Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 2.16.12 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: streamzap: fix race between device disconnection and urb callback
Syzkaller has reported a general protection fault at function
ir_raw_event_store_with_filter(). This crash is caused by a NULL pointer
dereference of dev->raw pointer, even though it is checked for NULL in
the same function, which means there is a race condition. It occurs due
to the incorrect order of actions in the streamzap_disconnect() function:
rc_unregister_device() is called before usb_kill_urb(). The dev->raw
pointer is freed and set to NULL in rc_unregister_device(), and only
after that usb_kill_urb() waits for in-progress requests to finish.
If rc_unregister_device() is called while streamzap_callback() handler is
not finished, this can lead to accessing freed resources. Thus
rc_unregister_device() should be called after usb_kill_urb().
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
atm: Fix NULL pointer dereference
When MPOA_cache_impos_rcvd() receives the msg, it can trigger
Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability if both entry and
holding_time are NULL. Because there is only for the situation
where entry is NULL and holding_time exists, it can be passed
when both entry and holding_time are NULL. If these are NULL,
the entry will be passd to eg_cache_put() as parameter and
it is referenced by entry->use code in it.
kasan log:
[ 3.316691] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000006:I
[ 3.317568] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000030-0x0000000000000037]
[ 3.318188] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 79 Comm: ex Not tainted 6.14.0-rc2 #102
[ 3.318601] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014
[ 3.319298] RIP: 0010:eg_cache_remove_entry+0xa5/0x470
[ 3.319677] Code: c1 f7 6e fd 48 c7 c7 00 7e 38 b2 e8 95 64 54 fd 48 c7 c7 40 7e 38 b2 48 89 ee e80
[ 3.321220] RSP: 0018:ffff88800583f8a8 EFLAGS: 00010006
[ 3.321596] RAX: 0000000000000006 RBX: ffff888005989000 RCX: ffffffffaecc2d8e
[ 3.322112] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: 0000000000000030
[ 3.322643] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: fffffbfff6558b88
[ 3.323181] R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 203a207972746e65 R12: 1ffff11000b07f15
[ 3.323707] R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff888005989000 R15: ffff888005989068
[ 3.324185] FS: 000000001b6313c0(0000) GS:ffff88806d380000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 3.325042] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 3.325545] CR2: 00000000004b4b40 CR3: 000000000248e000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
[ 3.326430] Call Trace:
[ 3.326725] <TASK>
[ 3.326927] ? die_addr+0x3c/0xa0
[ 3.327330] ? exc_general_protection+0x161/0x2a0
[ 3.327662] ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x26/0x30
[ 3.328214] ? vprintk_emit+0x15e/0x420
[ 3.328543] ? eg_cache_remove_entry+0xa5/0x470
[ 3.328910] ? eg_cache_remove_entry+0x9a/0x470
[ 3.329294] ? __pfx_eg_cache_remove_entry+0x10/0x10
[ 3.329664] ? console_unlock+0x107/0x1d0
[ 3.329946] ? __pfx_console_unlock+0x10/0x10
[ 3.330283] ? do_syscall_64+0xa6/0x1a0
[ 3.330584] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x47/0x7f
[ 3.331090] ? __pfx_prb_read_valid+0x10/0x10
[ 3.331395] ? down_trylock+0x52/0x80
[ 3.331703] ? vprintk_emit+0x15e/0x420
[ 3.331986] ? __pfx_vprintk_emit+0x10/0x10
[ 3.332279] ? down_trylock+0x52/0x80
[ 3.332527] ? _printk+0xbf/0x100
[ 3.332762] ? __pfx__printk+0x10/0x10
[ 3.333007] ? _raw_write_lock_irq+0x81/0xe0
[ 3.333284] ? __pfx__raw_write_lock_irq+0x10/0x10
[ 3.333614] msg_from_mpoad+0x1185/0x2750
[ 3.333893] ? __build_skb_around+0x27b/0x3a0
[ 3.334183] ? __pfx_msg_from_mpoad+0x10/0x10
[ 3.334501] ? __alloc_skb+0x1c0/0x310
[ 3.334809] ? __pfx___alloc_skb+0x10/0x10
[ 3.335283] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xe0/0xe0
[ 3.335632] ? finish_wait+0x8d/0x1e0
[ 3.335975] vcc_sendmsg+0x684/0xba0
[ 3.336250] ? __pfx_vcc_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
[ 3.336587] ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
[ 3.337056] ? fdget+0x176/0x3e0
[ 3.337348] __sys_sendto+0x4a2/0x510
[ 3.337663] ? __pfx___sys_sendto+0x10/0x10
[ 3.337969] ? ioctl_has_perm.constprop.0.isra.0+0x284/0x400
[ 3.338364] ? sock_ioctl+0x1bb/0x5a0
[ 3.338653] ? __rseq_handle_notify_resume+0x825/0xd20
[ 3.339017] ? __pfx_sock_ioctl+0x10/0x10
[ 3.339316] ? __pfx___rseq_handle_notify_resume+0x10/0x10
[ 3.339727] ? selinux_file_ioctl+0xa4/0x260
[ 3.340166] __x64_sys_sendto+0xe0/0x1c0
[ 3.340526] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x123/0x140
[ 3.340898] do_syscall_64+0xa6/0x1a0
[ 3.341170] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
[ 3.341533] RIP: 0033:0x44a380
[ 3.341757] Code: 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 f3 0f 1e fa 41 89 ca 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c00
[
---truncated---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
proc: fix UAF in proc_get_inode()
Fix race between rmmod and /proc/XXX's inode instantiation.
The bug is that pde->proc_ops don't belong to /proc, it belongs to a
module, therefore dereferencing it after /proc entry has been registered
is a bug unless use_pde/unuse_pde() pair has been used.
use_pde/unuse_pde can be avoided (2 atomic ops!) because pde->proc_ops
never changes so information necessary for inode instantiation can be
saved _before_ proc_register() in PDE itself and used later, avoiding
pde->proc_ops->... dereference.
rmmod lookup
sys_delete_module
proc_lookup_de
pde_get(de);
proc_get_inode(dir->i_sb, de);
mod->exit()
proc_remove
remove_proc_subtree
proc_entry_rundown(de);
free_module(mod);
if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
if (de->proc_ops->proc_read_iter)
--> As module is already freed, will trigger UAF
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff80a702b
PGD 817fc4067 P4D 817fc4067 PUD 817fc0067 PMD 102ef4067 PTE 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 26 UID: 0 PID: 2667 Comm: ls Tainted: G
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
RIP: 0010:proc_get_inode+0x302/0x6e0
RSP: 0018:ffff88811c837998 EFLAGS: 00010a06
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffffffffc0538140 RCX: 0000000000000007
RDX: 1ffffffff80a702b RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffffffffc0538158
RBP: ffff8881299a6000 R08: 0000000067bbe1e5 R09: 1ffff11023906f20
R10: ffffffffb560ca07 R11: ffffffffb2b43a58 R12: ffff888105bb78f0
R13: ffff888100518048 R14: ffff8881299a6004 R15: 0000000000000001
FS: 00007f95b9686840(0000) GS:ffff8883af100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: fffffbfff80a702b CR3: 0000000117dd2000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
proc_lookup_de+0x11f/0x2e0
__lookup_slow+0x188/0x350
walk_component+0x2ab/0x4f0
path_lookupat+0x120/0x660
filename_lookup+0x1ce/0x560
vfs_statx+0xac/0x150
__do_sys_newstat+0x96/0x110
do_syscall_64+0x5f/0x170
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[adobriyan@gmail.com: don't do 2 atomic ops on the common path]
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: atm: fix use after free in lec_send()
The ->send() operation frees skb so save the length before calling
->send() to avoid a use after free.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iscsi_ibft: Fix UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds warning in ibft_attr_show_nic()
When performing an iSCSI boot using IPv6, iscsistart still reads the
/sys/firmware/ibft/ethernetX/subnet-mask entry. Since the IPv6 prefix
length is 64, this causes the shift exponent to become negative,
triggering a UBSAN warning. As the concept of a subnet mask does not
apply to IPv6, the value is set to ~0 to suppress the warning message.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-02
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in l2cap_send_cmd
After the hci sync command releases l2cap_conn, the hci receive data work
queue references the released l2cap_conn when sending to the upper layer.
Add hci dev lock to the hci receive data work queue to synchronize the two.
[1]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in l2cap_send_cmd+0x187/0x8d0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:954
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880271a4000 by task kworker/u9:2/5837
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5837 Comm: kworker/u9:2 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc5-syzkaller-00163-gab75170520d4 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024
Workqueue: hci1 hci_rx_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:489
kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:602
l2cap_build_cmd net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:2964 [inline]
l2cap_send_cmd+0x187/0x8d0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:954
l2cap_sig_send_rej net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:5502 [inline]
l2cap_sig_channel net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:5538 [inline]
l2cap_recv_frame+0x221f/0x10db0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:6817
hci_acldata_packet net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:3797 [inline]
hci_rx_work+0x508/0xdb0 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4040
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa66/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3310
worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3391
kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389
ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244
</TASK>
Allocated by task 5837:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0x98/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x243/0x390 mm/slub.c:4329
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:901 [inline]
kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1037 [inline]
l2cap_conn_add+0xa9/0x8e0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:6860
l2cap_connect_cfm+0x115/0x1090 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:7239
hci_connect_cfm include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h:2057 [inline]
hci_remote_features_evt+0x68e/0xac0 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:3726
hci_event_func net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7473 [inline]
hci_event_packet+0xac2/0x1540 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7525
hci_rx_work+0x3f3/0xdb0 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4035
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa66/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3310
worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3391
kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389
ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244
Freed by task 54:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:582
poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline]
__kasan_slab_free+0x59/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2353 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:4613 [inline]
kfree+0x196/0x430 mm/slub.c:4761
l2cap_connect_cfm+0xcc/0x1090 net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c:7235
hci_connect_cfm include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h:2057 [inline]
hci_conn_failed+0x287/0x400 net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c:1266
hci_abort_conn_sync+0x56c/0x11f0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5603
hci_cmd_sync_work+0x22b/0x400 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:332
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa66/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3310
worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3391
kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389
ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entr
---truncated---
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: qla1280: Fix kernel oops when debug level > 2
A null dereference or oops exception will eventually occur when qla1280.c
driver is compiled with DEBUG_QLA1280 enabled and ql_debug_level > 2. I
think its clear from the code that the intention here is sg_dma_len(s) not
length of sg_next(s) when printing the debug info.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vlan: enforce underlying device type
Currently, VLAN devices can be created on top of non-ethernet devices.
Besides the fact that it doesn't make much sense, this also causes a
bug which leaks the address of a kernel function to usermode.
When creating a VLAN device, we initialize GARP (garp_init_applicant)
and MRP (mrp_init_applicant) for the underlying device.
As part of the initialization process, we add the multicast address of
each applicant to the underlying device, by calling dev_mc_add.
__dev_mc_add uses dev->addr_len to determine the length of the new
multicast address.
This causes an out-of-bounds read if dev->addr_len is greater than 6,
since the multicast addresses provided by GARP and MRP are only 6
bytes long.
This behaviour can be reproduced using the following commands:
ip tunnel add gretest mode ip6gre local ::1 remote ::2 dev lo
ip l set up dev gretest
ip link add link gretest name vlantest type vlan id 100
Then, the following command will display the address of garp_pdu_rcv:
ip maddr show | grep 01:80:c2:00:00:21
Fix the bug by enforcing the type of the underlying device during VLAN
device initialization.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ppp: Fix KMSAN uninit-value warning with bpf
Syzbot caught an "KMSAN: uninit-value" warning [1], which is caused by the
ppp driver not initializing a 2-byte header when using socket filter.
The following code can generate a PPP filter BPF program:
'''
struct bpf_program fp;
pcap_t *handle;
handle = pcap_open_dead(DLT_PPP_PPPD, 65535);
pcap_compile(handle, &fp, "ip and outbound", 0, 0);
bpf_dump(&fp, 1);
'''
Its output is:
'''
(000) ldh [2]
(001) jeq #0x21 jt 2 jf 5
(002) ldb [0]
(003) jeq #0x1 jt 4 jf 5
(004) ret #65535
(005) ret #0
'''
Wen can find similar code at the following link:
https://github.com/ppp-project/ppp/blob/master/pppd/options.c#L1680
The maintainer of this code repository is also the original maintainer
of the ppp driver.
As you can see the BPF program skips 2 bytes of data and then reads the
'Protocol' field to determine if it's an IP packet. Then it read the first
byte of the first 2 bytes to determine the direction.
The issue is that only the first byte indicating direction is initialized
in current ppp driver code while the second byte is not initialized.
For normal BPF programs generated by libpcap, uninitialized data won't be
used, so it's not a problem. However, for carefully crafted BPF programs,
such as those generated by syzkaller [2], which start reading from offset
0, the uninitialized data will be used and caught by KMSAN.
[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=853242d9c9917165d791
[2] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/text?tag=ReproC&x=11994913980000
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gpio: rcar: Use raw_spinlock to protect register access
Use raw_spinlock in order to fix spurious messages about invalid context
when spinlock debugging is enabled. The lock is only used to serialize
register access.
[ 4.239592] =============================
[ 4.239595] [ BUG: Invalid wait context ]
[ 4.239599] 6.13.0-rc7-arm64-renesas-05496-gd088502a519f #35 Not tainted
[ 4.239603] -----------------------------
[ 4.239606] kworker/u8:5/76 is trying to lock:
[ 4.239609] ffff0000091898a0 (&p->lock){....}-{3:3}, at: gpio_rcar_config_interrupt_input_mode+0x34/0x164
[ 4.239641] other info that might help us debug this:
[ 4.239643] context-{5:5}
[ 4.239646] 5 locks held by kworker/u8:5/76:
[ 4.239651] #0: ffff0000080fb148 ((wq_completion)async){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x190/0x62c
[ 4.250180] OF: /soc/sound@ec500000/ports/port@0/endpoint: Read of boolean property 'frame-master' with a value.
[ 4.254094] #1: ffff80008299bd80 ((work_completion)(&entry->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1b8/0x62c
[ 4.254109] #2: ffff00000920c8f8
[ 4.258345] OF: /soc/sound@ec500000/ports/port@1/endpoint: Read of boolean property 'bitclock-master' with a value.
[ 4.264803] (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: __device_attach_async_helper+0x3c/0xdc
[ 4.264820] #3: ffff00000a50ca40 (request_class#2){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __setup_irq+0xa0/0x690
[ 4.264840] #4:
[ 4.268872] OF: /soc/sound@ec500000/ports/port@1/endpoint: Read of boolean property 'frame-master' with a value.
[ 4.273275] ffff00000a50c8c8 (lock_class){....}-{2:2}, at: __setup_irq+0xc4/0x690
[ 4.296130] renesas_sdhi_internal_dmac ee100000.mmc: mmc1 base at 0x00000000ee100000, max clock rate 200 MHz
[ 4.304082] stack backtrace:
[ 4.304086] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 76 Comm: kworker/u8:5 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc7-arm64-renesas-05496-gd088502a519f #35
[ 4.304092] Hardware name: Renesas Salvator-X 2nd version board based on r8a77965 (DT)
[ 4.304097] Workqueue: async async_run_entry_fn
[ 4.304106] Call trace:
[ 4.304110] show_stack+0x14/0x20 (C)
[ 4.304122] dump_stack_lvl+0x6c/0x90
[ 4.304131] dump_stack+0x14/0x1c
[ 4.304138] __lock_acquire+0xdfc/0x1584
[ 4.426274] lock_acquire+0x1c4/0x33c
[ 4.429942] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x5c/0x80
[ 4.434307] gpio_rcar_config_interrupt_input_mode+0x34/0x164
[ 4.440061] gpio_rcar_irq_set_type+0xd4/0xd8
[ 4.444422] __irq_set_trigger+0x5c/0x178
[ 4.448435] __setup_irq+0x2e4/0x690
[ 4.452012] request_threaded_irq+0xc4/0x190
[ 4.456285] devm_request_threaded_irq+0x7c/0xf4
[ 4.459398] ata1: link resume succeeded after 1 retries
[ 4.460902] mmc_gpiod_request_cd_irq+0x68/0xe0
[ 4.470660] mmc_start_host+0x50/0xac
[ 4.474327] mmc_add_host+0x80/0xe4
[ 4.477817] tmio_mmc_host_probe+0x2b0/0x440
[ 4.482094] renesas_sdhi_probe+0x488/0x6f4
[ 4.486281] renesas_sdhi_internal_dmac_probe+0x60/0x78
[ 4.491509] platform_probe+0x64/0xd8
[ 4.495178] really_probe+0xb8/0x2a8
[ 4.498756] __driver_probe_device+0x74/0x118
[ 4.503116] driver_probe_device+0x3c/0x154
[ 4.507303] __device_attach_driver+0xd4/0x160
[ 4.511750] bus_for_each_drv+0x84/0xe0
[ 4.515588] __device_attach_async_helper+0xb0/0xdc
[ 4.520470] async_run_entry_fn+0x30/0xd8
[ 4.524481] process_one_work+0x210/0x62c
[ 4.528494] worker_thread+0x1ac/0x340
[ 4.532245] kthread+0x10c/0x110
[ 4.535476] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-01