Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 2.6.15.7 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HSI: ssi_protocol: Fix use after free vulnerability in ssi_protocol Driver Due to Race Condition
In the ssi_protocol_probe() function, &ssi->work is bound with
ssip_xmit_work(), In ssip_pn_setup(), the ssip_pn_xmit() function
within the ssip_pn_ops structure is capable of starting the
work.
If we remove the module which will call ssi_protocol_remove()
to make a cleanup, it will free ssi through kfree(ssi),
while the work mentioned above will be used. The sequence
of operations that may lead to a UAF bug is as follows:
CPU0 CPU1
| ssip_xmit_work
ssi_protocol_remove |
kfree(ssi); |
| struct hsi_client *cl = ssi->cl;
| // use ssi
Fix it by ensuring that the work is canceled before proceeding
with the cleanup in ssi_protocol_remove().
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-18
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ax25: Remove broken autobind
Binding AX25 socket by using the autobind feature leads to memory leaks
in ax25_connect() and also refcount leaks in ax25_release(). Memory
leak was detected with kmemleak:
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unreferenced object 0xffff8880253cd680 (size 96):
backtrace:
__kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof (./include/linux/kmemleak.h:43)
kmemdup_noprof (mm/util.c:136)
ax25_rt_autobind (net/ax25/ax25_route.c:428)
ax25_connect (net/ax25/af_ax25.c:1282)
__sys_connect_file (net/socket.c:2045)
__sys_connect (net/socket.c:2064)
__x64_sys_connect (net/socket.c:2067)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)
================================================================
When socket is bound, refcounts must be incremented the way it is done
in ax25_bind() and ax25_setsockopt() (SO_BINDTODEVICE). In case of
autobind, the refcounts are not incremented.
This bug leads to the following issue reported by Syzkaller:
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ax25_connect(): syz-executor318 uses autobind, please contact jreuter@yaina.de
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refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory.
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5317 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0xfa/0x1d0 lib/refcount.c:31
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5317 Comm: syz-executor318 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc4-syzkaller-00278-gece144f151ac #0
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0xfa/0x1d0 lib/refcount.c:31
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__refcount_dec include/linux/refcount.h:336 [inline]
refcount_dec include/linux/refcount.h:351 [inline]
ref_tracker_free+0x6af/0x7e0 lib/ref_tracker.c:236
netdev_tracker_free include/linux/netdevice.h:4302 [inline]
netdev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4319 [inline]
ax25_release+0x368/0x960 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:1080
__sock_release net/socket.c:647 [inline]
sock_close+0xbc/0x240 net/socket.c:1398
__fput+0x3e9/0x9f0 fs/file_table.c:464
__do_sys_close fs/open.c:1580 [inline]
__se_sys_close fs/open.c:1565 [inline]
__x64_sys_close+0x7f/0x110 fs/open.c:1565
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
...
</TASK>
================================================================
Considering the issues above and the comments left in the code that say:
"check if we can remove this feature. It is broken."; "autobinding in this
may or may not work"; - it is better to completely remove this feature than
to fix it because it is broken and leads to various kinds of memory bugs.
Now calling connect() without first binding socket will result in an
error (-EINVAL). Userspace software that relies on the autobind feature
might get broken. However, this feature does not seem widely used with
this specific driver as it was not reliable at any point of time, and it
is already broken anyway. E.g. ax25-tools and ax25-apps packages for
popular distributions do not use the autobind feature for AF_AX25.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: fix null pointer dereference in alloc_preauth_hash()
The Client send malformed smb2 negotiate request. ksmbd return error
response. Subsequently, the client can send smb2 session setup even
thought conn->preauth_info is not allocated.
This patch add KSMBD_SESS_NEED_SETUP status of connection to ignore
session setup request if smb2 negotiate phase is not complete.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: validate zero num_subauth before sub_auth is accessed
Access psid->sub_auth[psid->num_subauth - 1] without checking
if num_subauth is non-zero leads to an out-of-bounds read.
This patch adds a validation step to ensure num_subauth != 0
before sub_auth is accessed.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: fix session use-after-free in multichannel connection
There is a race condition between session setup and
ksmbd_sessions_deregister. The session can be freed before the connection
is added to channel list of session.
This patch check reference count of session before freeing it.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: fix use-after-free in ksmbd_sessions_deregister()
In multichannel mode, UAF issue can occur in session_deregister
when the second channel sets up a session through the connection of
the first channel. session that is freed through the global session
table can be accessed again through ->sessions of connection.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nfsd: put dl_stid if fail to queue dl_recall
Before calling nfsd4_run_cb to queue dl_recall to the callback_wq, we
increment the reference count of dl_stid.
We expect that after the corresponding work_struct is processed, the
reference count of dl_stid will be decremented through the callback
function nfsd4_cb_recall_release.
However, if the call to nfsd4_run_cb fails, the incremented reference
count of dl_stid will not be decremented correspondingly, leading to the
following nfs4_stid leak:
unreferenced object 0xffff88812067b578 (size 344):
comm "nfsd", pid 2761, jiffies 4295044002 (age 5541.241s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
01 00 00 00 6b 6b 6b 6b b8 02 c0 e2 81 88 ff ff ....kkkk........
00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 00 00 00 00 ad 4e ad de .kkkkkkk.....N..
backtrace:
kmem_cache_alloc+0x4b9/0x700
nfsd4_process_open1+0x34/0x300
nfsd4_open+0x2d1/0x9d0
nfsd4_proc_compound+0x7a2/0xe30
nfsd_dispatch+0x241/0x3e0
svc_process_common+0x5d3/0xcc0
svc_process+0x2a3/0x320
nfsd+0x180/0x2e0
kthread+0x199/0x1d0
ret_from_fork+0x30/0x50
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
unreferenced object 0xffff8881499f4d28 (size 368):
comm "nfsd", pid 2761, jiffies 4295044005 (age 5541.239s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 4d 9f 49 81 88 ff ff ........0M.I....
30 4d 9f 49 81 88 ff ff 20 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 0M.I.... .......
backtrace:
kmem_cache_alloc+0x4b9/0x700
nfs4_alloc_stid+0x29/0x210
alloc_init_deleg+0x92/0x2e0
nfs4_set_delegation+0x284/0xc00
nfs4_open_delegation+0x216/0x3f0
nfsd4_process_open2+0x2b3/0xee0
nfsd4_open+0x770/0x9d0
nfsd4_proc_compound+0x7a2/0xe30
nfsd_dispatch+0x241/0x3e0
svc_process_common+0x5d3/0xcc0
svc_process+0x2a3/0x320
nfsd+0x180/0x2e0
kthread+0x199/0x1d0
ret_from_fork+0x30/0x50
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
Fix it by checking the result of nfsd4_run_cb and call nfs4_put_stid if
fail to queue dl_recall.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nfsd: don't ignore the return code of svc_proc_register()
Currently, nfsd_proc_stat_init() ignores the return value of
svc_proc_register(). If the procfile creation fails, then the kernel
will WARN when it tries to remove the entry later.
Fix nfsd_proc_stat_init() to return the same type of pointer as
svc_proc_register(), and fix up nfsd_net_init() to check that and fail
the nfsd_net construction if it occurs.
svc_proc_register() can fail if the dentry can't be allocated, or if an
identical dentry already exists. The second case is pretty unlikely in
the nfsd_net construction codepath, so if this happens, return -ENOMEM.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
jfs: add check read-only before truncation in jfs_truncate_nolock()
Added a check for "read-only" mode in the `jfs_truncate_nolock`
function to avoid errors related to writing to a read-only
filesystem.
Call stack:
block_write_begin() {
jfs_write_failed() {
jfs_truncate() {
jfs_truncate_nolock() {
txEnd() {
...
log = JFS_SBI(tblk->sb)->log;
// (log == NULL)
If the `isReadOnly(ip)` condition is triggered in
`jfs_truncate_nolock`, the function execution will stop, and no
further data modification will occur. Instead, the `xtTruncate`
function will be called with the "COMMIT_WMAP" flag, preventing
modifications in "read-only" mode.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
jfs: add check read-only before txBeginAnon() call
Added a read-only check before calling `txBeginAnon` in `extAlloc`
and `extRecord`. This prevents modification attempts on a read-only
mounted filesystem, avoiding potential errors or crashes.
Call trace:
txBeginAnon+0xac/0x154
extAlloc+0xe8/0xdec fs/jfs/jfs_extent.c:78
jfs_get_block+0x340/0xb98 fs/jfs/inode.c:248
__block_write_begin_int+0x580/0x166c fs/buffer.c:2128
__block_write_begin fs/buffer.c:2177 [inline]
block_write_begin+0x98/0x11c fs/buffer.c:2236
jfs_write_begin+0x44/0x88 fs/jfs/inode.c:299
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-16