Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 4.17.4 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/exynos: vidi: use ctx->lock to protect struct vidi_context member variables related to memory alloc/free
Exynos Virtual Display driver performs memory alloc/free operations
without lock protection, which easily causes concurrency problem.
For example, use-after-free can occur in race scenario like this:
```
CPU0 CPU1 CPU2
---- ---- ----
vidi_connection_ioctl()
if (vidi->connection) // true
drm_edid = drm_edid_alloc(); // alloc drm_edid
...
ctx->raw_edid = drm_edid;
...
drm_mode_getconnector()
drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes()
vidi_get_modes()
if (ctx->raw_edid) // true
drm_edid_dup(ctx->raw_edid);
if (!drm_edid) // false
...
vidi_connection_ioctl()
if (vidi->connection) // false
drm_edid_free(ctx->raw_edid); // free drm_edid
...
drm_edid_alloc(drm_edid->edid)
kmemdup(edid); // UAF!!
...
```
To prevent these vulns, at least in vidi_context, member variables related
to memory alloc/free should be protected with ctx->lock.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-02-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: omap - Allocate OMAP_CRYPTO_FORCE_COPY scatterlists correctly
The existing allocation of scatterlists in omap_crypto_copy_sg_lists()
was allocating an array of scatterlist pointers, not scatterlist objects,
resulting in a 4x too small allocation.
Use sizeof(*new_sg) to get the correct object size.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-02-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: qla2xxx: Delay module unload while fabric scan in progress
System crash seen during load/unload test in a loop.
[105954.384919] RBP: ffff914589838dc0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000086
[105954.384920] R10: 000000000000000f R11: ffffa31240904be5 R12: ffff914605f868e0
[105954.384921] R13: ffff914605f86910 R14: 0000000000008010 R15: 00000000ddb7c000
[105954.384923] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9163fec40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[105954.384925] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[105954.384926] CR2: 000055d31ce1d6a0 CR3: 0000000119f5e001 CR4: 0000000000770ee0
[105954.384928] PKRU: 55555554
[105954.384929] Call Trace:
[105954.384931] <IRQ>
[105954.384934] qla24xx_sp_unmap+0x1f3/0x2a0 [qla2xxx]
[105954.384962] ? qla_async_scan_sp_done+0x114/0x1f0 [qla2xxx]
[105954.384980] ? qla24xx_els_ct_entry+0x4de/0x760 [qla2xxx]
[105954.384999] ? __wake_up_common+0x80/0x190
[105954.385004] ? qla24xx_process_response_queue+0xc2/0xaa0 [qla2xxx]
[105954.385023] ? qla24xx_msix_rsp_q+0x44/0xb0 [qla2xxx]
[105954.385040] ? __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x3d/0x190
[105954.385044] ? handle_irq_event+0x58/0xb0
[105954.385046] ? handle_edge_irq+0x93/0x240
[105954.385050] ? __common_interrupt+0x41/0xa0
[105954.385055] ? common_interrupt+0x3e/0xa0
[105954.385060] ? asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40
The root cause of this was that there was a free (dma_free_attrs) in the
interrupt context. There was a device discovery/fabric scan in
progress. A module unload was issued which set the UNLOADING flag. As
part of the discovery, after receiving an interrupt a work queue was
scheduled (which involved a work to be queued). Since the UNLOADING
flag is set, the work item was not allocated and the mapped memory had
to be freed. The free occurred in interrupt context leading to system
crash. Delay the driver unload until the fabric scan is complete to
avoid the crash.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-02-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: qla2xxx: Validate sp before freeing associated memory
System crash with the following signature
[154563.214890] nvme nvme2: NVME-FC{1}: controller connect complete
[154564.169363] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-3002:2: nvme: Sched: Set ZIO exchange threshold to 3.
[154564.169405] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-ffffff:2: SET ZIO Activity exchange threshold to 5.
[154565.539974] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-5013:2: RSCN database changed – 0078 0080 0000.
[154565.545744] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-5013:2: RSCN database changed – 0078 00a0 0000.
[154565.545857] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-11a2:2: FEC=enabled (data rate).
[154565.552760] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-11a2:2: FEC=enabled (data rate).
[154565.553079] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000f8
[154565.553080] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[154565.553082] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[154565.553084] PGD 80000010488ab067 P4D 80000010488ab067 PUD 104978a067 PMD 0
[154565.553089] Oops: 0000 1 PREEMPT SMP PTI
[154565.553092] CPU: 10 PID: 858 Comm: qla2xxx_2_dpc Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE ------- --- 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5.x86_64 #1
[154565.553096] Hardware name: HPE Synergy 660 Gen10/Synergy 660 Gen10 Compute Module, BIOS I43 09/30/2024
[154565.553097] RIP: 0010:qla_fab_async_scan.part.0+0x40b/0x870 [qla2xxx]
[154565.553141] Code: 00 00 e8 58 a3 ec d4 49 89 e9 ba 12 20 00 00 4c 89 e6 49 c7 c0 00 ee a8 c0 48 c7 c1 66 c0 a9 c0 bf 00 80 00 10 e8 15 69 00 00 <4c> 8b 8d f8 00 00 00 4d 85 c9 74 35 49 8b 84 24 00 19 00 00 48 8b
[154565.553143] RSP: 0018:ffffb4dbc8aebdd0 EFLAGS: 00010286
[154565.553145] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8ec2cf0908d0 RCX: 0000000000000002
[154565.553147] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffc0a9c896 RDI: ffffb4dbc8aebd47
[154565.553148] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffb4dbc8aebd45 R09: 0000000000ffff0a
[154565.553150] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 000000000000000f R12: ffff8ec2cf0908d0
[154565.553151] R13: ffff8ec2cf090900 R14: 0000000000000102 R15: ffff8ec2cf084000
[154565.553152] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8ed27f800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[154565.553154] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[154565.553155] CR2: 00000000000000f8 CR3: 000000113ae0a005 CR4: 00000000007706f0
[154565.553157] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[154565.553158] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[154565.553159] PKRU: 55555554
[154565.553160] Call Trace:
[154565.553162] <TASK>
[154565.553165] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df
[154565.553172] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df
[154565.553177] ? qla_fab_async_scan.part.0+0x40b/0x870 [qla2xxx]
[154565.553215] ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xd
[154565.553218] ? page_fault_oops+0x134/0x170
[154565.553223] ? snprintf+0x49/0x70
[154565.553229] ? exc_page_fault+0x62/0x150
[154565.553238] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
Check for sp being non NULL before freeing any associated memory
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-02-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nilfs2: Fix potential block overflow that cause system hang
When a user executes the FITRIM command, an underflow can occur when
calculating nblocks if end_block is too small. Since nblocks is of
type sector_t, which is u64, a negative nblocks value will become a
very large positive integer. This ultimately leads to the block layer
function __blkdev_issue_discard() taking an excessively long time to
process the bio chain, and the ns_segctor_sem lock remains held for a
long period. This prevents other tasks from acquiring the ns_segctor_sem
lock, resulting in the hang reported by syzbot in [1].
If the ending block is too small, typically if it is smaller than 4KiB
range, depending on the usage of the segment 0, it may be possible to
attempt a discard request beyond the device size causing the hang.
Exiting successfully and assign the discarded size (0 in this case)
to range->len.
Although the start and len values in the user input range are too small,
a conservative strategy is adopted here to safely ignore them, which is
equivalent to a no-op; it will not perform any trimming and will not
throw an error.
[1]
task:segctord state:D stack:28968 pid:6093 tgid:6093 ppid:2 task_flags:0x200040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
rwbase_write_lock+0x3dd/0x750 kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c:272
nilfs_transaction_lock+0x253/0x4c0 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:357
nilfs_segctor_thread_construct fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2569 [inline]
nilfs_segctor_thread+0x6ec/0xe00 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2684
[ryusuke: corrected part of the commit message about the consequences]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-02-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: qla2xxx: Free sp in error path to fix system crash
System crash seen during load/unload test in a loop,
[61110.449331] qla2xxx [0000:27:00.0]-0042:0: Disabled MSI-X.
[61110.467494] =============================================================================
[61110.467498] BUG qla2xxx_srbs (Tainted: G OE -------- --- ): Objects remaining in qla2xxx_srbs on __kmem_cache_shutdown()
[61110.467501] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[61110.467502] Slab 0x000000000ffc8162 objects=51 used=1 fp=0x00000000e25d3d85 flags=0x57ffffc0010200(slab|head|node=1|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1fffff)
[61110.467509] CPU: 53 PID: 455206 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE -------- --- 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64 #1
[61110.467513] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2/ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2, BIOS A42 08/17/2023
[61110.467515] Call Trace:
[61110.467516] <TASK>
[61110.467519] dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x48
[61110.467526] slab_err.cold+0x53/0x67
[61110.467534] __kmem_cache_shutdown+0x16e/0x320
[61110.467540] kmem_cache_destroy+0x51/0x160
[61110.467544] qla2x00_module_exit+0x93/0x99 [qla2xxx]
[61110.467607] ? __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x178/0x280
[61110.467613] ? syscall_trace_enter.constprop.0+0x145/0x1d0
[61110.467616] ? do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x90
[61110.467619] ? exc_page_fault+0x62/0x150
[61110.467622] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
[61110.467626] </TASK>
[61110.467627] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[61110.467635] Object 0x0000000026f7e6e6 @offset=16000
[61110.467639] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[61110.467639] kmem_cache_destroy qla2xxx_srbs: Slab cache still has objects when called from qla2x00_module_exit+0x93/0x99 [qla2xxx]
[61110.467659] WARNING: CPU: 53 PID: 455206 at mm/slab_common.c:520 kmem_cache_destroy+0x14d/0x160
[61110.467718] CPU: 53 PID: 455206 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G B OE -------- --- 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64 #1
[61110.467720] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2/ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2, BIOS A42 08/17/2023
[61110.467721] RIP: 0010:kmem_cache_destroy+0x14d/0x160
[61110.467724] Code: 99 7d 07 00 48 89 ef e8 e1 6a 07 00 eb b3 48 8b 55 60 48 8b 4c 24 20 48 c7 c6 70 fc 66 90 48 c7 c7 f8 ef a1 90 e8 e1 ed 7c 00 <0f> 0b eb 93 c3 cc cc cc cc 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 55 48 89
[61110.467725] RSP: 0018:ffffa304e489fe80 EFLAGS: 00010282
[61110.467727] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffffc0d9a860 RCX: 0000000000000027
[61110.467729] RDX: ffff8fd5ff9598a8 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff8fd5ff9598a0
[61110.467730] RBP: ffff8fb6aaf78700 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000100d863b7
[61110.467731] R10: ffffa304e489fd20 R11: ffffffff913bef48 R12: 0000000040002000
[61110.467731] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
[61110.467733] FS: 00007f64c89fb740(0000) GS:ffff8fd5ff940000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[61110.467734] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[61110.467735] CR2: 00007f0f02bfe000 CR3: 00000020ad6dc005 CR4: 0000000000770ee0
[61110.467736] PKRU: 55555554
[61110.467737] Call Trace:
[61110.467738] <TASK>
[61110.467739] qla2x00_module_exit+0x93/0x99 [qla2xxx]
[61110.467755] ? __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x178/0x280
Free sp in the error path to fix the crash.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-02-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bonding: annotate data-races around slave->last_rx
slave->last_rx and slave->target_last_arp_rx[...] can be read and written
locklessly. Add READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() annotations.
syzbot reported:
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in bond_rcv_validate / bond_rcv_validate
write to 0xffff888149f0d428 of 8 bytes by interrupt on cpu 1:
bond_rcv_validate+0x202/0x7a0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:3335
bond_handle_frame+0xde/0x5e0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:1533
__netif_receive_skb_core+0x5b1/0x1950 net/core/dev.c:6039
__netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:6150 [inline]
__netif_receive_skb+0x59/0x270 net/core/dev.c:6265
netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:6351 [inline]
netif_receive_skb+0x4b/0x2d0 net/core/dev.c:6410
...
write to 0xffff888149f0d428 of 8 bytes by interrupt on cpu 0:
bond_rcv_validate+0x202/0x7a0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:3335
bond_handle_frame+0xde/0x5e0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:1533
__netif_receive_skb_core+0x5b1/0x1950 net/core/dev.c:6039
__netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:6150 [inline]
__netif_receive_skb+0x59/0x270 net/core/dev.c:6265
netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:6351 [inline]
netif_receive_skb+0x4b/0x2d0 net/core/dev.c:6410
br_netif_receive_skb net/bridge/br_input.c:30 [inline]
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:318 [inline]
...
value changed: 0x0000000100005365 -> 0x0000000100005366
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-02-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_conn_usage_count()
In iscsit_dec_conn_usage_count(), the function calls complete() while
holding the conn->conn_usage_lock. As soon as complete() is invoked, the
waiter (such as iscsit_close_connection()) may wake up and proceed to free
the iscsit_conn structure.
If the waiter frees the memory before the current thread reaches
spin_unlock_bh(), it results in a KASAN slab-use-after-free as the function
attempts to release a lock within the already-freed connection structure.
Fix this by releasing the spinlock before calling complete().
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-02-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md: suspend array while updating raid_disks via sysfs
In raid1_reshape(), freeze_array() is called before modifying the r1bio
memory pool (conf->r1bio_pool) and conf->raid_disks, and
unfreeze_array() is called after the update is completed.
However, freeze_array() only waits until nr_sync_pending and
(nr_pending - nr_queued) of all buckets reaches zero. When an I/O error
occurs, nr_queued is increased and the corresponding r1bio is queued to
either retry_list or bio_end_io_list. As a result, freeze_array() may
unblock before these r1bios are released.
This can lead to a situation where conf->raid_disks and the mempool have
already been updated while queued r1bios, allocated with the old
raid_disks value, are later released. Consequently, free_r1bio() may
access memory out of bounds in put_all_bios() and release r1bios of the
wrong size to the new mempool, potentially causing issues with the
mempool as well.
Since only normal I/O might increase nr_queued while an I/O error occurs,
suspending the array avoids this issue.
Note: Updating raid_disks via ioctl SET_ARRAY_INFO already suspends
the array. Therefore, we suspend the array when updating raid_disks
via sysfs to avoid this issue too.
CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-02-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: don't WARN for connections on invalid channels
It's not clear (to me) how exactly syzbot managed to hit this,
but it seems conceivable that e.g. regulatory changed and has
disabled a channel between scanning (channel is checked to be
usable by cfg80211_get_ies_channel_number) and connecting on
the channel later.
With one scenario that isn't covered elsewhere described above,
the warning isn't good, replace it with a (more informative)
error message.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-02-18