Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 4.18.7 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: fix memory leak of remain_skbs
hif_dev->remain_skb is allocated and used exclusively in
ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream(). It is implied that an allocated remain_skb is
processed and subsequently freed (in error paths) only during the next
call of ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream().
So, if the urbs are deallocated between those two calls due to the device
deinitialization or suspend, it is possible that ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream()
is not called next time and the allocated remain_skb is leaked. Our local
Syzkaller instance was able to trigger that.
remain_skb makes sense when receiving two consecutive urbs which are
logically linked together, i.e. a specific data field from the first skb
indicates a cached skb to be allocated, memcpy'd with some data and
subsequently processed in the next call to ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream(). Urbs
deallocation supposedly makes that link irrelevant so we need to free the
cached skb in those cases.
Fix the leak by introducing a function to explicitly free remain_skb (if
it is not NULL) when the rx urbs have been deallocated. remain_skb is NULL
when it has not been allocated at all (hif_dev struct is kzalloced) or
when it has been processed in next call to ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream().
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: radio-shark: Add endpoint checks
The syzbot fuzzer was able to provoke a WARNING from the radio-shark2
driver:
------------[ cut here ]------------
usb 1-1: BOGUS urb xfer, pipe 1 != type 3
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3271 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:504 usb_submit_urb+0xed2/0x1880 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:504
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 3271 Comm: kworker/0:3 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
RIP: 0010:usb_submit_urb+0xed2/0x1880 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:504
Code: 7c 24 18 e8 00 36 ea fb 48 8b 7c 24 18 e8 36 1c 02 ff 41 89 d8 44 89 e1 4c 89 ea 48 89 c6 48 c7 c7 a0 b6 90 8a e8 9a 29 b8 03 <0f> 0b e9 58 f8 ff ff e8 d2 35 ea fb 48 81 c5 c0 05 00 00 e9 84 f7
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003876dd0 EFLAGS: 00010282
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffff8880750b0040 RSI: ffffffff816152b8 RDI: fffff5200070edac
RBP: ffff8880172d81e0 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000080000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: ffff8880285c5040 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: ffff888017158200
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9a00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffe03235b90 CR3: 000000000bc8e000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
usb_start_wait_urb+0x101/0x4b0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:58
usb_bulk_msg+0x226/0x550 drivers/usb/core/message.c:387
shark_write_reg+0x1ff/0x2e0 drivers/media/radio/radio-shark2.c:88
...
The problem was caused by the fact that the driver does not check
whether the endpoints it uses are actually present and have the
appropriate types. This can be fixed by adding a simple check of
these endpoints (and similarly for the radio-shark driver).
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: conntrack: fix wrong ct->timeout value
(struct nf_conn)->timeout is an interval before the conntrack
confirmed. After confirmed, it becomes a timestamp.
It is observed that timeout of an unconfirmed conntrack:
- Set by calling ctnetlink_change_timeout(). As a result,
`nfct_time_stamp` was wrongly added to `ct->timeout` twice.
- Get by calling ctnetlink_dump_timeout(). As a result,
`nfct_time_stamp` was wrongly subtracted.
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl
ctnetlink_dump_timeout
__ctnetlink_glue_build
ctnetlink_glue_build
__nfqnl_enqueue_packet
nf_queue
nf_hook_slow
ip_mc_output
? __pfx_ip_finish_output
ip_send_skb
? __pfx_dst_output
udp_send_skb
udp_sendmsg
? __pfx_ip_generic_getfrag
sock_sendmsg
Separate the 2 cases in:
- Setting `ct->timeout` in __nf_ct_set_timeout().
- Getting `ct->timeout` in ctnetlink_dump_timeout().
Pablo appends:
Update ctnetlink to set up the timeout _after_ the IPS_CONFIRMED flag is
set on, otherwise conntrack creation via ctnetlink breaks.
Note that the problem described in this patch occurs since the
introduction of the nfnetlink_queue conntrack support, select a
sufficiently old Fixes: tag for -stable kernel to pick up this fix.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: i2c: ov772x: Fix memleak in ov772x_probe()
A memory leak was reported when testing ov772x with bpf mock device:
AssertionError: unreferenced object 0xffff888109afa7a8 (size 8):
comm "python3", pid 279, jiffies 4294805921 (age 20.681s)
hex dump (first 8 bytes):
80 22 88 15 81 88 ff ff ."......
backtrace:
[<000000009990b438>] __kmalloc_node+0x44/0x1b0
[<000000009e32f7d7>] kvmalloc_node+0x34/0x180
[<00000000faf48134>] v4l2_ctrl_handler_init_class+0x11d/0x180 [videodev]
[<00000000da376937>] ov772x_probe+0x1c3/0x68c [ov772x]
[<000000003f0d225e>] i2c_device_probe+0x28d/0x680
[<00000000e0b6db89>] really_probe+0x17c/0x3f0
[<000000001b19fcee>] __driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x170
[<0000000048370519>] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120
[<000000005ead07a0>] __device_attach_driver+0xf7/0x150
[<0000000043f452b8>] bus_for_each_drv+0x114/0x180
[<00000000358e5596>] __device_attach+0x1e5/0x2d0
[<0000000043f83c5d>] bus_probe_device+0x126/0x140
[<00000000ee0f3046>] device_add+0x810/0x1130
[<00000000e0278184>] i2c_new_client_device+0x359/0x4f0
[<0000000070baf34f>] of_i2c_register_device+0xf1/0x110
[<00000000a9f2159d>] of_i2c_notify+0x100/0x160
unreferenced object 0xffff888119825c00 (size 256):
comm "python3", pid 279, jiffies 4294805921 (age 20.681s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 b4 a5 17 81 88 ff ff 00 5e 82 19 81 88 ff ff .........^......
10 5c 82 19 81 88 ff ff 10 5c 82 19 81 88 ff ff .\.......\......
backtrace:
[<000000009990b438>] __kmalloc_node+0x44/0x1b0
[<000000009e32f7d7>] kvmalloc_node+0x34/0x180
[<0000000073d88e0b>] v4l2_ctrl_new.cold+0x19b/0x86f [videodev]
[<00000000b1f576fb>] v4l2_ctrl_new_std+0x16f/0x210 [videodev]
[<00000000caf7ac99>] ov772x_probe+0x1fa/0x68c [ov772x]
[<000000003f0d225e>] i2c_device_probe+0x28d/0x680
[<00000000e0b6db89>] really_probe+0x17c/0x3f0
[<000000001b19fcee>] __driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x170
[<0000000048370519>] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120
[<000000005ead07a0>] __device_attach_driver+0xf7/0x150
[<0000000043f452b8>] bus_for_each_drv+0x114/0x180
[<00000000358e5596>] __device_attach+0x1e5/0x2d0
[<0000000043f83c5d>] bus_probe_device+0x126/0x140
[<00000000ee0f3046>] device_add+0x810/0x1130
[<00000000e0278184>] i2c_new_client_device+0x359/0x4f0
[<0000000070baf34f>] of_i2c_register_device+0xf1/0x110
The reason is that if priv->hdl.error is set, ov772x_probe() jumps to the
error_mutex_destroy without doing v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(), and all
resources allocated in v4l2_ctrl_handler_init() and v4l2_ctrl_new_std()
are leaked.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: hisi_sas: Grab sas_dev lock when traversing the members of sas_dev.list
When freeing slots in function slot_complete_v3_hw(), it is possible that
sas_dev.list is being traversed elsewhere, and it may trigger a NULL
pointer exception, such as follows:
==>cq thread ==>scsi_eh_6
==>scsi_error_handler()
==>sas_eh_handle_sas_errors()
==>sas_scsi_find_task()
==>lldd_abort_task()
==>slot_complete_v3_hw() ==>hisi_sas_abort_task()
==>hisi_sas_slot_task_free() ==>dereg_device_v3_hw()
==>list_del_init() ==>list_for_each_entry_safe()
[ 7165.434918] sas: Enter sas_scsi_recover_host busy: 32 failed: 32
[ 7165.434926] sas: trying to find task 0x00000000769b5ba5
[ 7165.434927] sas: sas_scsi_find_task: aborting task 0x00000000769b5ba5
[ 7165.434940] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(00000000769b5ba5) aborted
[ 7165.434964] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(00000000c9f7aa07) ignored
[ 7165.434965] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(00000000e2a1cf01) ignored
[ 7165.434968] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
[ 7165.434972] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(0000000022d52d93) ignored
[ 7165.434975] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: slot complete: task(0000000066a7516c) ignored
[ 7165.434976] Mem abort info:
[ 7165.434982] ESR = 0x96000004
[ 7165.434991] Exception class = DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 7165.434992] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 7165.434993] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 7165.434994] Data abort info:
[ 7165.434994] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004
[ 7165.434995] CM = 0, WnR = 0
[ 7165.434997] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp = 00000000f29543f2
[ 7165.434998] [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000
[ 7165.435003] Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] SMP
[ 7165.439863] Process scsi_eh_6 (pid: 4109, stack limit = 0x00000000c43818d5)
[ 7165.468862] pstate: 00c00009 (nzcv daif +PAN +UAO)
[ 7165.473637] pc : dereg_device_v3_hw+0x68/0xa8 [hisi_sas_v3_hw]
[ 7165.479443] lr : dereg_device_v3_hw+0x2c/0xa8 [hisi_sas_v3_hw]
[ 7165.485247] sp : ffff00001d623bc0
[ 7165.488546] x29: ffff00001d623bc0 x28: ffffa027d03b9508
[ 7165.493835] x27: ffff80278ed50af0 x26: ffffa027dd31e0a8
[ 7165.499123] x25: ffffa027d9b27f88 x24: ffffa027d9b209f8
[ 7165.504411] x23: ffffa027c45b0d60 x22: ffff80278ec07c00
[ 7165.509700] x21: 0000000000000008 x20: ffffa027d9b209f8
[ 7165.514988] x19: ffffa027d9b27f88 x18: ffffffffffffffff
[ 7165.520276] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000
[ 7165.525564] x15: ffff0000091d9708 x14: ffff0000093b7dc8
[ 7165.530852] x13: ffff0000093b7a23 x12: 6e7265746e692067
[ 7165.536140] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000bb0
[ 7165.541429] x9 : ffff00001d6238f0 x8 : ffffa027d877af00
[ 7165.546718] x7 : ffffa027d6329600 x6 : ffff7e809f58ca00
[ 7165.552006] x5 : 0000000000001f8a x4 : 000000000000088e
[ 7165.557295] x3 : ffffa027d9b27fa8 x2 : 0000000000000000
[ 7165.562583] x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 000000003000188e
[ 7165.567872] Call trace:
[ 7165.570309] dereg_device_v3_hw+0x68/0xa8 [hisi_sas_v3_hw]
[ 7165.575775] hisi_sas_abort_task+0x248/0x358 [hisi_sas_main]
[ 7165.581415] sas_eh_handle_sas_errors+0x258/0x8e0 [libsas]
[ 7165.586876] sas_scsi_recover_host+0x134/0x458 [libsas]
[ 7165.592082] scsi_error_handler+0xb4/0x488
[ 7165.596163] kthread+0x134/0x138
[ 7165.599380] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
[ 7165.602940] Code: d5033e9f b9000040 aa0103e2 eb03003f (f9400021)
[ 7165.609004] kernel fault(0x1) notification starting on CPU 75
[ 7165.700728] ---[ end trace fc042cbbea224efc ]---
[ 7165.705326] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
To fix the issue, grab sas_dev lock when traversing the members of
sas_dev.list in dereg_device_v3_hw() and hisi_sas_release_tasks() to avoid
concurrency of adding and deleting member. When
---truncated---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netdevsim: fix memory leak in nsim_drv_probe() when nsim_dev_resources_register() failed
If some items in nsim_dev_resources_register() fail, memory leak will
occur. The following is the memory leak information.
unreferenced object 0xffff888074c02600 (size 128):
comm "echo", pid 8159, jiffies 4294945184 (age 493.530s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
40 47 ea 89 ff ff ff ff 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 @G..............
ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
backtrace:
[<0000000011a31c98>] kmalloc_trace+0x22/0x60
[<0000000027384c69>] devl_resource_register+0x144/0x4e0
[<00000000a16db248>] nsim_drv_probe+0x37a/0x1260
[<000000007d1f448c>] really_probe+0x20b/0xb10
[<00000000c416848a>] __driver_probe_device+0x1b3/0x4a0
[<00000000077e0351>] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x140
[<0000000054f2465a>] __device_attach_driver+0x18c/0x2a0
[<000000008538f359>] bus_for_each_drv+0x151/0x1d0
[<0000000038e09747>] __device_attach+0x1c9/0x4e0
[<00000000dd86e533>] bus_probe_device+0x1d5/0x280
[<00000000839bea35>] device_add+0xae0/0x1cb0
[<000000009c2abf46>] new_device_store+0x3b6/0x5f0
[<00000000fb823d7f>] bus_attr_store+0x72/0xa0
[<000000007acc4295>] sysfs_kf_write+0x106/0x160
[<000000005f50cb4d>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a8/0x5a0
[<0000000075eb41bf>] vfs_write+0x8f0/0xc80
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-04
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: coda: Add check for dcoda_iram_alloc
As the coda_iram_alloc may return NULL pointer,
it should be better to check the return value
in order to avoid NULL poineter dereference,
same as the others.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-04
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mtd: lpddr2_nvm: Fix possible null-ptr-deref
It will cause null-ptr-deref when resource_size(add_range) invoked,
if platform_get_resource() returns NULL.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-04
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/rtas: avoid scheduling in rtas_os_term()
It's unsafe to use rtas_busy_delay() to handle a busy status from
the ibm,os-term RTAS function in rtas_os_term():
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c:618
in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 1, name: swapper/0
preempt_count: 2, expected: 0
CPU: 7 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G D 6.0.0-rc5-02182-gf8553a572277-dirty #9
Call Trace:
[c000000007b8f000] [c000000001337110] dump_stack_lvl+0xb4/0x110 (unreliable)
[c000000007b8f040] [c0000000002440e4] __might_resched+0x394/0x3c0
[c000000007b8f0e0] [c00000000004f680] rtas_busy_delay+0x120/0x1b0
[c000000007b8f100] [c000000000052d04] rtas_os_term+0xb8/0xf4
[c000000007b8f180] [c0000000001150fc] pseries_panic+0x50/0x68
[c000000007b8f1f0] [c000000000036354] ppc_panic_platform_handler+0x34/0x50
[c000000007b8f210] [c0000000002303c4] notifier_call_chain+0xd4/0x1c0
[c000000007b8f2b0] [c0000000002306cc] atomic_notifier_call_chain+0xac/0x1c0
[c000000007b8f2f0] [c0000000001d62b8] panic+0x228/0x4d0
[c000000007b8f390] [c0000000001e573c] do_exit+0x140c/0x1420
[c000000007b8f480] [c0000000001e586c] make_task_dead+0xdc/0x200
Use rtas_busy_delay_time() instead, which signals without side effects
whether to attempt the ibm,os-term RTAS call again.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-04
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm: fix use-after-free on probe deferral
The bridge counter was never reset when tearing down the DRM device so
that stale pointers to deallocated structures would be accessed on the
next tear down (e.g. after a second late bind deferral).
Given enough bridges and a few probe deferrals this could currently also
lead to data beyond the bridge array being corrupted.
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/502665/
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-04