_CFI_CLANG),
indirect call targets are validated against the expected function
pointer prototype to make sure the call target is valid to help mitigate
ROP attacks. If they are not identical, there is a failure at run time,
which manifests as either a kernel panic or thread getting killed. A
proposed warning in clang aims to catch these at compile time, which
reveals:
drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_hda.c:637:16: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'enum drm_mode_status (*)(struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' with an expression of type 'int (struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict]
.mode_valid = sti_hda_connector_mode_valid,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_dvo.c:376:16: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'enum drm_mode_status (*)(struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' with an expression of type 'int (struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict]
.mode_valid = sti_dvo_connector_mode_valid,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_hdmi.c:1035:16: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'enum drm_mode_status (*)(struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' with an expression of type 'int (struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict]
.mode_valid = sti_hdmi_connector_mode_valid,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
->mode_valid() in 'struct drm_connector_helper_funcs' expects a return
type of 'enum drm_mode_status', not 'int'. Adjust the return type of
sti_{dvo,hda,hdmi}_connector_mode_valid() to match the prototype's to
resolve the warning and CFI failure.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
memory: of: Fix refcount leak bug in of_get_ddr_timings()
We should add the of_node_put() when breaking out of
for_each_child_of_node() as it will automatically increase
and decrease the refcount.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
regulator: core: fix use_count leakage when handling boot-on
I found a use_count leakage towards supply regulator of rdev with
boot-on option.
┌───────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────┐
│ regulator_dev A │ │ regulator_dev B │
│ (boot-on) │ │ (boot-on) │
│ use_count=0 │◀──supply──│ use_count=1 │
│ │ │ │
└───────────────────┘ └───────────────────┘
In case of rdev(A) configured with `regulator-boot-on', the use_count
of supplying regulator(B) will increment inside
regulator_enable(rdev->supply).
Thus, B will acts like always-on, and further balanced
regulator_enable/disable cannot actually disable it anymore.
However, B was also configured with `regulator-boot-on', we wish it
could be disabled afterwards.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mmc: vub300: fix return value check of mmc_add_host()
mmc_add_host() may return error, if we ignore its return value, the memory
that allocated in mmc_alloc_host() will be leaked and it will lead a kernel
crash because of deleting not added device in the remove path.
So fix this by checking the return value and goto error path which will call
mmc_free_host(), besides, the timer added before mmc_add_host() needs be del.
And this patch fixes another missing call mmc_free_host() if usb_control_msg()
fails.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated
Avoid potential use-after-free condition under memory pressure. If the
kzalloc() fails, q_vector will be freed but left in the original
adapter->q_vector[v_idx] array position.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
NFSD: fix use-after-free on source server when doing inter-server copy
Use-after-free occurred when the laundromat tried to free expired
cpntf_state entry on the s2s_cp_stateids list after inter-server
copy completed. The sc_cp_list that the expired copy state was
inserted on was already freed.
When COPY completes, the Linux client normally sends LOCKU(lock_state x),
FREE_STATEID(lock_state x) and CLOSE(open_state y) to the source server.
The nfs4_put_stid call from nfsd4_free_stateid cleans up the copy state
from the s2s_cp_stateids list before freeing the lock state's stid.
However, sometimes the CLOSE was sent before the FREE_STATEID request.
When this happens, the nfsd4_close_open_stateid call from nfsd4_close
frees all lock states on its st_locks list without cleaning up the copy
state on the sc_cp_list list. When the time the FREE_STATEID arrives the
server returns BAD_STATEID since the lock state was freed. This causes
the use-after-free error to occur when the laundromat tries to free
the expired cpntf_state.
This patch adds a call to nfs4_free_cpntf_statelist in
nfsd4_close_open_stateid to clean up the copy state before calling
free_ol_stateid_reaplist to free the lock state's stid on the reaplist.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drivers: net: qlcnic: Fix potential memory leak in qlcnic_sriov_init()
If vp alloc failed in qlcnic_sriov_init(), all previously allocated vp
needs to be freed.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: abort transaction on unexpected eb generation at btrfs_copy_root()
If we find an unexpected generation for the extent buffer we are cloning
at btrfs_copy_root(), we just WARN_ON() and don't error out and abort the
transaction, meaning we allow to persist metadata with an unexpected
generation. Instead of warning only, abort the transaction and return
-EUCLEAN.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-15