Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 4.14.218 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: qla4xxx: Prevent a potential error pointer dereference
The qla4xxx_get_ep_fwdb() function is supposed to return NULL on error,
but qla4xxx_ep_connect() returns error pointers. Propagating the error
pointers will lead to an Oops in the caller, so change the error pointers
to NULL.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-05
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nfsd: handle get_client_locked() failure in nfsd4_setclientid_confirm()
Lei Lu recently reported that nfsd4_setclientid_confirm() did not check
the return value from get_client_locked(). a SETCLIENTID_CONFIRM could
race with a confirmed client expiring and fail to get a reference. That
could later lead to a UAF.
Fix this by getting a reference early in the case where there is an
extant confirmed client. If that fails then treat it as if there were no
confirmed client found at all.
In the case where the unconfirmed client is expiring, just fail and
return the result from get_client_locked().
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-04
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hfs: fix general protection fault in hfs_find_init()
The hfs_find_init() method can trigger the crash
if tree pointer is NULL:
[ 45.746290][ T9787] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000008: 0000 [#1] SMP KAI
[ 45.747287][ T9787] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000040-0x0000000000000047]
[ 45.748716][ T9787] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 9787 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.16.0-rc3 #10 PREEMPT(full)
[ 45.750250][ T9787] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[ 45.751983][ T9787] RIP: 0010:hfs_find_init+0x86/0x230
[ 45.752834][ T9787] Code: c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 9a 01 00 00 4c 8d 6b 40 48 c7 45 18 00 00 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc
[ 45.755574][ T9787] RSP: 0018:ffffc90015157668 EFLAGS: 00010202
[ 45.756432][ T9787] RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff819a4d09
[ 45.757457][ T9787] RDX: 0000000000000008 RSI: ffffffff819acd3a RDI: ffffc900151576e8
[ 45.758282][ T9787] RBP: ffffc900151576d0 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 45.758943][ T9787] R10: 0000000080000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000004
[ 45.759619][ T9787] R13: 0000000000000040 R14: ffff88802c50814a R15: 0000000000000000
[ 45.760293][ T9787] FS: 00007ffb72734540(0000) GS:ffff8880cec64000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 45.761050][ T9787] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 45.761606][ T9787] CR2: 00007f9bd8225000 CR3: 000000010979a000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
[ 45.762286][ T9787] Call Trace:
[ 45.762570][ T9787] <TASK>
[ 45.762824][ T9787] hfs_ext_read_extent+0x190/0x9d0
[ 45.763269][ T9787] ? submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x2dd/0xce0
[ 45.763766][ T9787] ? __pfx_hfs_ext_read_extent+0x10/0x10
[ 45.764250][ T9787] hfs_get_block+0x55f/0x830
[ 45.764646][ T9787] block_read_full_folio+0x36d/0x850
[ 45.765105][ T9787] ? __pfx_hfs_get_block+0x10/0x10
[ 45.765541][ T9787] ? const_folio_flags+0x5b/0x100
[ 45.765972][ T9787] ? __pfx_hfs_read_folio+0x10/0x10
[ 45.766415][ T9787] filemap_read_folio+0xbe/0x290
[ 45.766840][ T9787] ? __pfx_filemap_read_folio+0x10/0x10
[ 45.767325][ T9787] ? __filemap_get_folio+0x32b/0xbf0
[ 45.767780][ T9787] do_read_cache_folio+0x263/0x5c0
[ 45.768223][ T9787] ? __pfx_hfs_read_folio+0x10/0x10
[ 45.768666][ T9787] read_cache_page+0x5b/0x160
[ 45.769070][ T9787] hfs_btree_open+0x491/0x1740
[ 45.769481][ T9787] hfs_mdb_get+0x15e2/0x1fb0
[ 45.769877][ T9787] ? __pfx_hfs_mdb_get+0x10/0x10
[ 45.770316][ T9787] ? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80
[ 45.770731][ T9787] ? lockdep_init_map_type+0x5c/0x280
[ 45.771200][ T9787] ? lockdep_init_map_type+0x5c/0x280
[ 45.771674][ T9787] hfs_fill_super+0x38e/0x720
[ 45.772092][ T9787] ? __pfx_hfs_fill_super+0x10/0x10
[ 45.772549][ T9787] ? snprintf+0xbe/0x100
[ 45.772931][ T9787] ? __pfx_snprintf+0x10/0x10
[ 45.773350][ T9787] ? do_raw_spin_lock+0x129/0x2b0
[ 45.773796][ T9787] ? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80
[ 45.774215][ T9787] ? set_blocksize+0x40a/0x510
[ 45.774636][ T9787] ? sb_set_blocksize+0x176/0x1d0
[ 45.775087][ T9787] ? setup_bdev_super+0x369/0x730
[ 45.775533][ T9787] get_tree_bdev_flags+0x384/0x620
[ 45.775985][ T9787] ? __pfx_hfs_fill_super+0x10/0x10
[ 45.776453][ T9787] ? __pfx_get_tree_bdev_flags+0x10/0x10
[ 45.776950][ T9787] ? bpf_lsm_capable+0x9/0x10
[ 45.777365][ T9787] ? security_capable+0x80/0x260
[ 45.777803][ T9787] vfs_get_tree+0x8e/0x340
[ 45.778203][ T9787] path_mount+0x13de/0x2010
[ 45.778604][ T9787] ? kmem_cache_free+0x2b0/0x4c0
[ 45.779052][ T9787] ? __pfx_path_mount+0x10/0x10
[ 45.779480][ T9787] ? getname_flags.part.0+0x1c5/0x550
[ 45.779954][ T9787] ? putname+0x154/0x1a0
[ 45.780335][ T9787] __x64_sys_mount+0x27b/0x300
[ 45.780758][ T9787] ? __pfx___x64_sys_mount+0x10/0x10
[ 45.781232][ T9787]
---truncated---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-04
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: kcm: Fix race condition in kcm_unattach()
syzbot found a race condition when kcm_unattach(psock)
and kcm_release(kcm) are executed at the same time.
kcm_unattach() is missing a check of the flag
kcm->tx_stopped before calling queue_work().
If the kcm has a reserved psock, kcm_unattach() might get executed
between cancel_work_sync() and unreserve_psock() in kcm_release(),
requeuing kcm->tx_work right before kcm gets freed in kcm_done().
Remove kcm->tx_stopped and replace it by the less
error-prone disable_work_sync().
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-04
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: linearize cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv
A cloned head skb still shares these frag skbs in fraglist with the
original head skb. It's not safe to access these frag skbs.
syzbot reported two use-of-uninitialized-memory bugs caused by this:
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in sctp_inq_pop+0x15b7/0x1920 net/sctp/inqueue.c:211
sctp_inq_pop+0x15b7/0x1920 net/sctp/inqueue.c:211
sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x1a7/0xc50 net/sctp/associola.c:998
sctp_inq_push+0x2ef/0x380 net/sctp/inqueue.c:88
sctp_backlog_rcv+0x397/0xdb0 net/sctp/input.c:331
sk_backlog_rcv+0x13b/0x420 include/net/sock.h:1122
__release_sock+0x1da/0x330 net/core/sock.c:3106
release_sock+0x6b/0x250 net/core/sock.c:3660
sctp_wait_for_connect+0x487/0x820 net/sctp/socket.c:9360
sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0x1ec1/0x1f00 net/sctp/socket.c:1885
sctp_sendmsg+0x32b9/0x4a80 net/sctp/socket.c:2031
inet_sendmsg+0x25a/0x280 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:851
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
and
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x34e/0xbc0 net/sctp/associola.c:987
sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x34e/0xbc0 net/sctp/associola.c:987
sctp_inq_push+0x2a3/0x350 net/sctp/inqueue.c:88
sctp_backlog_rcv+0x3c7/0xda0 net/sctp/input.c:331
sk_backlog_rcv+0x142/0x420 include/net/sock.h:1148
__release_sock+0x1d3/0x330 net/core/sock.c:3213
release_sock+0x6b/0x270 net/core/sock.c:3767
sctp_wait_for_connect+0x458/0x820 net/sctp/socket.c:9367
sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0x223a/0x2260 net/sctp/socket.c:1886
sctp_sendmsg+0x3910/0x49f0 net/sctp/socket.c:2032
inet_sendmsg+0x269/0x2a0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:851
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
This patch fixes it by linearizing cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv().
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-04
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: ctnetlink: fix refcount leak on table dump
There is a reference count leak in ctnetlink_dump_table():
if (res < 0) {
nf_conntrack_get(&ct->ct_general); // HERE
cb->args[1] = (unsigned long)ct;
...
While its very unlikely, its possible that ct == last.
If this happens, then the refcount of ct was already incremented.
This 2nd increment is never undone.
This prevents the conntrack object from being released, which in turn
keeps prevents cnet->count from dropping back to 0.
This will then block the netns dismantle (or conntrack rmmod) as
nf_conntrack_cleanup_net_list() will wait forever.
This can be reproduced by running conntrack_resize.sh selftest in a loop.
It takes ~20 minutes for me on a preemptible kernel on average before
I see a runaway kworker spinning in nf_conntrack_cleanup_net_list.
One fix would to change this to:
if (res < 0) {
if (ct != last)
nf_conntrack_get(&ct->ct_general);
But this reference counting isn't needed in the first place.
We can just store a cookie value instead.
A followup patch will do the same for ctnetlink_exp_dump_table,
it looks to me as if this has the same problem and like
ctnetlink_dump_table, we only need a 'skip hint', not the actual
object so we can apply the same cookie strategy there as well.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-04
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gfs2: Validate i_depth for exhash directories
A fuzzer test introduced corruption that ends up with a depth of 0 in
dir_e_read(), causing an undefined shift by 32 at:
index = hash >> (32 - dip->i_depth);
As calculated in an open-coded way in dir_make_exhash(), the minimum
depth for an exhash directory is ilog2(sdp->sd_hash_ptrs) and 0 is
invalid as sdp->sd_hash_ptrs is fixed as sdp->bsize / 16 at mount time.
So we can avoid the undefined behaviour by checking for depth values
lower than the minimum in gfs2_dinode_in(). Values greater than the
maximum are already being checked for there.
Also switch the calculation in dir_make_exhash() to use ilog2() to
clarify how the depth is calculated.
Tested with the syzkaller repro.c and xfstests '-g quick'.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-04
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hfsplus: don't use BUG_ON() in hfsplus_create_attributes_file()
When the volume header contains erroneous values that do not reflect
the actual state of the filesystem, hfsplus_fill_super() assumes that
the attributes file is not yet created, which later results in hitting
BUG_ON() when hfsplus_create_attributes_file() is called. Replace this
BUG_ON() with -EIO error with a message to suggest running fsck tool.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-04
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc()
The hfsplus_readdir() method is capable to crash by calling
hfsplus_uni2asc():
[ 667.121659][ T9805] ==================================================================
[ 667.122651][ T9805] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in hfsplus_uni2asc+0x902/0xa10
[ 667.123627][ T9805] Read of size 2 at addr ffff88802592f40c by task repro/9805
[ 667.124578][ T9805]
[ 667.124876][ T9805] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 9805 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.16.0-rc3 #1 PREEMPT(full)
[ 667.124886][ T9805] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[ 667.124890][ T9805] Call Trace:
[ 667.124893][ T9805] <TASK>
[ 667.124896][ T9805] dump_stack_lvl+0x10e/0x1f0
[ 667.124911][ T9805] print_report+0xd0/0x660
[ 667.124920][ T9805] ? __virt_addr_valid+0x81/0x610
[ 667.124928][ T9805] ? __phys_addr+0xe8/0x180
[ 667.124934][ T9805] ? hfsplus_uni2asc+0x902/0xa10
[ 667.124942][ T9805] kasan_report+0xc6/0x100
[ 667.124950][ T9805] ? hfsplus_uni2asc+0x902/0xa10
[ 667.124959][ T9805] hfsplus_uni2asc+0x902/0xa10
[ 667.124966][ T9805] ? hfsplus_bnode_read+0x14b/0x360
[ 667.124974][ T9805] hfsplus_readdir+0x845/0xfc0
[ 667.124984][ T9805] ? __pfx_hfsplus_readdir+0x10/0x10
[ 667.124994][ T9805] ? stack_trace_save+0x8e/0xc0
[ 667.125008][ T9805] ? iterate_dir+0x18b/0xb20
[ 667.125015][ T9805] ? trace_lock_acquire+0x85/0xd0
[ 667.125022][ T9805] ? lock_acquire+0x30/0x80
[ 667.125029][ T9805] ? iterate_dir+0x18b/0xb20
[ 667.125037][ T9805] ? down_read_killable+0x1ed/0x4c0
[ 667.125044][ T9805] ? putname+0x154/0x1a0
[ 667.125051][ T9805] ? __pfx_down_read_killable+0x10/0x10
[ 667.125058][ T9805] ? apparmor_file_permission+0x239/0x3e0
[ 667.125069][ T9805] iterate_dir+0x296/0xb20
[ 667.125076][ T9805] __x64_sys_getdents64+0x13c/0x2c0
[ 667.125084][ T9805] ? __pfx___x64_sys_getdents64+0x10/0x10
[ 667.125091][ T9805] ? __x64_sys_openat+0x141/0x200
[ 667.125126][ T9805] ? __pfx_filldir64+0x10/0x10
[ 667.125134][ T9805] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x7fe/0x12f0
[ 667.125143][ T9805] do_syscall_64+0xc9/0x480
[ 667.125151][ T9805] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
[ 667.125158][ T9805] RIP: 0033:0x7fa8753b2fc9
[ 667.125164][ T9805] Code: 00 c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 48
[ 667.125172][ T9805] RSP: 002b:00007ffe96f8e0f8 EFLAGS: 00000217 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000d9
[ 667.125181][ T9805] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fa8753b2fc9
[ 667.125185][ T9805] RDX: 0000000000000400 RSI: 00002000000063c0 RDI: 0000000000000004
[ 667.125190][ T9805] RBP: 00007ffe96f8e110 R08: 00007ffe96f8e110 R09: 00007ffe96f8e110
[ 667.125195][ T9805] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000217 R12: 0000556b1e3b4260
[ 667.125199][ T9805] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 667.125207][ T9805] </TASK>
[ 667.125210][ T9805]
[ 667.145632][ T9805] Allocated by task 9805:
[ 667.145991][ T9805] kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x40
[ 667.146352][ T9805] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
[ 667.146717][ T9805] __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0
[ 667.147065][ T9805] __kmalloc_noprof+0x205/0x550
[ 667.147448][ T9805] hfsplus_find_init+0x95/0x1f0
[ 667.147813][ T9805] hfsplus_readdir+0x220/0xfc0
[ 667.148174][ T9805] iterate_dir+0x296/0xb20
[ 667.148549][ T9805] __x64_sys_getdents64+0x13c/0x2c0
[ 667.148937][ T9805] do_syscall_64+0xc9/0x480
[ 667.149291][ T9805] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
[ 667.149809][ T9805]
[ 667.150030][ T9805] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88802592f000
[ 667.150030][ T9805] which belongs to the cache kmalloc-2k of size 2048
[ 667.151282][ T9805] The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
[ 667.151282][ T9805] allocated 1036-byte region [ffff88802592f000, ffff88802592f40c)
[ 667.1
---truncated---
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-04
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds in hfsplus_bnode_read()
The hfsplus_bnode_read() method can trigger the issue:
[ 174.852007][ T9784] ==================================================================
[ 174.852709][ T9784] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in hfsplus_bnode_read+0x2f4/0x360
[ 174.853412][ T9784] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810b5fc6c0 by task repro/9784
[ 174.854059][ T9784]
[ 174.854272][ T9784] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 9784 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.16.0-rc3 #7 PREEMPT(full)
[ 174.854281][ T9784] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[ 174.854286][ T9784] Call Trace:
[ 174.854289][ T9784] <TASK>
[ 174.854292][ T9784] dump_stack_lvl+0x10e/0x1f0
[ 174.854305][ T9784] print_report+0xd0/0x660
[ 174.854315][ T9784] ? __virt_addr_valid+0x81/0x610
[ 174.854323][ T9784] ? __phys_addr+0xe8/0x180
[ 174.854330][ T9784] ? hfsplus_bnode_read+0x2f4/0x360
[ 174.854337][ T9784] kasan_report+0xc6/0x100
[ 174.854346][ T9784] ? hfsplus_bnode_read+0x2f4/0x360
[ 174.854354][ T9784] hfsplus_bnode_read+0x2f4/0x360
[ 174.854362][ T9784] hfsplus_bnode_dump+0x2ec/0x380
[ 174.854370][ T9784] ? __pfx_hfsplus_bnode_dump+0x10/0x10
[ 174.854377][ T9784] ? hfsplus_bnode_write_u16+0x83/0xb0
[ 174.854385][ T9784] ? srcu_gp_start+0xd0/0x310
[ 174.854393][ T9784] ? __mark_inode_dirty+0x29e/0xe40
[ 174.854402][ T9784] hfsplus_brec_remove+0x3d2/0x4e0
[ 174.854411][ T9784] __hfsplus_delete_attr+0x290/0x3a0
[ 174.854419][ T9784] ? __pfx_hfs_find_1st_rec_by_cnid+0x10/0x10
[ 174.854427][ T9784] ? __pfx___hfsplus_delete_attr+0x10/0x10
[ 174.854436][ T9784] ? __asan_memset+0x23/0x50
[ 174.854450][ T9784] hfsplus_delete_all_attrs+0x262/0x320
[ 174.854459][ T9784] ? __pfx_hfsplus_delete_all_attrs+0x10/0x10
[ 174.854469][ T9784] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0xc0
[ 174.854476][ T9784] ? __mark_inode_dirty+0x29e/0xe40
[ 174.854483][ T9784] hfsplus_delete_cat+0x845/0xde0
[ 174.854493][ T9784] ? __pfx_hfsplus_delete_cat+0x10/0x10
[ 174.854507][ T9784] hfsplus_unlink+0x1ca/0x7c0
[ 174.854516][ T9784] ? __pfx_hfsplus_unlink+0x10/0x10
[ 174.854525][ T9784] ? down_write+0x148/0x200
[ 174.854532][ T9784] ? __pfx_down_write+0x10/0x10
[ 174.854540][ T9784] vfs_unlink+0x2fe/0x9b0
[ 174.854549][ T9784] do_unlinkat+0x490/0x670
[ 174.854557][ T9784] ? __pfx_do_unlinkat+0x10/0x10
[ 174.854565][ T9784] ? __might_fault+0xbc/0x130
[ 174.854576][ T9784] ? getname_flags.part.0+0x1c5/0x550
[ 174.854584][ T9784] __x64_sys_unlink+0xc5/0x110
[ 174.854592][ T9784] do_syscall_64+0xc9/0x480
[ 174.854600][ T9784] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
[ 174.854608][ T9784] RIP: 0033:0x7f6fdf4c3167
[ 174.854614][ T9784] Code: f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 26 0d 0e 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 08
[ 174.854622][ T9784] RSP: 002b:00007ffcb948bca8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000057
[ 174.854630][ T9784] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f6fdf4c3167
[ 174.854636][ T9784] RDX: 00007ffcb948bcc0 RSI: 00007ffcb948bcc0 RDI: 00007ffcb948bd50
[ 174.854641][ T9784] RBP: 00007ffcb948cd90 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 00007ffcb948bb40
[ 174.854645][ T9784] R10: 00007f6fdf564fc0 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 0000561e1bc9c2d0
[ 174.854650][ T9784] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 174.854658][ T9784] </TASK>
[ 174.854661][ T9784]
[ 174.879281][ T9784] Allocated by task 9784:
[ 174.879664][ T9784] kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x40
[ 174.880082][ T9784] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
[ 174.880500][ T9784] __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0
[ 174.880908][ T9784] __kmalloc_noprof+0x205/0x550
[ 174.881337][ T9784] __hfs_bnode_create+0x107/0x890
[ 174.881779][ T9784] hfsplus_bnode_find+0x2d0/0xd10
[ 174.882222][ T9784] hfsplus_brec_find+0x2b0/0x520
[ 174.882659][ T9784] hfsplus_delete_all_attrs+0x23b/0x3
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CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-04