Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 4.14.161 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbdev: Fix vmalloc out-of-bounds write in fast_imageblit
This issue triggers when a userspace program does an ioctl
FBIOPUT_CON2FBMAP by passing console number and frame buffer number.
Ideally this maps console to frame buffer and updates the screen if
console is visible.
As part of mapping it has to do resize of console according to frame
buffer info. if this resize fails and returns from vc_do_resize() and
continues further. At this point console and new frame buffer are mapped
and sets display vars. Despite failure still it continue to proceed
updating the screen at later stages where vc_data is related to previous
frame buffer and frame buffer info and display vars are mapped to new
frame buffer and eventully leading to out-of-bounds write in
fast_imageblit(). This bheviour is excepted only when fg_console is
equal to requested console which is a visible console and updates screen
with invalid struct references in fbcon_putcs().
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-04
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
comedi: fix race between polling and detaching
syzbot reports a use-after-free in comedi in the below link, which is
due to comedi gladly removing the allocated async area even though poll
requests are still active on the wait_queue_head inside of it. This can
cause a use-after-free when the poll entries are later triggered or
removed, as the memory for the wait_queue_head has been freed. We need
to check there are no tasks queued on any of the subdevices' wait queues
before allowing the device to be detached by the `COMEDI_DEVCONFIG`
ioctl.
Tasks will read-lock `dev->attach_lock` before adding themselves to the
subdevice wait queue, so fix the problem in the `COMEDI_DEVCONFIG` ioctl
handler by write-locking `dev->attach_lock` before checking that all of
the subdevices are safe to be deleted. This includes testing for any
sleepers on the subdevices' wait queues. It remains locked until the
device has been detached. This requires the `comedi_device_detach()`
function to be refactored slightly, moving the bulk of it into new
function `comedi_device_detach_locked()`.
Note that the refactor of `comedi_device_detach()` results in
`comedi_device_cancel_all()` now being called while `dev->attach_lock`
is write-locked, which wasn't the case previously, but that does not
matter.
Thanks to Jens Axboe for diagnosing the problem and co-developing this
patch.
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-04
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: venus: Fix OOB read due to missing payload bound check
Currently, The event_seq_changed() handler processes a variable number
of properties sent by the firmware. The number of properties is indicated
by the firmware and used to iterate over the payload. However, the
payload size is not being validated against the actual message length.
This can lead to out-of-bounds memory access if the firmware provides a
property count that exceeds the data available in the payload. Such a
condition can result in kernel crashes or potential information leaks if
memory beyond the buffer is accessed.
Fix this by properly validating the remaining size of the payload before
each property access and updating bounds accordingly as properties are
parsed.
This ensures that property parsing is safely bounded within the received
message buffer and protects against malformed or malicious firmware
behavior.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-04
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: uvcvideo: Fix 1-byte out-of-bounds read in uvc_parse_format()
The buffer length check before calling uvc_parse_format() only ensured
that the buffer has at least 3 bytes (buflen > 2), buf the function
accesses buffer[3], requiring at least 4 bytes.
This can lead to an out-of-bounds read if the buffer has exactly 3 bytes.
Fix it by checking that the buffer has at least 4 bytes in
uvc_parse_format().
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-04
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:
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