Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 4.11.2 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc: Don't try to copy PPR for task with NULL pt_regs
powerpc sets up PF_KTHREAD and PF_IO_WORKER with a NULL pt_regs, which
from my (arguably very short) checking is not commonly done for other
archs. This is fine, except when PF_IO_WORKER's have been created and
the task does something that causes a coredump to be generated. Then we
get this crash:
Kernel attempted to read user page (160) - exploit attempt? (uid: 1000)
BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000160
Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000000c3a60
Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Radix SMP NR_CPUS=32 NUMA pSeries
Modules linked in: bochs drm_vram_helper drm_kms_helper xts binfmt_misc ecb ctr syscopyarea sysfillrect cbc sysimgblt drm_ttm_helper aes_generic ttm sg libaes evdev joydev virtio_balloon vmx_crypto gf128mul drm dm_mod fuse loop configfs drm_panel_orientation_quirks ip_tables x_tables autofs4 hid_generic usbhid hid xhci_pci xhci_hcd usbcore usb_common sd_mod
CPU: 1 PID: 1982 Comm: ppc-crash Not tainted 6.3.0-rc2+ #88
Hardware name: IBM pSeries (emulated by qemu) POWER9 (raw) 0x4e1202 0xf000005 of:SLOF,HEAD hv:linux,kvm pSeries
NIP: c0000000000c3a60 LR: c000000000039944 CTR: c0000000000398e0
REGS: c0000000041833b0 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (6.3.0-rc2+)
MSR: 800000000280b033 <SF,VEC,VSX,EE,FP,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 88082828 XER: 200400f8
...
NIP memcpy_power7+0x200/0x7d0
LR ppr_get+0x64/0xb0
Call Trace:
ppr_get+0x40/0xb0 (unreliable)
__regset_get+0x180/0x1f0
regset_get_alloc+0x64/0x90
elf_core_dump+0xb98/0x1b60
do_coredump+0x1c34/0x24a0
get_signal+0x71c/0x1410
do_notify_resume+0x140/0x6f0
interrupt_exit_user_prepare_main+0x29c/0x320
interrupt_exit_user_prepare+0x6c/0xa0
interrupt_return_srr_user+0x8/0x138
Because ppr_get() is trying to copy from a PF_IO_WORKER with a NULL
pt_regs.
Check for a valid pt_regs in both ppc_get/ppr_set, and return an error
if not set. The actual error value doesn't seem to be important here, so
just pick -EINVAL.
[mpe: Trim oops in change log, add Fixes & Cc stable]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md/raid10: fix wrong setting of max_corr_read_errors
There is no input check when echo md/max_read_errors and overflow might
occur. Add check of input number.
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:
ext4: fix WARNING in mb_find_extent
Syzbot found the following issue:
EXT4-fs: Warning: mounting with data=journal disables delayed allocation, dioread_nolock, O_DIRECT and fast_commit support!
EXT4-fs (loop0): orphan cleanup on readonly fs
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 5067 at fs/ext4/mballoc.c:1869 mb_find_extent+0x8a1/0xe30
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 5067 Comm: syz-executor307 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc1-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022
RIP: 0010:mb_find_extent+0x8a1/0xe30 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:1869
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003c9e098 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff82405731 RBX: 0000000000000041 RCX: ffff8880783457c0
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000041 RDI: 0000000000000040
RBP: 0000000000000040 R08: ffffffff82405723 R09: ffffed10053c9402
R10: ffffed10053c9402 R11: 1ffff110053c9401 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffffc90003c9e538 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffffc90003c9e2cc
FS: 0000555556665300(0000) GS:ffff8880b9900000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000056312f6796f8 CR3: 0000000022437000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
ext4_mb_complex_scan_group+0x353/0x1100 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:2307
ext4_mb_regular_allocator+0x1533/0x3860 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:2735
ext4_mb_new_blocks+0xddf/0x3db0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:5605
ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x1868/0x6880 fs/ext4/extents.c:4286
ext4_map_blocks+0xa49/0x1cc0 fs/ext4/inode.c:651
ext4_getblk+0x1b9/0x770 fs/ext4/inode.c:864
ext4_bread+0x2a/0x170 fs/ext4/inode.c:920
ext4_quota_write+0x225/0x570 fs/ext4/super.c:7105
write_blk fs/quota/quota_tree.c:64 [inline]
get_free_dqblk+0x34a/0x6d0 fs/quota/quota_tree.c:130
do_insert_tree+0x26b/0x1aa0 fs/quota/quota_tree.c:340
do_insert_tree+0x722/0x1aa0 fs/quota/quota_tree.c:375
do_insert_tree+0x722/0x1aa0 fs/quota/quota_tree.c:375
do_insert_tree+0x722/0x1aa0 fs/quota/quota_tree.c:375
dq_insert_tree fs/quota/quota_tree.c:401 [inline]
qtree_write_dquot+0x3b6/0x530 fs/quota/quota_tree.c:420
v2_write_dquot+0x11b/0x190 fs/quota/quota_v2.c:358
dquot_acquire+0x348/0x670 fs/quota/dquot.c:444
ext4_acquire_dquot+0x2dc/0x400 fs/ext4/super.c:6740
dqget+0x999/0xdc0 fs/quota/dquot.c:914
__dquot_initialize+0x3d0/0xcf0 fs/quota/dquot.c:1492
ext4_process_orphan+0x57/0x2d0 fs/ext4/orphan.c:329
ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xb60/0x1340 fs/ext4/orphan.c:474
__ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5516 [inline]
ext4_fill_super+0x81cd/0x8700 fs/ext4/super.c:5644
get_tree_bdev+0x400/0x620 fs/super.c:1282
vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1489
do_new_mount+0x289/0xad0 fs/namespace.c:3145
do_mount fs/namespace.c:3488 [inline]
__do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3697 [inline]
__se_sys_mount+0x2d3/0x3c0 fs/namespace.c:3674
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
Add some debug information:
mb_find_extent: mb_find_extent block=41, order=0 needed=64 next=0 ex=0/41/1@3735929054 64 64 7
block_bitmap: ff 3f 0c 00 fc 01 00 00 d2 3d 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Acctually, blocks per group is 64, but block bitmap indicate at least has
128 blocks. Now, ext4_validate_block_bitmap() didn't check invalid block's
bitmap if set.
To resolve above issue, add check like fsck "Padding at end of block bitmap is
not set".
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function
Common realloc mistake: 'file_append' nulled but not freed upon failure
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free
Fix potential use-after-free in l2cap_le_command_rej.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rbd: avoid use-after-free in do_rbd_add() when rbd_dev_create() fails
If getting an ID or setting up a work queue in rbd_dev_create() fails,
use-after-free on rbd_dev->rbd_client, rbd_dev->spec and rbd_dev->opts
is triggered in do_rbd_add(). The root cause is that the ownership of
these structures is transfered to rbd_dev prematurely and they all end
up getting freed when rbd_dev_create() calls rbd_dev_free() prior to
returning to do_rbd_add().
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE, an
incomplete patch submitted by Natalia Petrova <n.petrova@fintech.ru>.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/radeon: Fix integer overflow in radeon_cs_parser_init
The type of size is unsigned, if size is 0x40000000, there will be an
integer overflow, size will be zero after size *= sizeof(uint32_t),
will cause uninitialized memory to be referenced later
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nilfs2: fix use-after-free of nilfs_root in dirtying inodes via iput
During unmount process of nilfs2, nothing holds nilfs_root structure after
nilfs2 detaches its writer in nilfs_detach_log_writer(). Previously,
nilfs_evict_inode() could cause use-after-free read for nilfs_root if
inodes are left in "garbage_list" and released by nilfs_dispose_list at
the end of nilfs_detach_log_writer(), and this bug was fixed by commit
9b5a04ac3ad9 ("nilfs2: fix use-after-free bug of nilfs_root in
nilfs_evict_inode()").
However, it turned out that there is another possibility of UAF in the
call path where mark_inode_dirty_sync() is called from iput():
nilfs_detach_log_writer()
nilfs_dispose_list()
iput()
mark_inode_dirty_sync()
__mark_inode_dirty()
nilfs_dirty_inode()
__nilfs_mark_inode_dirty()
nilfs_load_inode_block() --> causes UAF of nilfs_root struct
This can happen after commit 0ae45f63d4ef ("vfs: add support for a
lazytime mount option"), which changed iput() to call
mark_inode_dirty_sync() on its final reference if i_state has I_DIRTY_TIME
flag and i_nlink is non-zero.
This issue appears after commit 28a65b49eb53 ("nilfs2: do not write dirty
data after degenerating to read-only") when using the syzbot reproducer,
but the issue has potentially existed before.
Fix this issue by adding a "purging flag" to the nilfs structure, setting
that flag while disposing the "garbage_list" and checking it in
__nilfs_mark_inode_dirty().
Unlike commit 9b5a04ac3ad9 ("nilfs2: fix use-after-free bug of nilfs_root
in nilfs_evict_inode()"), this patch does not rely on ns_writer to
determine whether to skip operations, so as not to break recovery on
mount. The nilfs_salvage_orphan_logs routine dirties the buffer of
salvaged data before attaching the log writer, so changing
__nilfs_mark_inode_dirty() to skip the operation when ns_writer is NULL
will cause recovery write to fail. The purpose of using the cleanup-only
flag is to allow for narrowing of such conditions.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: hns: fix possible memory leak in hnae_ae_register()
Inject fault while probing module, if device_register() fails,
but the refcount of kobject is not decreased to 0, the name
allocated in dev_set_name() is leaked. Fix this by calling
put_device(), so that name can be freed in callback function
kobject_cleanup().
unreferenced object 0xffff00c01aba2100 (size 128):
comm "systemd-udevd", pid 1259, jiffies 4294903284 (age 294.152s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
68 6e 61 65 30 00 00 00 18 21 ba 1a c0 00 ff ff hnae0....!......
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<0000000034783f26>] slab_post_alloc_hook+0xa0/0x3e0
[<00000000748188f2>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x164/0x2b0
[<00000000ab0743e8>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x6c/0x390
[<000000006c0ffb13>] kvasprintf+0x8c/0x118
[<00000000fa27bfe1>] kvasprintf_const+0x60/0xc8
[<0000000083e10ed7>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x3c/0xc0
[<000000000b87affc>] dev_set_name+0x7c/0xa0
[<000000003fd8fe26>] hnae_ae_register+0xcc/0x190 [hnae]
[<00000000fe97edc9>] hns_dsaf_ae_init+0x9c/0x108 [hns_dsaf]
[<00000000c36ff1eb>] hns_dsaf_probe+0x548/0x748 [hns_dsaf]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16