Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: mctp: fix device leak on probe failure
Driver core holds a reference to the USB interface and its parent USB
device while the interface is bound to a driver and there is no need to
take additional references unless the structures are needed after
disconnect.
This driver takes a reference to the USB device during probe but does
not to release it on probe failures.
Drop the redundant device reference to fix the leak, reduce cargo
culting, make it easier to spot drivers where an extra reference is
needed, and reduce the risk of further memory leaks.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: fix use-after-free by using call_rcu() for oplock_info
ksmbd currently frees oplock_info immediately using kfree(), even
though it is accessed under RCU read-side critical sections in places
like opinfo_get() and proc_show_files().
Since there is no RCU grace period delay between nullifying the pointer
and freeing the memory, a reader can still access oplock_info
structure after it has been freed. This can leads to a use-after-free
especially in opinfo_get() where atomic_inc_not_zero() is called on
already freed memory.
Fix this by switching to deferred freeing using call_rcu().
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: Don't log keys in SMB3 signing and encryption key generation
When KSMBD_DEBUG_AUTH logging is enabled, generate_smb3signingkey() and
generate_smb3encryptionkey() log the session, signing, encryption, and
decryption key bytes. Remove the logs to avoid exposing credentials.
CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: server: fix use-after-free in smb2_open()
The opinfo pointer obtained via rcu_dereference(fp->f_opinfo) is
dereferenced after rcu_read_unlock(), creating a use-after-free
window.
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: fix in-place encryption corruption in SMB2_write()
SMB2_write() places write payload in iov[1..n] as part of rq_iov.
smb3_init_transform_rq() pointer-shares rq_iov, so crypt_message()
encrypts iov[1] in-place, replacing the original plaintext with
ciphertext. On a replayable error, the retry sends the same iov[1]
which now contains ciphertext instead of the original data,
resulting in corruption.
The corruption is most likely to be observed when connections are
unstable, as reconnects trigger write retries that re-send the
already-encrypted data.
This affects SFU mknod, MF symlinks, etc. On kernels before
6.10 (prior to the netfs conversion), sync writes also used
this path and were similarly affected. The async write path
wasn't unaffected as it uses rq_iter which gets deep-copied.
Fix by moving the write payload into rq_iter via iov_iter_kvec(),
so smb3_init_transform_rq() deep-copies it before encryption.
CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/apic: Disable x2apic on resume if the kernel expects so
When resuming from s2ram, firmware may re-enable x2apic mode, which may have
been disabled by the kernel during boot either because it doesn't support IRQ
remapping or for other reasons. This causes the kernel to continue using the
xapic interface, while the hardware is in x2apic mode, which causes hangs.
This happens on defconfig + bare metal + s2ram.
Fix this in lapic_resume() by disabling x2apic if the kernel expects it to be
disabled, i.e. when x2apic_mode = 0.
The ACPI v6.6 spec, Section 16.3 [1] says firmware restores either the
pre-sleep configuration or initial boot configuration for each CPU, including
MSR state:
When executing from the power-on reset vector as a result of waking from an
S2 or S3 sleep state, the platform firmware performs only the hardware
initialization required to restore the system to either the state the
platform was in prior to the initial operating system boot, or to the
pre-sleep configuration state. In multiprocessor systems, non-boot
processors should be placed in the same state as prior to the initial
operating system boot.
(further ahead)
If this is an S2 or S3 wake, then the platform runtime firmware restores
minimum context of the system before jumping to the waking vector. This
includes:
CPU configuration. Platform runtime firmware restores the pre-sleep
configuration or initial boot configuration of each CPU (MSR, MTRR,
firmware update, SMBase, and so on). Interrupts must be disabled (for
IA-32 processors, disabled by CLI instruction).
(and other things)
So at least as per the spec, re-enablement of x2apic by the firmware is
allowed if "x2apic on" is a part of the initial boot configuration.
[1] https://uefi.org/specs/ACPI/6.6/16_Waking_and_Sleeping.html#initialization
[ bp: Massage. ]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ublk: fix NULL pointer dereference in ublk_ctrl_set_size()
ublk_ctrl_set_size() unconditionally dereferences ub->ub_disk via
set_capacity_and_notify() without checking if it is NULL.
ub->ub_disk is NULL before UBLK_CMD_START_DEV completes (it is only
assigned in ublk_ctrl_start_dev()) and after UBLK_CMD_STOP_DEV runs
(ublk_detach_disk() sets it to NULL). Since the UBLK_CMD_UPDATE_SIZE
handler performs no state validation, a user can trigger a NULL pointer
dereference by sending UPDATE_SIZE to a device that has been added but
not yet started, or one that has been stopped.
Fix this by checking ub->ub_disk under ub->mutex before dereferencing
it, and returning -ENODEV if the disk is not available.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfs: fix undersized l_iclog_roundoff values
If the superblock doesn't list a log stripe unit, we set the incore log
roundoff value to 512. This leads to corrupt logs and unmountable
filesystems in generic/617 on a disk with 4k physical sectors...
XFS (sda1): Mounting V5 Filesystem ff3121ca-26e6-4b77-b742-aaff9a449e1c
XFS (sda1): Torn write (CRC failure) detected at log block 0x318e. Truncating head block from 0x3197.
XFS (sda1): failed to locate log tail
XFS (sda1): log mount/recovery failed: error -74
XFS (sda1): log mount failed
XFS (sda1): Mounting V5 Filesystem ff3121ca-26e6-4b77-b742-aaff9a449e1c
XFS (sda1): Ending clean mount
...on the current xfsprogs for-next which has a broken mkfs. xfs_info
shows this...
meta-data=/dev/sda1 isize=512 agcount=4, agsize=644992 blks
= sectsz=4096 attr=2, projid32bit=1
= crc=1 finobt=1, sparse=1, rmapbt=1
= reflink=1 bigtime=1 inobtcount=1 nrext64=1
= exchange=1 metadir=1
data = bsize=4096 blocks=2579968, imaxpct=25
= sunit=0 swidth=0 blks
naming =version 2 bsize=4096 ascii-ci=0, ftype=1, parent=1
log =internal log bsize=4096 blocks=16384, version=2
= sectsz=4096 sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none extsz=4096 blocks=0, rtextents=0
= rgcount=0 rgsize=268435456 extents
= zoned=0 start=0 reserved=0
...observe that the log section has sectsz=4096 sunit=0, which means
that the roundoff factor is 512, not 4096 as you'd expect. We should
fix mkfs not to generate broken filesystems, but anyone can fuzz the
ondisk superblock so we should be more cautious. I think the inadequate
logic predates commit a6a65fef5ef8d0, but that's clearly going to
require a different backport.
CVSS Score
8.2
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
io_uring/kbuf: check if target buffer list is still legacy on recycle
There's a gap between when the buffer was grabbed and when it
potentially gets recycled, where if the list is empty, someone could've
upgraded it to a ring provided type. This can happen if the request
is forced via io-wq. The legacy recycling is missing checking if the
buffer_list still exists, and if it's of the correct type. Add those
checks.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd: Fix a few more NULL pointer dereference in device cleanup
I found a few more paths that cleanup fails due to a NULL version pointer
on unsupported hardware.
Add NULL checks as applicable.
(cherry picked from commit f5a05f8414fc10f307eb965f303580c7778f8dd2)
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-08