Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 4.12.10 Security Vulnerabilities
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:
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:
can: netlink: can_changelink(): fix NULL pointer deref of struct can_priv::do_set_mode
Andrei Lalaev reported a NULL pointer deref when a CAN device is
restarted from Bus Off and the driver does not implement the struct
can_priv::do_set_mode callback.
There are 2 code path that call struct can_priv::do_set_mode:
- directly by a manual restart from the user space, via
can_changelink()
- delayed automatic restart after bus off (deactivated by default)
To prevent the NULL pointer deference, refuse a manual restart or
configure the automatic restart delay in can_changelink() and report
the error via extack to user space.
As an additional safety measure let can_restart() return an error if
can_priv::do_set_mode is not set instead of dereferencing it
unchecked.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to avoid out-of-boundary access in devs.path
- touch /mnt/f2fs/012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123
- truncate -s $((1024*1024*1024)) \
/mnt/f2fs/012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123
- touch /mnt/f2fs/file
- truncate -s $((1024*1024*1024)) /mnt/f2fs/file
- mkfs.f2fs /mnt/f2fs/012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123 \
-c /mnt/f2fs/file
- mount /mnt/f2fs/012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123 \
/mnt/f2fs/loop
[16937.192225] F2FS-fs (loop0): Mount Device [ 0]: /mnt/f2fs/012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123\xff\x01, 511, 0 - 3ffff
[16937.192268] F2FS-fs (loop0): Failed to find devices
If device path length equals to MAX_PATH_LEN, sbi->devs.path[] may
not end up w/ null character due to path array is fully filled, So
accidently, fields locate after path[] may be treated as part of
device path, result in parsing wrong device path.
struct f2fs_dev_info {
...
char path[MAX_PATH_LEN];
...
};
Let's add one byte space for sbi->devs.path[] to store null
character of device path string.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: reject TDLS operations when station is not associated
syzbot triggered a WARN in ieee80211_tdls_oper() by sending
NL80211_TDLS_ENABLE_LINK immediately after NL80211_CMD_CONNECT,
before association completed and without prior TDLS setup.
This left internal state like sdata->u.mgd.tdls_peer uninitialized,
leading to a WARN_ON() in code paths that assumed it was valid.
Reject the operation early if not in station mode or not associated.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: xt_nfacct: don't assume acct name is null-terminated
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in .. lib/vsprintf.c:721
Read of size 1 at addr ffff88801eac95c8 by task syz-executor183/5851
[..]
string+0x231/0x2b0 lib/vsprintf.c:721
vsnprintf+0x739/0xf00 lib/vsprintf.c:2874
[..]
nfacct_mt_checkentry+0xd2/0xe0 net/netfilter/xt_nfacct.c:41
xt_check_match+0x3d1/0xab0 net/netfilter/x_tables.c:523
nfnl_acct_find_get() handles non-null input, but the error
printk relied on its presence.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to trigger foreground gc during f2fs_map_blocks() in lfs mode
w/ "mode=lfs" mount option, generic/299 will cause system panic as below:
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/segment.c:2835!
Call Trace:
<TASK>
f2fs_allocate_data_block+0x6f4/0xc50
f2fs_map_blocks+0x970/0x1550
f2fs_iomap_begin+0xb2/0x1e0
iomap_iter+0x1d6/0x430
__iomap_dio_rw+0x208/0x9a0
f2fs_file_write_iter+0x6b3/0xfa0
aio_write+0x15d/0x2e0
io_submit_one+0x55e/0xab0
__x64_sys_io_submit+0xa5/0x230
do_syscall_64+0x84/0x2f0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
RIP: 0010:new_curseg+0x70f/0x720
The root cause of we run out-of-space is: in f2fs_map_blocks(), f2fs may
trigger foreground gc only if it allocates any physical block, it will be
a little bit later when there is multiple threads writing data w/
aio/dio/bufio method in parallel, since we always use OPU in lfs mode, so
f2fs_map_blocks() does block allocations aggressively.
In order to fix this issue, let's give a chance to trigger foreground
gc in prior to block allocation in f2fs_map_blocks().
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbdev: imxfb: Check fb_add_videomode to prevent null-ptr-deref
fb_add_videomode() can fail with -ENOMEM when its internal kmalloc() cannot
allocate a struct fb_modelist. If that happens, the modelist stays empty but
the driver continues to register. Add a check for its return value to prevent
poteintial null-ptr-deref, which is similar to the commit 17186f1f90d3 ("fbdev:
Fix do_register_framebuffer to prevent null-ptr-deref in fb_videomode_to_var").
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI: pnv_php: Fix surprise plug detection and recovery
The existing PowerNV hotplug code did not handle surprise plug events
correctly, leading to a complete failure of the hotplug system after device
removal and a required reboot to detect new devices.
This comes down to two issues:
1) When a device is surprise removed, often the bridge upstream
port will cause a PE freeze on the PHB. If this freeze is not
cleared, the MSI interrupts from the bridge hotplug notification
logic will not be received by the kernel, stalling all plug events
on all slots associated with the PE.
2) When a device is removed from a slot, regardless of surprise or
programmatic removal, the associated PHB/PE ls left frozen.
If this freeze is not cleared via a fundamental reset, skiboot
is unable to clear the freeze and cannot retrain / rescan the
slot. This also requires a reboot to clear the freeze and redetect
the device in the slot.
Issue the appropriate unfreeze and rescan commands on hotplug events,
and don't oops on hotplug if pci_bus_to_OF_node() returns NULL.
[bhelgaas: tidy comments]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI: pnv_php: Clean up allocated IRQs on unplug
When the root of a nested PCIe bridge configuration is unplugged, the
pnv_php driver leaked the allocated IRQ resources for the child bridges'
hotplug event notifications, resulting in a panic.
Fix this by walking all child buses and deallocating all its IRQ resources
before calling pci_hp_remove_devices().
Also modify the lifetime of the workqueue at struct pnv_php_slot::wq so
that it is only destroyed in pnv_php_free_slot(), instead of
pnv_php_disable_irq(). This is required since pnv_php_disable_irq() will
now be called by workers triggered by hot unplug interrupts, so the
workqueue needs to stay allocated.
The abridged kernel panic that occurs without this patch is as follows:
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 687 at kernel/irq/msi.c:292 msi_device_data_release+0x6c/0x9c
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 687 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.14.0-rc5+ #2
Call Trace:
msi_device_data_release+0x34/0x9c (unreliable)
release_nodes+0x64/0x13c
devres_release_all+0xc0/0x140
device_del+0x2d4/0x46c
pci_destroy_dev+0x5c/0x194
pci_hp_remove_devices+0x90/0x128
pci_hp_remove_devices+0x44/0x128
pnv_php_disable_slot+0x54/0xd4
power_write_file+0xf8/0x18c
pci_slot_attr_store+0x40/0x5c
sysfs_kf_write+0x64/0x78
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1b0/0x290
vfs_write+0x3bc/0x50c
ksys_write+0x84/0x140
system_call_exception+0x124/0x230
system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec
[bhelgaas: tidy comments]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-22