Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.15.33 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: i2c: ov5647: Initialize subdev before controls
In ov5647_init_controls() we call v4l2_get_subdevdata, but it is
initialized by v4l2_i2c_subdev_init() in the probe, which currently
happens after init_controls(). This can result in a segfault if the
error condition is hit, and we try to access i2c_client, so fix the
order.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ACPI: processor: Fix NULL-pointer dereference in acpi_processor_errata_piix4()
In acpi_processor_errata_piix4(), the pointer dev is first assigned an IDE
device and then reassigned an ISA device:
dev = pci_get_subsys(..., PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82371AB, ...);
dev = pci_get_subsys(..., PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82371AB_0, ...);
If the first lookup succeeds but the second fails, dev becomes NULL. This
leads to a potential null-pointer dereference when dev_dbg() is called:
if (errata.piix4.bmisx)
dev_dbg(&dev->dev, ...);
To prevent this, use two temporary pointers and retrieve each device
independently, avoiding overwriting dev with a possible NULL value.
[ rjw: Subject adjustment, added an empty code line ]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm: remove fake timeout to avoid leak request
Since commit 15f73f5b3e59 ("blk-mq: move failure injection out of
blk_mq_complete_request"), drivers are responsible for calling
blk_should_fake_timeout() at appropriate code paths and opportunities.
However, the dm driver does not implement its own timeout handler and
relies on the timeout handling of its slave devices.
If an io-timeout-fail error is injected to a dm device, the request
will be leaked and never completed, causing tasks to hang indefinitely.
Reproduce:
1. prepare dm which has iscsi slave device
2. inject io-timeout-fail to dm
echo 1 >/sys/class/block/dm-0/io-timeout-fail
echo 100 >/sys/kernel/debug/fail_io_timeout/probability
echo 10 >/sys/kernel/debug/fail_io_timeout/times
3. read/write dm
4. iscsiadm -m node -u
Result: hang task like below
[ 862.243768] INFO: task kworker/u514:2:151 blocked for more than 122 seconds.
[ 862.244133] Tainted: G E 6.19.0-rc1+ #51
[ 862.244337] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[ 862.244718] task:kworker/u514:2 state:D stack:0 pid:151 tgid:151 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4288060 flags:0x00080000
[ 862.245024] Workqueue: iscsi_ctrl_3:1 __iscsi_unbind_session [scsi_transport_iscsi]
[ 862.245264] Call Trace:
[ 862.245587] <TASK>
[ 862.245814] __schedule+0x810/0x15c0
[ 862.246557] schedule+0x69/0x180
[ 862.246760] blk_mq_freeze_queue_wait+0xde/0x120
[ 862.247688] elevator_change+0x16d/0x460
[ 862.247893] elevator_set_none+0x87/0xf0
[ 862.248798] blk_unregister_queue+0x12e/0x2a0
[ 862.248995] __del_gendisk+0x231/0x7e0
[ 862.250143] del_gendisk+0x12f/0x1d0
[ 862.250339] sd_remove+0x85/0x130 [sd_mod]
[ 862.250650] device_release_driver_internal+0x36d/0x530
[ 862.250849] bus_remove_device+0x1dd/0x3f0
[ 862.251042] device_del+0x38a/0x930
[ 862.252095] __scsi_remove_device+0x293/0x360
[ 862.252291] scsi_remove_target+0x486/0x760
[ 862.252654] __iscsi_unbind_session+0x18a/0x3e0 [scsi_transport_iscsi]
[ 862.252886] process_one_work+0x633/0xe50
[ 862.253101] worker_thread+0x6df/0xf10
[ 862.253647] kthread+0x36d/0x720
[ 862.254533] ret_from_fork+0x2a6/0x470
[ 862.255852] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 862.256037] </TASK>
Remove the blk_should_fake_timeout() check from dm, as dm has no
native timeout handling and should not attempt to fake timeouts.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: nSVM: Remove a user-triggerable WARN on nested_svm_load_cr3() succeeding
Drop the WARN in svm_set_nested_state() on nested_svm_load_cr3() failing
as it is trivially easy to trigger from userspace by modifying CPUID after
loading CR3. E.g. modifying the state restoration selftest like so:
--- tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/state_test.c
+++ tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/state_test.c
@@ -280,7 +280,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
/* Restore state in a new VM. */
vcpu = vm_recreate_with_one_vcpu(vm);
- vcpu_load_state(vcpu, state);
+
+ if (stage == 4) {
+ state->sregs.cr3 = BIT(44);
+ vcpu_load_state(vcpu, state);
+
+ vcpu_set_cpuid_property(vcpu, X86_PROPERTY_MAX_PHY_ADDR, 36);
+ __vcpu_nested_state_set(vcpu, &state->nested);
+ } else {
+ vcpu_load_state(vcpu, state);
+ }
/*
* Restore XSAVE state in a dummy vCPU, first without doing
generates:
WARNING: CPU: 30 PID: 938 at arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c:1877 svm_set_nested_state+0x34a/0x360 [kvm_amd]
Modules linked in: kvm_amd kvm irqbypass [last unloaded: kvm]
CPU: 30 UID: 1000 PID: 938 Comm: state_test Tainted: G W 6.18.0-rc7-58e10b63777d-next-vm
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
RIP: 0010:svm_set_nested_state+0x34a/0x360 [kvm_amd]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl+0xf33/0x1700 [kvm]
kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x4e6/0x8f0 [kvm]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x8f/0xd0
do_syscall_64+0x61/0xad0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
Simply delete the WARN instead of trying to prevent userspace from shoving
"illegal" state into CR3. For better or worse, KVM's ABI allows userspace
to set CPUID after SREGS, and vice versa, and KVM is very permissive when
it comes to guest CPUID. I.e. attempting to enforce the virtual CPU model
when setting CPUID could break userspace. Given that the WARN doesn't
provide any meaningful protection for KVM or benefit for userspace, simply
drop it even though the odds of breaking userspace are minuscule.
Opportunistically delete a spurious newline.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: don't BUG() on unexpected delayed ref type in run_one_delayed_ref()
There is no need to BUG(), we can just return an error and log an error
message.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: verisilicon: Avoid G2 bus error while decoding H.264 and HEVC
For the i.MX8MQ platform, there is a hardware limitation: the g1 VPU and
g2 VPU cannot decode simultaneously; otherwise, it will cause below bus
error and produce corrupted pictures, even potentially lead to system hang.
[ 110.527986] hantro-vpu 38310000.video-codec: frame decode timed out.
[ 110.583517] hantro-vpu 38310000.video-codec: bus error detected.
Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that g1 and g2 operate alternately.
This allows for successful multi-instance decoding of H.264 and HEVC.
To achieve this, g1 and g2 share the same v4l2_m2m_dev, and then the
v4l2_m2m_dev can handle the scheduling.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: do not ASSERT() when the fs flips RO inside btrfs_repair_io_failure()
[BUG]
There is a bug report that when btrfs hits ENOSPC error in a critical
path, btrfs flips RO (this part is expected, although the ENOSPC bug
still needs to be addressed).
The problem is after the RO flip, if there is a read repair pending, we
can hit the ASSERT() inside btrfs_repair_io_failure() like the following:
BTRFS info (device vdc): relocating block group 30408704 flags metadata|raid1
------------[ cut here ]------------
BTRFS: Transaction aborted (error -28)
WARNING: fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c:3235 at __btrfs_free_extent.isra.0+0x453/0xfd0, CPU#1: btrfs/383844
Modules linked in: kvm_intel kvm irqbypass
[...]
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
BTRFS info (device vdc state EA): 2 enospc errors during balance
BTRFS info (device vdc state EA): balance: ended with status: -30
BTRFS error (device vdc state EA): parent transid verify failed on logical 30556160 mirror 2 wanted 8 found 6
BTRFS error (device vdc state EA): bdev /dev/nvme0n1 errs: wr 0, rd 0, flush 0, corrupt 10, gen 0
[...]
assertion failed: !(fs_info->sb->s_flags & SB_RDONLY) :: 0, in fs/btrfs/bio.c:938
------------[ cut here ]------------
assertion failed: !(fs_info->sb->s_flags & SB_RDONLY) :: 0, in fs/btrfs/bio.c:938
kernel BUG at fs/btrfs/bio.c:938!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 868 Comm: kworker/u8:13 Tainted: G W N 6.19.0-rc6+ #4788 PREEMPT(full)
Tainted: [W]=WARN, [N]=TEST
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.17.0-0-gb52ca86e094d-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
Workqueue: btrfs-endio simple_end_io_work
RIP: 0010:btrfs_repair_io_failure.cold+0xb2/0x120
RSP: 0000:ffffc90001d2bcf0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000051 RBX: 0000000000001000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8305cf42 RDI: 00000000ffffffff
RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 00000000fffeffff R09: ffffffff837fa988
R10: ffffffff8327a9e0 R11: 6f69747265737361 R12: ffff88813018d310
R13: ffff888168b8a000 R14: ffffc90001d2bd90 R15: ffff88810a169000
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8885e752c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
------------[ cut here ]------------
[CAUSE]
The cause of -ENOSPC error during the test case btrfs/124 is still
unknown, although it's known that we still have cases where metadata can
be over-committed but can not be fulfilled correctly, thus if we hit
such ENOSPC error inside a critical path, we have no choice but abort
the current transaction.
This will mark the fs read-only.
The problem is inside the btrfs_repair_io_failure() path that we require
the fs not to be mount read-only. This is normally fine, but if we are
doing a read-repair meanwhile the fs flips RO due to a critical error,
we can enter btrfs_repair_io_failure() with super block set to
read-only, thus triggering the above crash.
[FIX]
Just replace the ASSERT() with a proper return if the fs is already
read-only.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/v3d: Set DMA segment size to avoid debug warnings
When using V3D rendering with CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG enabled, the
kernel occasionally reports a segment size mismatch. This is because
'max_seg_size' is not set. The kernel defaults to 64K. setting
'max_seg_size' to the maximum will prevent 'debug_dma_map_sg()'
from complaining about the over-mapping of the V3D segment length.
DMA-API: v3d 1002000000.v3d: mapping sg segment longer than device
claims to support [len=8290304] [max=65536]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 493 at kernel/dma/debug.c:1179 debug_dma_map_sg+0x330/0x388
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 493 Comm: Xorg Not tainted 6.12.53-yocto-standard #1
Hardware name: Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.0 (DT)
pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : debug_dma_map_sg+0x330/0x388
lr : debug_dma_map_sg+0x330/0x388
sp : ffff8000829a3ac0
x29: ffff8000829a3ac0 x28: 0000000000000001 x27: ffff8000813fe000
x26: ffffc1ffc0000000 x25: ffff00010fdeb760 x24: 0000000000000000
x23: ffff8000816a9bf0 x22: 0000000000000001 x21: 0000000000000002
x20: 0000000000000002 x19: ffff00010185e810 x18: ffffffffffffffff
x17: 69766564206e6168 x16: 74207265676e6f6c x15: 20746e656d676573
x14: 20677320676e6970 x13: 5d34303334393134 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 00000000000000c0 x10: 00000000000009c0 x9 : ffff8000800e0b7c
x8 : ffff00010a315ca0 x7 : ffff8000816a5110 x6 : 0000000000000001
x5 : 000000000000002b x4 : 0000000000000002 x3 : 0000000000000008
x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff00010a315280
Call trace:
debug_dma_map_sg+0x330/0x388
__dma_map_sg_attrs+0xc0/0x278
dma_map_sgtable+0x30/0x58
drm_gem_shmem_get_pages_sgt+0xb4/0x140
v3d_bo_create_finish+0x28/0x130 [v3d]
v3d_create_bo_ioctl+0x54/0x180 [v3d]
drm_ioctl_kernel+0xc8/0x140
drm_ioctl+0x2d4/0x4d8
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
libceph: define and enforce CEPH_MAX_KEY_LEN
When decoding the key, verify that the key material would fit into
a fixed-size buffer in process_auth_done() and generally has a sane
length.
The new CEPH_MAX_KEY_LEN check replaces the existing check for a key
with no key material which is a) not universal since CEPH_CRYPTO_NONE
has to be excluded and b) doesn't provide much value since a smaller
than needed key is just as invalid as no key -- this has to be handled
elsewhere anyway.
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.005
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rapidio: replace rio_free_net() with kfree() in rio_scan_alloc_net()
When idtab allocation fails, net is not registered with rio_add_net() yet,
so kfree(net) is sufficient to release the memory. Set mport->net to NULL
to avoid dangling pointer.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08