Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 4.19.278 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md: fix soft lockup in status_resync
status_resync() will calculate 'curr_resync - recovery_active' to show
user a progress bar like following:
[============>........] resync = 61.4%
'curr_resync' and 'recovery_active' is updated in md_do_sync(), and
status_resync() can read them concurrently, hence it's possible that
'curr_resync - recovery_active' can overflow to a huge number. In this
case status_resync() will be stuck in the loop to print a large amount
of '=', which will end up soft lockup.
Fix the problem by setting 'resync' to MD_RESYNC_ACTIVE in this case,
this way resync in progress will be reported to user.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gfs2: Fix possible data races in gfs2_show_options()
Some fields such as gt_logd_secs of the struct gfs2_tune are accessed
without holding the lock gt_spin in gfs2_show_options():
val = sdp->sd_tune.gt_logd_secs;
if (val != 30)
seq_printf(s, ",commit=%d", val);
And thus can cause data races when gfs2_show_options() and other functions
such as gfs2_reconfigure() are concurrently executed:
spin_lock(>->gt_spin);
gt->gt_logd_secs = newargs->ar_commit;
To fix these possible data races, the lock sdp->sd_tune.gt_spin is
acquired before accessing the fields of gfs2_tune and released after these
accesses.
Further changes by Andreas:
- Don't hold the spin lock over the seq_printf operations.
CVSS Score
7.0
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
blk-mq: avoid double ->queue_rq() because of early timeout
David Jeffery found one double ->queue_rq() issue, so far it can
be triggered in VM use case because of long vmexit latency or preempt
latency of vCPU pthread or long page fault in vCPU pthread, then block
IO req could be timed out before queuing the request to hardware but after
calling blk_mq_start_request() during ->queue_rq(), then timeout handler
may handle it by requeue, then double ->queue_rq() is caused, and kernel
panic.
So far, it is driver's responsibility to cover the race between timeout
and completion, so it seems supposed to be solved in driver in theory,
given driver has enough knowledge.
But it is really one common problem, lots of driver could have similar
issue, and could be hard to fix all affected drivers, even it isn't easy
for driver to handle the race. So David suggests this patch by draining
in-progress ->queue_rq() for solving this issue.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
blk-mq: use quiesced elevator switch when reinitializing queues
The hctx's run_work may be racing with the elevator switch when
reinitializing hardware queues. The queue is merely frozen in this
context, but that only prevents requests from allocating and doesn't
stop the hctx work from running. The work may get an elevator pointer
that's being torn down, and can result in use-after-free errors and
kernel panics (example below). Use the quiesced elevator switch instead,
and make the previous one static since it is now only used locally.
nvme nvme0: resetting controller
nvme nvme0: 32/0/0 default/read/poll queues
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 80000020c8861067 P4D 80000020c8861067 PUD 250f8c8067 PMD 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
Workqueue: kblockd blk_mq_run_work_fn
RIP: 0010:kyber_has_work+0x29/0x70
...
Call Trace:
__blk_mq_do_dispatch_sched+0x83/0x2b0
__blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0x12e/0x170
blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0x30/0x60
__blk_mq_run_hw_queue+0x2b/0x50
process_one_work+0x1ef/0x380
worker_thread+0x2d/0x3e0
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
blk-iolatency: Fix memory leak on add_disk() failures
When a gendisk is successfully initialized but add_disk() fails such as when
a loop device has invalid number of minor device numbers specified,
blkcg_init_disk() is called during init and then blkcg_exit_disk() during
error handling. Unfortunately, iolatency gets initialized in the former but
doesn't get cleaned up in the latter.
This is because, in non-error cases, the cleanup is performed by
del_gendisk() calling rq_qos_exit(), the assumption being that rq_qos
policies, iolatency being one of them, can only be activated once the disk
is fully registered and visible. That assumption is true for wbt and iocost,
but not so for iolatency as it gets initialized before add_disk() is called.
It is desirable to lazy-init rq_qos policies because they are optional
features and add to hot path overhead once initialized - each IO has to walk
all the registered rq_qos policies. So, we want to switch iolatency to lazy
init too. However, that's a bigger change. As a fix for the immediate
problem, let's just add an extra call to rq_qos_exit() in blkcg_exit_disk().
This is safe because duplicate calls to rq_qos_exit() become noop's.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm thin: Fix ABBA deadlock between shrink_slab and dm_pool_abort_metadata
Following concurrent processes:
P1(drop cache) P2(kworker)
drop_caches_sysctl_handler
drop_slab
shrink_slab
down_read(&shrinker_rwsem) - LOCK A
do_shrink_slab
super_cache_scan
prune_icache_sb
dispose_list
evict
ext4_evict_inode
ext4_clear_inode
ext4_discard_preallocations
ext4_mb_load_buddy_gfp
ext4_mb_init_cache
ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait
ext4_read_bh_nowait
submit_bh
dm_submit_bio
do_worker
process_deferred_bios
commit
metadata_operation_failed
dm_pool_abort_metadata
down_write(&pmd->root_lock) - LOCK B
__destroy_persistent_data_objects
dm_block_manager_destroy
dm_bufio_client_destroy
unregister_shrinker
down_write(&shrinker_rwsem)
thin_map |
dm_thin_find_block ↓
down_read(&pmd->root_lock) --> ABBA deadlock
, which triggers hung task:
[ 76.974820] INFO: task kworker/u4:3:63 blocked for more than 15 seconds.
[ 76.976019] Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4-00011-g8f17dd350364-dirty #910
[ 76.978521] task:kworker/u4:3 state:D stack:0 pid:63 ppid:2
[ 76.978534] Workqueue: dm-thin do_worker
[ 76.978552] Call Trace:
[ 76.978564] __schedule+0x6ba/0x10f0
[ 76.978582] schedule+0x9d/0x1e0
[ 76.978588] rwsem_down_write_slowpath+0x587/0xdf0
[ 76.978600] down_write+0xec/0x110
[ 76.978607] unregister_shrinker+0x2c/0xf0
[ 76.978616] dm_bufio_client_destroy+0x116/0x3d0
[ 76.978625] dm_block_manager_destroy+0x19/0x40
[ 76.978629] __destroy_persistent_data_objects+0x5e/0x70
[ 76.978636] dm_pool_abort_metadata+0x8e/0x100
[ 76.978643] metadata_operation_failed+0x86/0x110
[ 76.978649] commit+0x6a/0x230
[ 76.978655] do_worker+0xc6e/0xd90
[ 76.978702] process_one_work+0x269/0x630
[ 76.978714] worker_thread+0x266/0x630
[ 76.978730] kthread+0x151/0x1b0
[ 76.978772] INFO: task test.sh:2646 blocked for more than 15 seconds.
[ 76.979756] Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4-00011-g8f17dd350364-dirty #910
[ 76.982111] task:test.sh state:D stack:0 pid:2646 ppid:2459
[ 76.982128] Call Trace:
[ 76.982139] __schedule+0x6ba/0x10f0
[ 76.982155] schedule+0x9d/0x1e0
[ 76.982159] rwsem_down_read_slowpath+0x4f4/0x910
[ 76.982173] down_read+0x84/0x170
[ 76.982177] dm_thin_find_block+0x4c/0xd0
[ 76.982183] thin_map+0x201/0x3d0
[ 76.982188] __map_bio+0x5b/0x350
[ 76.982195] dm_submit_bio+0x2b6/0x930
[ 76.982202] __submit_bio+0x123/0x2d0
[ 76.982209] submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x101/0x3e0
[ 76.982222] submit_bio_noacct+0x389/0x770
[ 76.982227] submit_bio+0x50/0xc0
[ 76.982232] submit_bh_wbc+0x15e/0x230
[ 76.982238] submit_bh+0x14/0x20
[ 76.982241] ext4_read_bh_nowait+0xc5/0x130
[ 76.982247] ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait+0x340/0xc60
[ 76.982254] ext4_mb_init_cache+0x1ce/0xdc0
[ 76.982259] ext4_mb_load_buddy_gfp+0x987/0xfa0
[ 76.982263] ext4_discard_preallocations+0x45d/0x830
[ 76.982274] ext4_clear_inode+0x48/0xf0
[ 76.982280] ext4_evict_inode+0xcf/0xc70
[ 76.982285] evict+0x119/0x2b0
[ 76.982290] dispose_list+0x43/0xa0
[ 76.982294] prune_icache_sb+0x64/0x90
[ 76.982298] super_cache_scan+0x155/0x210
[ 76.982303] do_shrink_slab+0x19e/0x4e0
[ 76.982310] shrink_slab+0x2bd/0x450
[ 76.982317] drop_slab+0xcc/0x1a0
[ 76.982323] drop_caches_sysctl_handler+0xb7/0xe0
[ 76.982327] proc_sys_call_handler+0x1bc/0x300
[ 76.982331] proc_sys_write+0x17/0x20
[ 76.982334] vfs_write+0x3d3/0x570
[ 76.982342] ksys_write+0x73/0x160
[ 76.982347] __x64_sys_write+0x1e/0x30
[ 76.982352] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
[ 76.982357] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
Funct
---truncated---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ARM: OMAP2+: omap4-common: Fix refcount leak bug
In omap4_sram_init(), of_find_compatible_node() will return a node
pointer with refcount incremented. We should use of_node_put() when
it is not used anymore.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: mpt3sas: Fix possible resource leaks in mpt3sas_transport_port_add()
In mpt3sas_transport_port_add(), if sas_rphy_add() returns error,
sas_rphy_free() needs be called to free the resource allocated in
sas_end_device_alloc(). Otherwise a kernel crash will happen:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000108
CPU: 45 PID: 37020 Comm: bash Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc1+ #189
pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : device_del+0x54/0x3d0
lr : device_del+0x37c/0x3d0
Call trace:
device_del+0x54/0x3d0
attribute_container_class_device_del+0x28/0x38
transport_remove_classdev+0x6c/0x80
attribute_container_device_trigger+0x108/0x110
transport_remove_device+0x28/0x38
sas_rphy_remove+0x50/0x78 [scsi_transport_sas]
sas_port_delete+0x30/0x148 [scsi_transport_sas]
do_sas_phy_delete+0x78/0x80 [scsi_transport_sas]
device_for_each_child+0x68/0xb0
sas_remove_children+0x30/0x50 [scsi_transport_sas]
sas_rphy_remove+0x38/0x78 [scsi_transport_sas]
sas_port_delete+0x30/0x148 [scsi_transport_sas]
do_sas_phy_delete+0x78/0x80 [scsi_transport_sas]
device_for_each_child+0x68/0xb0
sas_remove_children+0x30/0x50 [scsi_transport_sas]
sas_remove_host+0x20/0x38 [scsi_transport_sas]
scsih_remove+0xd8/0x420 [mpt3sas]
Because transport_add_device() is not called when sas_rphy_add() fails, the
device is not added. When sas_rphy_remove() is subsequently called to
remove the device in the remove() path, a NULL pointer dereference happens.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu: Fix size validation for non-exclusive domains (v4)
Fix amdgpu_bo_validate_size() to check whether the TTM domain manager for the
requested memory exists, else we get a kernel oops when dereferencing "man".
v2: Make the patch standalone, i.e. not dependent on local patches.
v3: Preserve old behaviour and just check that the manager pointer is not
NULL.
v4: Complain if GTT domain requested and it is uninitialized--most likely a
bug.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs: dlm: fix invalid derefence of sb_lvbptr
I experience issues when putting a lkbsb on the stack and have sb_lvbptr
field to a dangled pointer while not using DLM_LKF_VALBLK. It will crash
with the following kernel message, the dangled pointer is here
0xdeadbeef as example:
[ 102.749317] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 00000000deadbeef
[ 102.749320] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 102.749323] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 102.749325] PGD 0 P4D 0
[ 102.749332] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
[ 102.749336] CPU: 0 PID: 1567 Comm: lock_torture_wr Tainted: G W 5.19.0-rc3+ #1565
[ 102.749343] Hardware name: Red Hat KVM/RHEL-AV, BIOS 1.16.0-2.module+el8.7.0+15506+033991b0 04/01/2014
[ 102.749344] RIP: 0010:memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10
[ 102.749353] Code: cc cc cc cc eb 1e 0f 1f 00 48 89 f8 48 89 d1 48 c1 e9 03 83 e2 07 f3 48 a5 89 d1 f3 a4 c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 d1 <f3> a4 c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 89 f8 48 83 fa 20 72 7e 40 38 fe
[ 102.749355] RSP: 0018:ffff97a58145fd08 EFLAGS: 00010202
[ 102.749358] RAX: ffff901778b77070 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000040
[ 102.749360] RDX: 0000000000000040 RSI: 00000000deadbeef RDI: ffff901778b77070
[ 102.749362] RBP: ffff97a58145fd10 R08: ffff901760b67a70 R09: 0000000000000001
[ 102.749364] R10: ffff9017008e2cb8 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff901760b67a70
[ 102.749366] R13: ffff901760b78f00 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: 0000000000000001
[ 102.749368] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff901876e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 102.749372] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 102.749374] CR2: 00000000deadbeef CR3: 000000017c49a004 CR4: 0000000000770ef0
[ 102.749376] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 102.749378] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 102.749379] PKRU: 55555554
[ 102.749381] Call Trace:
[ 102.749382] <TASK>
[ 102.749383] ? send_args+0xb2/0xd0
[ 102.749389] send_common+0xb7/0xd0
[ 102.749395] _unlock_lock+0x2c/0x90
[ 102.749400] unlock_lock.isra.56+0x62/0xa0
[ 102.749405] dlm_unlock+0x21e/0x330
[ 102.749411] ? lock_torture_stats+0x80/0x80 [dlm_locktorture]
[ 102.749416] torture_unlock+0x5a/0x90 [dlm_locktorture]
[ 102.749419] ? preempt_count_sub+0xba/0x100
[ 102.749427] lock_torture_writer+0xbd/0x150 [dlm_locktorture]
[ 102.786186] kthread+0x10a/0x130
[ 102.786581] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20
[ 102.787156] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
[ 102.787588] </TASK>
[ 102.787855] Modules linked in: dlm_locktorture torture rpcsec_gss_krb5 intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common kvm_intel iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support kvm vmw_vsock_virtio_transport qxl irqbypass vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common drm_ttm_helper crc32_pclmul joydev crc32c_intel ttm vsock virtio_scsi virtio_balloon snd_pcm drm_kms_helper virtio_console snd_timer snd drm soundcore syscopyarea i2c_i801 sysfillrect sysimgblt i2c_smbus pcspkr fb_sys_fops lpc_ich serio_raw
[ 102.792536] CR2: 00000000deadbeef
[ 102.792930] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
This patch fixes the issue by checking also on DLM_LKF_VALBLK on exflags
is set when copying the lvbptr array instead of if it's just null which
fixes for me the issue.
I think this patch can fix other dlm users as well, depending how they
handle the init, freeing memory handling of sb_lvbptr and don't set
DLM_LKF_VALBLK for some dlm_lock() calls. It might a there could be a
hidden issue all the time. However with checking on DLM_LKF_VALBLK the
user always need to provide a sb_lvbptr non-null value. There might be
more intelligent handling between per ls lvblen, DLM_LKF_VALBLK and
non-null to report the user the way how DLM API is used is wrong but can
be added for later, this will only fix the current behaviour.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-07