Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 2.16.12 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usbnet: Fix linkwatch use-after-free on disconnect
usbnet uses the work usbnet_deferred_kevent() to perform tasks which may
sleep. On disconnect, completion of the work was originally awaited in
->ndo_stop(). But in 2003, that was moved to ->disconnect() by historic
commit "[PATCH] USB: usbnet, prevent exotic rtnl deadlock":
https://git.kernel.org/tglx/history/c/0f138bbfd83c
The change was made because back then, the kernel's workqueue
implementation did not allow waiting for a single work. One had to wait
for completion of *all* work by calling flush_scheduled_work(), and that
could deadlock when waiting for usbnet_deferred_kevent() with rtnl_mutex
held in ->ndo_stop().
The commit solved one problem but created another: It causes a
use-after-free in USB Ethernet drivers aqc111.c, asix_devices.c,
ax88179_178a.c, ch9200.c and smsc75xx.c:
* If the drivers receive a link change interrupt immediately before
disconnect, they raise EVENT_LINK_RESET in their (non-sleepable)
->status() callback and schedule usbnet_deferred_kevent().
* usbnet_deferred_kevent() invokes the driver's ->link_reset() callback,
which calls netif_carrier_{on,off}().
* That in turn schedules the work linkwatch_event().
Because usbnet_deferred_kevent() is awaited after unregister_netdev(),
netif_carrier_{on,off}() may operate on an unregistered netdev and
linkwatch_event() may run after free_netdev(), causing a use-after-free.
In 2010, usbnet was changed to only wait for a single instance of
usbnet_deferred_kevent() instead of *all* work by commit 23f333a2bfaf
("drivers/net: don't use flush_scheduled_work()").
Unfortunately the commit neglected to move the wait back to
->ndo_stop(). Rectify that omission at long last.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ARM: OMAP2+: display: Fix refcount leak bug
In omapdss_init_fbdev(), of_find_node_by_name() will return a node
pointer with refcount incremented. We should use of_node_put() when
it is not used anymore.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ARM: OMAP2+: pdata-quirks: Fix refcount leak bug
In pdata_quirks_init_clocks(), the loop contains
of_find_node_by_name() but without corresponding of_node_put().
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext2: Add more validity checks for inode counts
Add checks verifying number of inodes stored in the superblock matches
the number computed from number of inodes per group. Also verify we have
at least one block worth of inodes per group. This prevents crashes on
corrupted filesystems.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
arm64: fix oops in concurrently setting insn_emulation sysctls
emulation_proc_handler() changes table->data for proc_dointvec_minmax
and can generate the following Oops if called concurrently with itself:
| Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000010
| Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#1] SMP
| Call trace:
| update_insn_emulation_mode+0xc0/0x148
| emulation_proc_handler+0x64/0xb8
| proc_sys_call_handler+0x9c/0xf8
| proc_sys_write+0x18/0x20
| __vfs_write+0x20/0x48
| vfs_write+0xe4/0x1d0
| ksys_write+0x70/0xf8
| __arm64_sys_write+0x20/0x28
| el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x7c/0x1c0
| el0_svc_handler+0x2c/0xa0
| el0_svc+0x8/0x200
To fix this issue, keep the table->data as &insn->current_mode and
use container_of() to retrieve the insn pointer. Another mutex is
used to protect against the current_mode update but not for retrieving
insn_emulation as table->data is no longer changing.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
MIPS: cpuinfo: Fix a warning for CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
When CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK and CONFIG_DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS is selected,
cpu_max_bits_warn() generates a runtime warning similar as below while
we show /proc/cpuinfo. Fix this by using nr_cpu_ids (the runtime limit)
instead of NR_CPUS to iterate CPUs.
[ 3.052463] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 3.059679] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1 at include/linux/cpumask.h:108 show_cpuinfo+0x5e8/0x5f0
[ 3.070072] Modules linked in: efivarfs autofs4
[ 3.076257] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Not tainted 5.19-rc5+ #1052
[ 3.084034] Hardware name: Loongson Loongson-3A4000-7A1000-1w-V0.1-CRB/Loongson-LS3A4000-7A1000-1w-EVB-V1.21, BIOS Loongson-UDK2018-V2.0.04082-beta7 04/27
[ 3.099465] Stack : 9000000100157b08 9000000000f18530 9000000000cf846c 9000000100154000
[ 3.109127] 9000000100157a50 0000000000000000 9000000100157a58 9000000000ef7430
[ 3.118774] 90000001001578e8 0000000000000040 0000000000000020 ffffffffffffffff
[ 3.128412] 0000000000aaaaaa 1ab25f00eec96a37 900000010021de80 900000000101c890
[ 3.138056] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000aaaaaa
[ 3.147711] ffff8000339dc220 0000000000000001 0000000006ab4000 0000000000000000
[ 3.157364] 900000000101c998 0000000000000004 9000000000ef7430 0000000000000000
[ 3.167012] 0000000000000009 000000000000006c 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[ 3.176641] 9000000000d3de08 9000000001639390 90000000002086d8 00007ffff0080286
[ 3.186260] 00000000000000b0 0000000000000004 0000000000000000 0000000000071c1c
[ 3.195868] ...
[ 3.199917] Call Trace:
[ 3.203941] [<98000000002086d8>] show_stack+0x38/0x14c
[ 3.210666] [<9800000000cf846c>] dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x88
[ 3.217625] [<980000000023d268>] __warn+0xd0/0x100
[ 3.223958] [<9800000000cf3c90>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x7c/0xcc
[ 3.231150] [<9800000000210220>] show_cpuinfo+0x5e8/0x5f0
[ 3.238080] [<98000000004f578c>] seq_read_iter+0x354/0x4b4
[ 3.245098] [<98000000004c2e90>] new_sync_read+0x17c/0x1c4
[ 3.252114] [<98000000004c5174>] vfs_read+0x138/0x1d0
[ 3.258694] [<98000000004c55f8>] ksys_read+0x70/0x100
[ 3.265265] [<9800000000cfde9c>] do_syscall+0x7c/0x94
[ 3.271820] [<9800000000202fe4>] handle_syscall+0xc4/0x160
[ 3.281824] ---[ end trace 8b484262b4b8c24c ]---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md-raid10: fix KASAN warning
There's a KASAN warning in raid10_remove_disk when running the lvm
test lvconvert-raid-reshape.sh. We fix this warning by verifying that the
value "number" is valid.
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in raid10_remove_disk+0x61/0x2a0 [raid10]
Read of size 8 at addr ffff889108f3d300 by task mdX_raid10/124682
CPU: 3 PID: 124682 Comm: mdX_raid10 Not tainted 5.19.0-rc6 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44
print_report.cold+0x45/0x57a
? __lock_text_start+0x18/0x18
? raid10_remove_disk+0x61/0x2a0 [raid10]
kasan_report+0xa8/0xe0
? raid10_remove_disk+0x61/0x2a0 [raid10]
raid10_remove_disk+0x61/0x2a0 [raid10]
Buffer I/O error on dev dm-76, logical block 15344, async page read
? __mutex_unlock_slowpath.constprop.0+0x1e0/0x1e0
remove_and_add_spares+0x367/0x8a0 [md_mod]
? super_written+0x1c0/0x1c0 [md_mod]
? mutex_trylock+0xac/0x120
? _raw_spin_lock+0x72/0xc0
? _raw_spin_lock_bh+0xc0/0xc0
md_check_recovery+0x848/0x960 [md_mod]
raid10d+0xcf/0x3360 [raid10]
? sched_clock_cpu+0x185/0x1a0
? rb_erase+0x4d4/0x620
? var_wake_function+0xe0/0xe0
? psi_group_change+0x411/0x500
? preempt_count_sub+0xf/0xc0
? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x78/0xc0
? __lock_text_start+0x18/0x18
? raid10_sync_request+0x36c0/0x36c0 [raid10]
? preempt_count_sub+0xf/0xc0
? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x19/0x40
? del_timer_sync+0xa9/0x100
? try_to_del_timer_sync+0xc0/0xc0
? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x78/0xc0
? __lock_text_start+0x18/0x18
? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x11/0x24
? __list_del_entry_valid+0x68/0xa0
? finish_wait+0xa3/0x100
md_thread+0x161/0x260 [md_mod]
? unregister_md_personality+0xa0/0xa0 [md_mod]
? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x78/0xc0
? prepare_to_wait_event+0x2c0/0x2c0
? unregister_md_personality+0xa0/0xa0 [md_mod]
kthread+0x148/0x180
? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
</TASK>
Allocated by task 124495:
kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
__kasan_kmalloc+0x80/0xa0
setup_conf+0x140/0x5c0 [raid10]
raid10_run+0x4cd/0x740 [raid10]
md_run+0x6f9/0x1300 [md_mod]
raid_ctr+0x2531/0x4ac0 [dm_raid]
dm_table_add_target+0x2b0/0x620 [dm_mod]
table_load+0x1c8/0x400 [dm_mod]
ctl_ioctl+0x29e/0x560 [dm_mod]
dm_compat_ctl_ioctl+0x7/0x20 [dm_mod]
__do_compat_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x160
do_syscall_64+0x90/0xc0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
Last potentially related work creation:
kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
__kasan_record_aux_stack+0x9e/0xc0
kvfree_call_rcu+0x84/0x480
timerfd_release+0x82/0x140
L __fput+0xfa/0x400
task_work_run+0x80/0xc0
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x155/0x160
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x40
do_syscall_64+0x42/0xc0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
Second to last potentially related work creation:
kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
__kasan_record_aux_stack+0x9e/0xc0
kvfree_call_rcu+0x84/0x480
timerfd_release+0x82/0x140
__fput+0xfa/0x400
task_work_run+0x80/0xc0
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x155/0x160
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x40
do_syscall_64+0x42/0xc0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff889108f3d200
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256
The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
256-byte region [ffff889108f3d200, ffff889108f3d300)
The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page:000000007ef2a34c refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x1108f3c
head:000000007ef2a34c order:2 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0
flags: 0x4000000000010200(slab|head|zone=2)
raw: 4000000000010200 0000000000000000 dead000000000001 ffff889100042b40
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080200020 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
Memory state around the buggy address:
ffff889108f3d200: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
ffff889108f3d280: 00 00
---truncated---
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
selinux: Add boundary check in put_entry()
Just like next_entry(), boundary check is necessary to prevent memory
out-of-bound access.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PM: hibernate: defer device probing when resuming from hibernation
syzbot is reporting hung task at misc_open() [1], for there is a race
window of AB-BA deadlock which involves probe_count variable. Currently
wait_for_device_probe() from snapshot_open() from misc_open() can sleep
forever with misc_mtx held if probe_count cannot become 0.
When a device is probed by hub_event() work function, probe_count is
incremented before the probe function starts, and probe_count is
decremented after the probe function completed.
There are three cases that can prevent probe_count from dropping to 0.
(a) A device being probed stopped responding (i.e. broken/malicious
hardware).
(b) A process emulating a USB device using /dev/raw-gadget interface
stopped responding for some reason.
(c) New device probe requests keeps coming in before existing device
probe requests complete.
The phenomenon syzbot is reporting is (b). A process which is holding
system_transition_mutex and misc_mtx is waiting for probe_count to become
0 inside wait_for_device_probe(), but the probe function which is called
from hub_event() work function is waiting for the processes which are
blocked at mutex_lock(&misc_mtx) to respond via /dev/raw-gadget interface.
This patch mitigates (b) by deferring wait_for_device_probe() from
snapshot_open() to snapshot_write() and snapshot_ioctl(). Please note that
the possibility of (b) remains as long as any thread which is emulating a
USB device via /dev/raw-gadget interface can be blocked by uninterruptible
blocking operations (e.g. mutex_lock()).
Please also note that (a) and (c) are not addressed. Regarding (c), we
should change the code to wait for only one device which contains the
image for resuming from hibernation. I don't know how to address (a), for
use of timeout for wait_for_device_probe() might result in loss of user
data in the image. Maybe we should require the userland to wait for the
image device before opening /dev/snapshot interface.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ath9k: fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb
Syzbot reported use-after-free Read in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb() [0]. The
problem was in incorrect htc_handle->drv_priv initialization.
Probable call trace which can trigger use-after-free:
ath9k_htc_probe_device()
/* htc_handle->drv_priv = priv; */
ath9k_htc_wait_for_target() <--- Failed
ieee80211_free_hw() <--- priv pointer is freed
<IRQ>
...
ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb()
ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream()
RX_STAT_INC() <--- htc_handle->drv_priv access
In order to not add fancy protection for drv_priv we can move
htc_handle->drv_priv initialization at the end of the
ath9k_htc_probe_device() and add helper macro to make
all *_STAT_* macros NULL safe, since syzbot has reported related NULL
deref in that macros [1]
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-06-18