Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.15.201 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
MIPS: Work around LLVM bug when gp is used as global register variable
On MIPS, __current_thread_info is defined as global register variable
locating in $gp, and is simply assigned with new address during kernel
relocation.
This however is broken with LLVM, which always restores $gp if it finds
$gp is clobbered in any form, including when intentionally through a
global register variable. This is against GCC's documentation[1], which
requires a callee-saved register used as global register variable not to
be restored if it's clobbered.
As a result, $gp will continue to point to the unrelocated kernel after
the epilog of relocate_kernel(), leading to an early crash in init_idle,
[ 0.000000] CPU 0 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000000000000, epc == ffffffff81afada8, ra == ffffffff81afad90
[ 0.000000] Oops[#1]:
[ 0.000000] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Tainted: G W 6.19.0-rc5-00262-gd3eeb99bbc99-dirty #188 VOLUNTARY
[ 0.000000] Tainted: [W]=WARN
[ 0.000000] Hardware name: loongson,loongson64v-4core-virtio
[ 0.000000] $ 0 : 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 0000000000000000
[ 0.000000] $ 4 : ffffffff80b80ec0 ffffffff80b53d48 0000000000000000 00000000000f4240
[ 0.000000] $ 8 : 0000000000000100 ffffffff81d82f80 ffffffff81d82f80 0000000000000001
[ 0.000000] $12 : 0000000000000000 ffffffff81776f58 00000000000005da 0000000000000002
[ 0.000000] $16 : ffffffff80b80e40 0000000000000000 ffffffff80b81614 9800000005dfbe80
[ 0.000000] $20 : 00000000540000e0 ffffffff81980000 0000000000000000 ffffffff80f81c80
[ 0.000000] $24 : 0000000000000a26 ffffffff8114fb90
[ 0.000000] $28 : ffffffff80b50000 ffffffff80b53d40 0000000000000000 ffffffff81afad90
[ 0.000000] Hi : 0000000000000000
[ 0.000000] Lo : 0000000000000000
[ 0.000000] epc : ffffffff81afada8 init_idle+0x130/0x270
[ 0.000000] ra : ffffffff81afad90 init_idle+0x118/0x270
[ 0.000000] Status: 540000e2 KX SX UX KERNEL EXL
[ 0.000000] Cause : 00000008 (ExcCode 02)
[ 0.000000] BadVA : 0000000000000000
[ 0.000000] PrId : 00006305 (ICT Loongson-3)
[ 0.000000] Process swapper (pid: 0, threadinfo=(____ptrval____), task=(____ptrval____), tls=0000000000000000)
[ 0.000000] Stack : 9800000005dfbf00 ffffffff8178e950 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[ 0.000000] 0000000000000000 ffffffff81970000 000000000000003f ffffffff810a6528
[ 0.000000] 0000000000000001 9800000005dfbe80 9800000005dfbf00 ffffffff81980000
[ 0.000000] ffffffff810a6450 ffffffff81afb6c0 0000000000000000 ffffffff810a2258
[ 0.000000] ffffffff81d82ec8 ffffffff8198d010 ffffffff81b67e80 ffffffff8197dd98
[ 0.000000] ffffffff81d81c80 ffffffff81930000 0000000000000040 0000000000000000
[ 0.000000] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[ 0.000000] 0000000000000000 000000000000009e ffffffff9fc01000 0000000000000000
[ 0.000000] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[ 0.000000] 0000000000000000 ffffffff81ae86dc ffffffff81b3c741 0000000000000002
[ 0.000000] ...
[ 0.000000] Call Trace:
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81afada8>] init_idle+0x130/0x270
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81afb6c0>] sched_init+0x5c8/0x6c0
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81ae86dc>] start_kernel+0x27c/0x7a8
This bug has been reported to LLVM[2] and affects version from (at
least) 18 to 21. Let's work around this by using inline assembly to
assign $gp before a fix is widely available.
CVSS Score
7.3
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-06-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
regulator: core: fix locking in regulator_resolve_supply() error path
If late enabling of a supply regulator fails in
regulator_resolve_supply(), the code currently triggers a lockdep
warning:
WARNING: drivers/regulator/core.c:2649 at _regulator_put+0x80/0xa0, CPU#6: kworker/u32:4/596
...
Call trace:
_regulator_put+0x80/0xa0 (P)
regulator_resolve_supply+0x7cc/0xbe0
regulator_register_resolve_supply+0x28/0xb8
as the regulator_list_mutex must be held when calling _regulator_put().
To solve this, simply switch to using regulator_put().
While at it, we should also make sure that no concurrent access happens
to our rdev while we clear out the supply pointer. Add appropriate
locking to ensure that.
While the code in question will be removed altogether in a follow-up
commit, I believe it is still beneficial to have this corrected before
removal for future reference.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-06-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: Fix dc_link NULL handling in HPD init
amdgpu_dm_hpd_init() may see connectors without a valid dc_link.
The code already checks dc_link for the polling decision, but later
unconditionally dereferences it when setting up HPD interrupts.
Assign dc_link early and skip connectors where it is NULL.
Fixes the below:
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c:940 amdgpu_dm_hpd_init()
error: we previously assumed 'dc_link' could be null (see line 931)
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c
923 /*
924 * Analog connectors may be hot-plugged unlike other connector
925 * types that don't support HPD. Only poll analog connectors.
926 */
927 use_polling |=
928 amdgpu_dm_connector->dc_link &&
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The patch adds this NULL check but hopefully it can be removed
929 dc_connector_supports_analog(amdgpu_dm_connector->dc_link->link_id.id);
930
931 dc_link = amdgpu_dm_connector->dc_link;
dc_link assigned here.
932
933 /*
934 * Get a base driver irq reference for hpd ints for the lifetime
935 * of dm. Note that only hpd interrupt types are registered with
936 * base driver; hpd_rx types aren't. IOW, amdgpu_irq_get/put on
937 * hpd_rx isn't available. DM currently controls hpd_rx
938 * explicitly with dc_interrupt_set()
939 */
--> 940 if (dc_link->irq_source_hpd != DC_IRQ_SOURCE_INVALID) {
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If it's NULL then we are trouble because we dereference it here.
941 irq_type = dc_link->irq_source_hpd - DC_IRQ_SOURCE_HPD1;
942 /*
943 * TODO: There's a mismatch between mode_info.num_hpd
944 * and what bios reports as the # of connectors with hpd
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-06-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
clk: qcom: gfx3d: add parent to parent request map
After commit d228ece36345 ("clk: divider: remove round_rate() in favor
of determine_rate()") determining GFX3D clock rate crashes, because the
passed parent map doesn't provide the expected best_parent_hw clock
(with the roundd_rate path before the offending commit the
best_parent_hw was ignored).
Set the field in parent_req in addition to setting it in the req,
fixing the crash.
clk_hw_round_rate (drivers/clk/clk.c:1764) (P)
clk_divider_bestdiv (drivers/clk/clk-divider.c:336)
divider_determine_rate (drivers/clk/clk-divider.c:358)
clk_alpha_pll_postdiv_determine_rate (drivers/clk/qcom/clk-alpha-pll.c:1275)
clk_core_determine_round_nolock (drivers/clk/clk.c:1606)
clk_core_round_rate_nolock (drivers/clk/clk.c:1701)
__clk_determine_rate (drivers/clk/clk.c:1741)
clk_gfx3d_determine_rate (drivers/clk/qcom/clk-rcg2.c:1268)
clk_core_determine_round_nolock (drivers/clk/clk.c:1606)
clk_core_round_rate_nolock (drivers/clk/clk.c:1701)
clk_core_round_rate_nolock (drivers/clk/clk.c:1710)
clk_round_rate (drivers/clk/clk.c:1804)
dev_pm_opp_set_rate (drivers/opp/core.c:1440 (discriminator 1))
msm_devfreq_target (drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu_devfreq.c:51)
devfreq_set_target (drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c:360)
devfreq_update_target (drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c:426)
devfreq_monitor (drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c:458)
process_one_work (arch/arm64/include/asm/jump_label.h:36 include/trace/events/workqueue.h:110 kernel/workqueue.c:3284)
worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3356 (discriminator 2) kernel/workqueue.c:3443 (discriminator 2))
kthread (kernel/kthread.c:467)
ret_from_fork (arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:861)
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-06-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI: endpoint: Add missing NULL check for alloc_workqueue()
alloc_workqueue() can return NULL on memory allocation failure. Without
proper error checking, this may lead to a NULL pointer dereference when
queue_work() is later called with the NULL workqueue pointer in
epf_ntb_epc_init().
Add a NULL check immediately after alloc_workqueue() and return -ENOMEM on
failure to prevent the driver from loading with an invalid workqueue
pointer.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-06-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions
cifs.spnego key descriptions contain authority-bearing fields such as
pid, uid, creduid, and upcall_target that cifs.upcall treats as
kernel-originating inputs. However, userspace can also create keys of
this type through request_key(2) or add_key(2), allowing those fields to
be supplied without CIFS origin.
Only accept cifs.spnego descriptions while CIFS is using its private
spnego_cred to request the key.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-06-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vsock: fix buffer size clamping order
In vsock_update_buffer_size(), the buffer size was being clamped to the
maximum first, and then to the minimum. If a user sets a minimum buffer
size larger than the maximum, the minimum check overrides the maximum
check, inverting the constraint.
This breaks the intended socket memory boundaries by allowing the
vsk->buffer_size to grow beyond the configured vsk->buffer_max_size.
Fix this by checking the minimum first, and then the maximum. This
ensures the buffer size never exceeds the buffer_max_size.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: saa7164: add ioremap return checks and cleanups
Add checks for ioremap return values in saa7164_dev_setup(). If
ioremap for BAR0 or BAR2 fails, release the already allocated PCI
memory regions, remove the device from the global list, decrement
the device count, and return -ENODEV.
This prevents potential null pointer dereferences and ensures proper
cleanup on memory mapping failures.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: rc: xbox_remote: heed DMA restrictions
The buffer for IO must not be part of the device structure
because that violates the DMA coherency rules.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
batman-adv: stop caching unowned originator pointers in BAT IV
BAT IV keeps the last-hop neighbor address in each neigh_node, but some
paths also cache an originator pointer derived from a temporary lookup.
That pointer is not owned by the neigh_node and may no longer refer to a
live originator entry after purge handling runs.
Stop storing the auxiliary originator pointer in the BAT IV neighbor
state. When BAT IV needs the neighbor originator data, resolve it from
the stored neighbor address and drop the reference again after use.
[sven: avoid bonding logic for outgoing OGM]
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-28