Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.15.129 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't dereference ACPI root object handle
Since the commit referenced in the Fixes: tag below the VMBus client driver
is walking the ACPI namespace up from the VMBus ACPI device to the ACPI
namespace root object trying to find Hyper-V MMIO ranges.
However, if it is not able to find them it ends trying to walk resources of
the ACPI namespace root object itself.
This object has all-ones handle, which causes a NULL pointer dereference
in the ACPI code (from dereferencing this pointer with an offset).
This in turn causes an oops on boot with VMBus host implementations that do
not provide Hyper-V MMIO ranges in their VMBus ACPI device or its
ancestors.
The QEMU VMBus implementation is an example of such implementation.
I guess providing these ranges is optional, since all tested Windows
versions seem to be able to use VMBus devices without them.
Fix this by explicitly terminating the lookup at the ACPI namespace root
object.
Note that Linux guests under KVM/QEMU do not use the Hyper-V PV interface
by default - they only do so if the KVM PV interface is missing or
disabled.
Example stack trace of such oops:
[ 3.710827] ? __die+0x1f/0x60
[ 3.715030] ? page_fault_oops+0x159/0x460
[ 3.716008] ? exc_page_fault+0x73/0x170
[ 3.716959] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
[ 3.717957] ? acpi_ns_lookup+0x7a/0x4b0
[ 3.718898] ? acpi_ns_internalize_name+0x79/0xc0
[ 3.720018] acpi_ns_get_node_unlocked+0xb5/0xe0
[ 3.721120] ? acpi_ns_check_object_type+0xfe/0x200
[ 3.722285] ? acpi_rs_convert_aml_to_resource+0x37/0x6e0
[ 3.723559] ? down_timeout+0x3a/0x60
[ 3.724455] ? acpi_ns_get_node+0x3a/0x60
[ 3.725412] acpi_ns_get_node+0x3a/0x60
[ 3.726335] acpi_ns_evaluate+0x1c3/0x2c0
[ 3.727295] acpi_ut_evaluate_object+0x64/0x1b0
[ 3.728400] acpi_rs_get_method_data+0x2b/0x70
[ 3.729476] ? vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x1d0/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus]
[ 3.730940] ? vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x1d0/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus]
[ 3.732411] acpi_walk_resources+0x78/0xd0
[ 3.733398] vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x9f/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus]
[ 3.734802] platform_probe+0x3d/0x90
[ 3.735684] really_probe+0x19b/0x400
[ 3.736570] ? __device_attach_driver+0x100/0x100
[ 3.737697] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x160
[ 3.738746] driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90
[ 3.739743] __driver_attach+0xc2/0x1b0
[ 3.740671] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xc0
[ 3.741601] bus_add_driver+0x10e/0x210
[ 3.742527] driver_register+0x55/0xf0
[ 3.744412] ? 0xffffffffc039a000
[ 3.745207] hv_acpi_init+0x3c/0x1000 [hv_vmbus]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf trace: Really free the evsel->priv area
In 3cb4d5e00e037c70 ("perf trace: Free syscall tp fields in
evsel->priv") it only was freeing if strcmp(evsel->tp_format->system,
"syscalls") returned zero, while the corresponding initialization of
evsel->priv was being performed if it was _not_ zero, i.e. if the tp
system wasn't 'syscalls'.
Just stop looking for that and free it if evsel->priv was set, which
should be equivalent.
Also use the pre-existing evsel_trace__delete() function.
This resolves these leaks, detected with:
$ make EXTRA_CFLAGS="-fsanitize=address" BUILD_BPF_SKEL=1 CORESIGHT=1 O=/tmp/build/perf-tools-next -C tools/perf install-bin
=================================================================
==481565==ERROR: LeakSanitizer: detected memory leaks
Direct leak of 40 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
#0 0x7f7343cba097 in calloc (/lib64/libasan.so.8+0xba097)
#1 0x987966 in zalloc (/home/acme/bin/perf+0x987966)
#2 0x52f9b9 in evsel_trace__new /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c:307
#3 0x52f9b9 in evsel__syscall_tp /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c:333
#4 0x52f9b9 in evsel__init_raw_syscall_tp /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c:458
#5 0x52f9b9 in perf_evsel__raw_syscall_newtp /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c:480
#6 0x540e8b in trace__add_syscall_newtp /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c:3212
#7 0x540e8b in trace__run /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c:3891
#8 0x540e8b in cmd_trace /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c:5156
#9 0x5ef262 in run_builtin /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/perf.c:323
#10 0x4196da in handle_internal_command /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/perf.c:377
#11 0x4196da in run_argv /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/perf.c:421
#12 0x4196da in main /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/perf.c:537
#13 0x7f7342c4a50f in __libc_start_call_main (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x2750f)
Direct leak of 40 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
#0 0x7f7343cba097 in calloc (/lib64/libasan.so.8+0xba097)
#1 0x987966 in zalloc (/home/acme/bin/perf+0x987966)
#2 0x52f9b9 in evsel_trace__new /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c:307
#3 0x52f9b9 in evsel__syscall_tp /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c:333
#4 0x52f9b9 in evsel__init_raw_syscall_tp /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c:458
#5 0x52f9b9 in perf_evsel__raw_syscall_newtp /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c:480
#6 0x540dd1 in trace__add_syscall_newtp /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c:3205
#7 0x540dd1 in trace__run /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c:3891
#8 0x540dd1 in cmd_trace /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c:5156
#9 0x5ef262 in run_builtin /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/perf.c:323
#10 0x4196da in handle_internal_command /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/perf.c:377
#11 0x4196da in run_argv /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/perf.c:421
#12 0x4196da in main /home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/perf.c:537
#13 0x7f7342c4a50f in __libc_start_call_main (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x2750f)
SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: 80 byte(s) leaked in 2 allocation(s).
[root@quaco ~]#
With this we plug all leaks with "perf trace sleep 1".
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Input: exc3000 - properly stop timer on shutdown
We need to stop the timer on driver unbind or probe failures, otherwise
we get UAF/Oops.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
platform/x86: dell-sysman: Fix reference leak
If a duplicate attribute is found using kset_find_obj(),
a reference to that attribute is returned. This means
that we need to dispose it accordingly. Use kobject_put()
to dispose the duplicate attribute in such a case.
Compile-tested only.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: conntrack: fix wrong ct->timeout value
(struct nf_conn)->timeout is an interval before the conntrack
confirmed. After confirmed, it becomes a timestamp.
It is observed that timeout of an unconfirmed conntrack:
- Set by calling ctnetlink_change_timeout(). As a result,
`nfct_time_stamp` was wrongly added to `ct->timeout` twice.
- Get by calling ctnetlink_dump_timeout(). As a result,
`nfct_time_stamp` was wrongly subtracted.
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl
ctnetlink_dump_timeout
__ctnetlink_glue_build
ctnetlink_glue_build
__nfqnl_enqueue_packet
nf_queue
nf_hook_slow
ip_mc_output
? __pfx_ip_finish_output
ip_send_skb
? __pfx_dst_output
udp_send_skb
udp_sendmsg
? __pfx_ip_generic_getfrag
sock_sendmsg
Separate the 2 cases in:
- Setting `ct->timeout` in __nf_ct_set_timeout().
- Getting `ct->timeout` in ctnetlink_dump_timeout().
Pablo appends:
Update ctnetlink to set up the timeout _after_ the IPS_CONFIRMED flag is
set on, otherwise conntrack creation via ctnetlink breaks.
Note that the problem described in this patch occurs since the
introduction of the nfnetlink_queue conntrack support, select a
sufficiently old Fixes: tag for -stable kernel to pick up this fix.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: hisi_sas: Grab sas_dev lock when traversing the members of sas_dev.list
When freeing slots in function slot_complete_v3_hw(), it is possible that
sas_dev.list is being traversed elsewhere, and it may trigger a NULL
pointer exception, such as follows:
==>cq thread ==>scsi_eh_6
==>scsi_error_handler()
==>sas_eh_handle_sas_errors()
==>sas_scsi_find_task()
==>lldd_abort_task()
==>slot_complete_v3_hw() ==>hisi_sas_abort_task()
==>hisi_sas_slot_task_free() ==>dereg_device_v3_hw()
==>list_del_init() ==>list_for_each_entry_safe()
[ 7165.434918] sas: Enter sas_scsi_recover_host busy: 32 failed: 32
[ 7165.434926] sas: trying to find task 0x00000000769b5ba5
[ 7165.434927] sas: sas_scsi_find_task: aborting task 0x00000000769b5ba5
[ 7165.434940] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(00000000769b5ba5) aborted
[ 7165.434964] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(00000000c9f7aa07) ignored
[ 7165.434965] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(00000000e2a1cf01) ignored
[ 7165.434968] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
[ 7165.434972] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(0000000022d52d93) ignored
[ 7165.434975] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(0000000066a7516c) ignored
[ 7165.434976] Mem abort info:
[ 7165.434982] ESR = 0x96000004
[ 7165.434991] Exception class = DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 7165.434992] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 7165.434993] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 7165.434994] Data abort info:
[ 7165.434994] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004
[ 7165.434995] CM = 0, WnR = 0
[ 7165.434997] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp = 00000000f29543f2
[ 7165.434998] [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000
[ 7165.435003] Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] SMP
[ 7165.439863] Process scsi_eh_6 (pid: 4109, stack limit = 0x00000000c43818d5)
[ 7165.468862] pstate: 00c00009 (nzcv daif +PAN +UAO)
[ 7165.473637] pc : dereg_device_v3_hw+0x68/0xa8 [hisi_sas_v3_hw]
[ 7165.479443] lr : dereg_device_v3_hw+0x2c/0xa8 [hisi_sas_v3_hw]
[ 7165.485247] sp : ffff00001d623bc0
[ 7165.488546] x29: ffff00001d623bc0 x28: ffffa027d03b9508
[ 7165.493835] x27: ffff80278ed50af0 x26: ffffa027dd31e0a8
[ 7165.499123] x25: ffffa027d9b27f88 x24: ffffa027d9b209f8
[ 7165.504411] x23: ffffa027c45b0d60 x22: ffff80278ec07c00
[ 7165.509700] x21: 0000000000000008 x20: ffffa027d9b209f8
[ 7165.514988] x19: ffffa027d9b27f88 x18: ffffffffffffffff
[ 7165.520276] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000
[ 7165.525564] x15: ffff0000091d9708 x14: ffff0000093b7dc8
[ 7165.530852] x13: ffff0000093b7a23 x12: 6e7265746e692067
[ 7165.536140] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000bb0
[ 7165.541429] x9 : ffff00001d6238f0 x8 : ffffa027d877af00
[ 7165.546718] x7 : ffffa027d6329600 x6 : ffff7e809f58ca00
[ 7165.552006] x5 : 0000000000001f8a x4 : 000000000000088e
[ 7165.557295] x3 : ffffa027d9b27fa8 x2 : 0000000000000000
[ 7165.562583] x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 000000003000188e
[ 7165.567872] Call trace:
[ 7165.570309] dereg_device_v3_hw+0x68/0xa8 [hisi_sas_v3_hw]
[ 7165.575775] hisi_sas_abort_task+0x248/0x358 [hisi_sas_main]
[ 7165.581415] sas_eh_handle_sas_errors+0x258/0x8e0 [libsas]
[ 7165.586876] sas_scsi_recover_host+0x134/0x458 [libsas]
[ 7165.592082] scsi_error_handler+0xb4/0x488
[ 7165.596163] kthread+0x134/0x138
[ 7165.599380] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
[ 7165.602940] Code: d5033e9f b9000040 aa0103e2 eb03003f (f9400021)
[ 7165.609004] kernel fault(0x1) notification starting on CPU 75
[ 7165.700728] ---[ end trace fc042cbbea224efc ]---
[ 7165.705326] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
To fix the issue, grab sas_dev lock when traversing the members of
sas_dev.list in dereg_device_v3_hw() and hisi_sas_release_tasks() to avoid
concurrency of adding and deleting member. When
---truncated---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs: dlm: fix use after free in midcomms commit
While working on processing dlm message in softirq context I experienced
the following KASAN use-after-free warning:
[ 151.760477] ==================================================================
[ 151.761803] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in dlm_midcomms_commit_mhandle+0x19d/0x4b0
[ 151.763414] Read of size 4 at addr ffff88811a980c60 by task lock_torture/1347
[ 151.765284] CPU: 7 PID: 1347 Comm: lock_torture Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4+ #2828
[ 151.766778] Hardware name: Red Hat KVM/RHEL-AV, BIOS 1.16.0-3.module+el8.7.0+16134+e5908aa2 04/01/2014
[ 151.768726] Call Trace:
[ 151.769277] <TASK>
[ 151.769748] dump_stack_lvl+0x5b/0x86
[ 151.770556] print_report+0x180/0x4c8
[ 151.771378] ? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x7c/0x1e0
[ 151.772241] ? dlm_midcomms_commit_mhandle+0x19d/0x4b0
[ 151.773069] kasan_report+0x93/0x1a0
[ 151.773668] ? dlm_midcomms_commit_mhandle+0x19d/0x4b0
[ 151.774514] __asan_load4+0x7e/0xa0
[ 151.775089] dlm_midcomms_commit_mhandle+0x19d/0x4b0
[ 151.775890] ? create_message.isra.29.constprop.64+0x57/0xc0
[ 151.776770] send_common+0x19f/0x1b0
[ 151.777342] ? remove_from_waiters+0x60/0x60
[ 151.778017] ? lock_downgrade+0x410/0x410
[ 151.778648] ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20
[ 151.779421] ? rcu_lockdep_current_cpu_online+0x88/0xc0
[ 151.780292] _convert_lock+0x46/0x150
[ 151.780893] convert_lock+0x7b/0xc0
[ 151.781459] dlm_lock+0x3ac/0x580
[ 151.781993] ? 0xffffffffc0540000
[ 151.782522] ? torture_stop+0x120/0x120 [dlm_locktorture]
[ 151.783379] ? dlm_scan_rsbs+0xa70/0xa70
[ 151.784003] ? preempt_count_sub+0xd6/0x130
[ 151.784661] ? is_module_address+0x47/0x70
[ 151.785309] ? torture_stop+0x120/0x120 [dlm_locktorture]
[ 151.786166] ? 0xffffffffc0540000
[ 151.786693] ? lockdep_init_map_type+0xc3/0x360
[ 151.787414] ? 0xffffffffc0540000
[ 151.787947] torture_dlm_lock_sync.isra.3+0xe9/0x150 [dlm_locktorture]
[ 151.789004] ? torture_stop+0x120/0x120 [dlm_locktorture]
[ 151.789858] ? 0xffffffffc0540000
[ 151.790392] ? lock_torture_cleanup+0x20/0x20 [dlm_locktorture]
[ 151.791347] ? delay_tsc+0x94/0xc0
[ 151.791898] torture_ex_iter+0xc3/0xea [dlm_locktorture]
[ 151.792735] ? torture_start+0x30/0x30 [dlm_locktorture]
[ 151.793606] lock_torture+0x177/0x270 [dlm_locktorture]
[ 151.794448] ? torture_dlm_lock_sync.isra.3+0x150/0x150 [dlm_locktorture]
[ 151.795539] ? lock_torture_stats+0x80/0x80 [dlm_locktorture]
[ 151.796476] ? do_raw_spin_lock+0x11e/0x1e0
[ 151.797152] ? mark_held_locks+0x34/0xb0
[ 151.797784] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x30/0x70
[ 151.798581] ? __kthread_parkme+0x79/0x110
[ 151.799246] ? trace_preempt_on+0x2a/0xf0
[ 151.799902] ? __kthread_parkme+0x79/0x110
[ 151.800579] ? preempt_count_sub+0xd6/0x130
[ 151.801271] ? __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x20
[ 151.801963] ? __kthread_parkme+0xec/0x110
[ 151.802630] ? lock_torture_stats+0x80/0x80 [dlm_locktorture]
[ 151.803569] kthread+0x192/0x1d0
[ 151.804104] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x30/0x30
[ 151.804881] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
[ 151.805480] </TASK>
[ 151.806111] Allocated by task 1347:
[ 151.806681] kasan_save_stack+0x26/0x50
[ 151.807308] kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30
[ 151.807920] kasan_save_alloc_info+0x1e/0x30
[ 151.808609] __kasan_slab_alloc+0x63/0x80
[ 151.809263] kmem_cache_alloc+0x1ad/0x830
[ 151.809916] dlm_allocate_mhandle+0x17/0x20
[ 151.810590] dlm_midcomms_get_mhandle+0x96/0x260
[ 151.811344] _create_message+0x95/0x180
[ 151.811994] create_message.isra.29.constprop.64+0x57/0xc0
[ 151.812880] send_common+0x129/0x1b0
[ 151.813467] _convert_lock+0x46/0x150
[ 151.814074] convert_lock+0x7b/0xc0
[ 151.814648] dlm_lock+0x3ac/0x580
[ 151.815199] torture_dlm_lock_sync.isra.3+0xe9/0x150 [dlm_locktorture]
[ 151.816258] torture_ex_iter+0xc3/0xea [dlm_locktorture]
[ 151.817129] lock_t
---truncated---
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md: fix soft lockup in status_resync
status_resync() will calculate 'curr_resync - recovery_active' to show
user a progress bar like following:
[============>........] resync = 61.4%
'curr_resync' and 'recovery_active' is updated in md_do_sync(), and
status_resync() can read them concurrently, hence it's possible that
'curr_resync - recovery_active' can overflow to a huge number. In this
case status_resync() will be stuck in the loop to print a large amount
of '=', which will end up soft lockup.
Fix the problem by setting 'resync' to MD_RESYNC_ACTIVE in this case,
this way resync in progress will be reported to user.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
blk-mq: avoid double ->queue_rq() because of early timeout
David Jeffery found one double ->queue_rq() issue, so far it can
be triggered in VM use case because of long vmexit latency or preempt
latency of vCPU pthread or long page fault in vCPU pthread, then block
IO req could be timed out before queuing the request to hardware but after
calling blk_mq_start_request() during ->queue_rq(), then timeout handler
may handle it by requeue, then double ->queue_rq() is caused, and kernel
panic.
So far, it is driver's responsibility to cover the race between timeout
and completion, so it seems supposed to be solved in driver in theory,
given driver has enough knowledge.
But it is really one common problem, lots of driver could have similar
issue, and could be hard to fix all affected drivers, even it isn't easy
for driver to handle the race. So David suggests this patch by draining
in-progress ->queue_rq() for solving this issue.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
blk-mq: use quiesced elevator switch when reinitializing queues
The hctx's run_work may be racing with the elevator switch when
reinitializing hardware queues. The queue is merely frozen in this
context, but that only prevents requests from allocating and doesn't
stop the hctx work from running. The work may get an elevator pointer
that's being torn down, and can result in use-after-free errors and
kernel panics (example below). Use the quiesced elevator switch instead,
and make the previous one static since it is now only used locally.
nvme nvme0: resetting controller
nvme nvme0: 32/0/0 default/read/poll queues
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 80000020c8861067 P4D 80000020c8861067 PUD 250f8c8067 PMD 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
Workqueue: kblockd blk_mq_run_work_fn
RIP: 0010:kyber_has_work+0x29/0x70
...
Call Trace:
__blk_mq_do_dispatch_sched+0x83/0x2b0
__blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0x12e/0x170
blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0x30/0x60
__blk_mq_run_hw_queue+0x2b/0x50
process_one_work+0x1ef/0x380
worker_thread+0x2d/0x3e0
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07