Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 2.6.13.5 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
virtio_ring: Fix data race by tagging event_triggered as racy for KCSAN
syzbot reports a data-race when accessing the event_triggered, here is the
simplified stack when the issue occurred:
==================================================================
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in virtqueue_disable_cb / virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed
write to 0xffff8881025bc452 of 1 bytes by task 3288 on cpu 0:
virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed+0x42/0x3c0 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:2653
start_xmit+0x230/0x1310 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:3264
__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5151 [inline]
netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5160 [inline]
xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3800 [inline]
read to 0xffff8881025bc452 of 1 bytes by interrupt on cpu 1:
virtqueue_disable_cb_split drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:880 [inline]
virtqueue_disable_cb+0x92/0x180 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:2566
skb_xmit_done+0x5f/0x140 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:777
vring_interrupt+0x161/0x190 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:2715
__handle_irq_event_percpu+0x95/0x490 kernel/irq/handle.c:158
handle_irq_event_percpu kernel/irq/handle.c:193 [inline]
value changed: 0x01 -> 0x00
==================================================================
When the data race occurs, the function virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed() sets
event_triggered to false, and virtqueue_disable_cb_split/packed() reads it
as false due to the race condition. Since event_triggered is an unreliable
hint used for optimization, this should only cause the driver temporarily
suggest that the device not send an interrupt notification when the event
index is used.
Fix this KCSAN reported data-race issue by explicitly tagging the access as
data_racy.
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: Avoid WARN_ON when configuring MQPRIO with HTB offload enabled
When attempting to enable MQPRIO while HTB offload is already
configured, the driver currently returns `-EINVAL` and triggers a
`WARN_ON`, leading to an unnecessary call trace.
Update the code to handle this case more gracefully by returning
`-EOPNOTSUPP` instead, while also providing a helpful user message.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
serial: mctrl_gpio: split disable_ms into sync and no_sync APIs
The following splat has been observed on a SAMA5D27 platform using
atmel_serial:
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/irq/manage.c:738
in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 128, non_block: 0, pid: 27, name: kworker/u5:0
preempt_count: 1, expected: 0
INFO: lockdep is turned off.
irq event stamp: 0
hardirqs last enabled at (0): [<00000000>] 0x0
hardirqs last disabled at (0): [<c01588f0>] copy_process+0x1c4c/0x7bec
softirqs last enabled at (0): [<c0158944>] copy_process+0x1ca0/0x7bec
softirqs last disabled at (0): [<00000000>] 0x0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 27 Comm: kworker/u5:0 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc7+ #74
Hardware name: Atmel SAMA5
Workqueue: hci0 hci_power_on [bluetooth]
Call trace:
unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c
show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x44/0x70
dump_stack_lvl from __might_resched+0x38c/0x598
__might_resched from disable_irq+0x1c/0x48
disable_irq from mctrl_gpio_disable_ms+0x74/0xc0
mctrl_gpio_disable_ms from atmel_disable_ms.part.0+0x80/0x1f4
atmel_disable_ms.part.0 from atmel_set_termios+0x764/0x11e8
atmel_set_termios from uart_change_line_settings+0x15c/0x994
uart_change_line_settings from uart_set_termios+0x2b0/0x668
uart_set_termios from tty_set_termios+0x600/0x8ec
tty_set_termios from ttyport_set_flow_control+0x188/0x1e0
ttyport_set_flow_control from wilc_setup+0xd0/0x524 [hci_wilc]
wilc_setup [hci_wilc] from hci_dev_open_sync+0x330/0x203c [bluetooth]
hci_dev_open_sync [bluetooth] from hci_dev_do_open+0x40/0xb0 [bluetooth]
hci_dev_do_open [bluetooth] from hci_power_on+0x12c/0x664 [bluetooth]
hci_power_on [bluetooth] from process_one_work+0x998/0x1a38
process_one_work from worker_thread+0x6e0/0xfb4
worker_thread from kthread+0x3d4/0x484
kthread from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x28
This warning is emitted when trying to toggle, at the highest level,
some flow control (with serdev_device_set_flow_control) in a device
driver. At the lowest level, the atmel_serial driver is using
serial_mctrl_gpio lib to enable/disable the corresponding IRQs
accordingly. The warning emitted by CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP is due to
disable_irq (called in mctrl_gpio_disable_ms) being possibly called in
some atomic context (some tty drivers perform modem lines configuration
in regions protected by port lock).
Split mctrl_gpio_disable_ms into two differents APIs, a non-blocking one
and a blocking one. Replace mctrl_gpio_disable_ms calls with the
relevant version depending on whether the call is protected by some port
lock.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
clk: sunxi-ng: h616: Reparent GPU clock during frequency changes
The H616 manual does not state that the GPU PLL supports
dynamic frequency configuration, so we must take extra care when changing
the frequency. Currently any attempt to do device DVFS on the GPU lead
to panfrost various ooops, and GPU hangs.
The manual describes the algorithm for changing the PLL
frequency, which the CPU PLL notifier code already support, so we reuse
that to reparent the GPU clock to GPU1 clock during frequency
changes.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: cx231xx: set device_caps for 417
The video_device for the MPEG encoder did not set device_caps.
Add this, otherwise the video device can't be registered (you get a
WARN_ON instead).
Not seen before since currently 417 support is disabled, but I found
this while experimenting with it.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: correct the order of prelim_ref arguments in btrfs__prelim_ref
btrfs_prelim_ref() calls the old and new reference variables in the
incorrect order. This causes a NULL pointer dereference because oldref
is passed as NULL to trace_btrfs_prelim_ref_insert().
Note, trace_btrfs_prelim_ref_insert() is being called with newref as
oldref (and oldref as NULL) on purpose in order to print out
the values of newref.
To reproduce:
echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/btrfs/btrfs_prelim_ref_insert/enable
Perform some writeback operations.
Backtrace:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000018
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 115949067 P4D 115949067 PUD 11594a067 PMD 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1188 Comm: fsstress Not tainted 6.15.0-rc2-tester+ #47 PREEMPT(voluntary) 7ca2cef72d5e9c600f0c7718adb6462de8149622
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.3-2-gc13ff2cd-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:trace_event_raw_event_btrfs__prelim_ref+0x72/0x130
Code: e8 43 81 9f ff 48 85 c0 74 78 4d 85 e4 0f 84 8f 00 00 00 49 8b 94 24 c0 06 00 00 48 8b 0a 48 89 48 08 48 8b 52 08 48 89 50 10 <49> 8b 55 18 48 89 50 18 49 8b 55 20 48 89 50 20 41 0f b6 55 28 88
RSP: 0018:ffffce44820077a0 EFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: ffff8c6b403f9014 RBX: ffff8c6b55825730 RCX: 304994edf9cf506b
RDX: d8b11eb7f0fdb699 RSI: ffff8c6b403f9010 RDI: ffff8c6b403f9010
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000010
R10: 00000000ffffffff R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8c6b4e8fb000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffce44820077a8 R15: ffff8c6b4abd1540
FS: 00007f4dc6813740(0000) GS:ffff8c6c1d378000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000018 CR3: 000000010eb42000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
<TASK>
prelim_ref_insert+0x1c1/0x270
find_parent_nodes+0x12a6/0x1ee0
? __entry_text_end+0x101f06/0x101f09
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
btrfs_is_data_extent_shared+0x167/0x640
? fiemap_process_hole+0xd0/0x2c0
extent_fiemap+0xa5c/0xbc0
? __entry_text_end+0x101f05/0x101f09
btrfs_fiemap+0x7e/0xd0
do_vfs_ioctl+0x425/0x9d0
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x75/0xc0
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
A vulnerability was found in systemd-coredump. This flaw allows an attacker to force a SUID process to crash and replace it with a non-SUID binary to access the original's privileged process coredump, allowing the attacker to read sensitive data, such as /etc/shadow content, loaded by the original process.
A SUID binary or process has a special type of permission, which allows the process to run with the file owner's permissions, regardless of the user executing the binary. This allows the process to access more restricted data than unprivileged users or processes would be able to. An attacker can leverage this flaw by forcing a SUID process to crash and force the Linux kernel to recycle the process PID before systemd-coredump can analyze the /proc/pid/auxv file. If the attacker wins the race condition, they gain access to the original's SUID process coredump file. They can read sensitive content loaded into memory by the original binary, affecting data confidentiality.
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-30
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
qibfs: fix _another_ leak
failure to allocate inode => leaked dentry...
this one had been there since the initial merge; to be fair,
if we are that far OOM, the odds of failing at that particular
allocation are low...
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-20
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
parisc: Fix double SIGFPE crash
Camm noticed that on parisc a SIGFPE exception will crash an application with
a second SIGFPE in the signal handler. Dave analyzed it, and it happens
because glibc uses a double-word floating-point store to atomically update
function descriptors. As a result of lazy binding, we hit a floating-point
store in fpe_func almost immediately.
When the T bit is set, an assist exception trap occurs when when the
co-processor encounters *any* floating-point instruction except for a double
store of register %fr0. The latter cancels all pending traps. Let's fix this
by clearing the Trap (T) bit in the FP status register before returning to the
signal handler in userspace.
The issue can be reproduced with this test program:
root@parisc:~# cat fpe.c
static void fpe_func(int sig, siginfo_t *i, void *v) {
sigset_t set;
sigemptyset(&set);
sigaddset(&set, SIGFPE);
sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &set, NULL);
printf("GOT signal %d with si_code %ld\n", sig, i->si_code);
}
int main() {
struct sigaction action = {
.sa_sigaction = fpe_func,
.sa_flags = SA_RESTART|SA_SIGINFO };
sigaction(SIGFPE, &action, 0);
feenableexcept(FE_OVERFLOW);
return printf("%lf\n",1.7976931348623158E308*1.7976931348623158E308);
}
root@parisc:~# gcc fpe.c -lm
root@parisc:~# ./a.out
Floating point exception
root@parisc:~# strace -f ./a.out
execve("./a.out", ["./a.out"], 0xf9ac7034 /* 20 vars */) = 0
getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, {rlim_cur=8192*1024, rlim_max=RLIM_INFINITY}) = 0
...
rt_sigaction(SIGFPE, {sa_handler=0x1110a, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTART|SA_SIGINFO}, NULL, 8) = 0
--- SIGFPE {si_signo=SIGFPE, si_code=FPE_FLTOVF, si_addr=0x1078f} ---
--- SIGFPE {si_signo=SIGFPE, si_code=FPE_FLTOVF, si_addr=0xf8f21237} ---
+++ killed by SIGFPE +++
Floating point exception
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-20
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
arm64: bpf: Only mitigate cBPF programs loaded by unprivileged users
Support for eBPF programs loaded by unprivileged users is typically
disabled. This means only cBPF programs need to be mitigated for BHB.
In addition, only mitigate cBPF programs that were loaded by an
unprivileged user. Privileged users can also load the same program
via eBPF, making the mitigation pointless.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-20