Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.10.198 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to avoid out-of-boundary access in dnode page
As Jiaming Zhang reported:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x1c1/0x2a0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0x17e/0x800 mm/kasan/report.c:480
kasan_report+0x147/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:593
data_blkaddr fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:3053 [inline]
f2fs_data_blkaddr fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:3058 [inline]
f2fs_get_dnode_of_data+0x1a09/0x1c40 fs/f2fs/node.c:855
f2fs_reserve_block+0x53/0x310 fs/f2fs/data.c:1195
prepare_write_begin fs/f2fs/data.c:3395 [inline]
f2fs_write_begin+0xf39/0x2190 fs/f2fs/data.c:3594
generic_perform_write+0x2c7/0x910 mm/filemap.c:4112
f2fs_buffered_write_iter fs/f2fs/file.c:4988 [inline]
f2fs_file_write_iter+0x1ec8/0x2410 fs/f2fs/file.c:5216
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]
vfs_write+0x546/0xa90 fs/read_write.c:686
ksys_write+0x149/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x3d0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
The root cause is in the corrupted image, there is a dnode has the same
node id w/ its inode, so during f2fs_get_dnode_of_data(), it tries to
access block address in dnode at offset 934, however it parses the dnode
as inode node, so that get_dnode_addr() returns 360, then it tries to
access page address from 360 + 934 * 4 = 4096 w/ 4 bytes.
To fix this issue, let's add sanity check for node id of all direct nodes
during f2fs_get_dnode_of_data().
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-30
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tls: separate no-async decryption request handling from async
If we're not doing async, the handling is much simpler. There's no
reference counting, we just need to wait for the completion to wake us
up and return its result.
We should preferably also use a separate crypto_wait. I'm not seeing a
UAF as I did in the past, I think aec7961916f3 ("tls: fix race between
async notify and socket close") took care of it.
This will make the next fix easier.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/amd: Avoid stack buffer overflow from kernel cmdline
While the kernel command line is considered trusted in most environments,
avoid writing 1 byte past the end of "acpiid" if the "str" argument is
maximum length.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: appletalk: Fix use-after-free in AARP proxy probe
The AARP proxyâprobe routine (aarp_proxy_probe_network) sends a probe,
releases the aarp_lock, sleeps, then re-acquires the lock. During that
window an expire timer thread (__aarp_expire_timer) can remove and
kfree() the same entry, leading to a use-after-free.
race condition:
cpu 0 | cpu 1
atalk_sendmsg() | atif_proxy_probe_device()
aarp_send_ddp() | aarp_proxy_probe_network()
mod_timer() | lock(aarp_lock) // LOCK!!
timeout around 200ms | alloc(aarp_entry)
and then call | proxies[hash] = aarp_entry
aarp_expire_timeout() | aarp_send_probe()
| unlock(aarp_lock) // UNLOCK!!
lock(aarp_lock) // LOCK!! | msleep(100);
__aarp_expire_timer(&proxies[ct]) |
free(aarp_entry) |
unlock(aarp_lock) // UNLOCK!! |
| lock(aarp_lock) // LOCK!!
| UAF aarp_entry !!
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in aarp_proxy_probe_network+0x560/0x630 net/appletalk/aarp.c:493
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880123aa360 by task repro/13278
CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 13278 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.15.2 #3 PREEMPT(full)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1b0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline]
print_report+0xc1/0x630 mm/kasan/report.c:521
kasan_report+0xca/0x100 mm/kasan/report.c:634
aarp_proxy_probe_network+0x560/0x630 net/appletalk/aarp.c:493
atif_proxy_probe_device net/appletalk/ddp.c:332 [inline]
atif_ioctl+0xb58/0x16c0 net/appletalk/ddp.c:857
atalk_ioctl+0x198/0x2f0 net/appletalk/ddp.c:1818
sock_do_ioctl+0xdc/0x260 net/socket.c:1190
sock_ioctl+0x239/0x6a0 net/socket.c:1311
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:892 [inline]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x194/0x200 fs/ioctl.c:892
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcb/0x250 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>
Allocated:
aarp_alloc net/appletalk/aarp.c:382 [inline]
aarp_proxy_probe_network+0xd8/0x630 net/appletalk/aarp.c:468
atif_proxy_probe_device net/appletalk/ddp.c:332 [inline]
atif_ioctl+0xb58/0x16c0 net/appletalk/ddp.c:857
atalk_ioctl+0x198/0x2f0 net/appletalk/ddp.c:1818
Freed:
kfree+0x148/0x4d0 mm/slub.c:4841
__aarp_expire net/appletalk/aarp.c:90 [inline]
__aarp_expire_timer net/appletalk/aarp.c:261 [inline]
aarp_expire_timeout+0x480/0x6e0 net/appletalk/aarp.c:317
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8880123aa300
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-192 of size 192
The buggy address is located 96 bytes inside of
freed 192-byte region [ffff8880123aa300, ffff8880123aa3c0)
Memory state around the buggy address:
ffff8880123aa200: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
ffff8880123aa280: 00 00 00 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff8880123aa300: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
^
ffff8880123aa380: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
ffff8880123aa400: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
==================================================================
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
regulator: core: fix NULL dereference on unbind due to stale coupling data
Failing to reset coupling_desc.n_coupled after freeing coupled_rdevs can
lead to NULL pointer dereference when regulators are accessed post-unbind.
This can happen during runtime PM or other regulator operations that rely
on coupling metadata.
For example, on ridesx4, unbinding the 'reg-dummy' platform device triggers
a panic in regulator_lock_recursive() due to stale coupling state.
Ensure n_coupled is set to 0 to prevent access to invalid pointers.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
arm64/entry: Mask DAIF in cpu_switch_to(), call_on_irq_stack()
`cpu_switch_to()` and `call_on_irq_stack()` manipulate SP to change
to different stacks along with the Shadow Call Stack if it is enabled.
Those two stack changes cannot be done atomically and both functions
can be interrupted by SErrors or Debug Exceptions which, though unlikely,
is very much broken : if interrupted, we can end up with mismatched stacks
and Shadow Call Stack leading to clobbered stacks.
In `cpu_switch_to()`, it can happen when SP_EL0 points to the new task,
but x18 stills points to the old task's SCS. When the interrupt handler
tries to save the task's SCS pointer, it will save the old task
SCS pointer (x18) into the new task struct (pointed to by SP_EL0),
clobbering it.
In `call_on_irq_stack()`, it can happen when switching from the task stack
to the IRQ stack and when switching back. In both cases, we can be
interrupted when the SCS pointer points to the IRQ SCS, but SP points to
the task stack. The nested interrupt handler pushes its return addresses
on the IRQ SCS. It then detects that SP points to the task stack,
calls `call_on_irq_stack()` and clobbers the task SCS pointer with
the IRQ SCS pointer, which it will also use !
This leads to tasks returning to addresses on the wrong SCS,
or even on the IRQ SCS, triggering kernel panics via CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
or FPAC if enabled.
This is possible on a default config, but unlikely.
However, when enabling CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI, DAIF is unmasked and
instead the GIC is responsible for filtering what interrupts the CPU
should receive based on priority.
Given the goal of emulating NMIs, pseudo-NMIs can be received by the CPU
even in `cpu_switch_to()` and `call_on_irq_stack()`, possibly *very*
frequently depending on the system configuration and workload, leading
to unpredictable kernel panics.
Completely mask DAIF in `cpu_switch_to()` and restore it when returning.
Do the same in `call_on_irq_stack()`, but restore and mask around
the branch.
Mask DAIF even if CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK is not enabled for consistency
of behaviour between all configurations.
Introduce and use an assembly macro for saving and masking DAIF,
as the existing one saves but only masks IF.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i2c: qup: jump out of the loop in case of timeout
Original logic only sets the return value but doesn't jump out of the
loop if the bus is kept active by a client. This is not expected. A
malicious or buggy i2c client can hang the kernel in this case and
should be avoided. This is observed during a long time test with a
PCA953x GPIO extender.
Fix it by changing the logic to not only sets the return value, but also
jumps out of the loop and return to the caller with -ETIMEDOUT.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gfs2: No more self recovery
When a node withdraws and it turns out that it is the only node that has
the filesystem mounted, gfs2 currently tries to replay the local journal
to bring the filesystem back into a consistent state. Not only is that
a very bad idea, it has also never worked because gfs2_recover_func()
will refuse to do anything during a withdraw.
However, before even getting to this point, gfs2_recover_func()
dereferences sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_inode. This was a use-after-free before
commit 04133b607a78 ("gfs2: Prevent double iput for journal on error")
and is a NULL pointer dereference since then.
Simply get rid of self recovery to fix that.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nilfs2: reject invalid file types when reading inodes
To prevent inodes with invalid file types from tripping through the vfs
and causing malfunctions or assertion failures, add a missing sanity check
when reading an inode from a block device. If the file type is not valid,
treat it as a filesystem error.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ice: Fix a null pointer dereference in ice_copy_and_init_pkg()
Add check for the return value of devm_kmemdup()
to prevent potential null pointer dereference.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-22