Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 4.14.150 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtl818x: Kill URBs before clearing tx status queue
In rtl8187_stop() move the call of usb_kill_anchored_urbs() before clearing
b_tx_status.queue. This change prevents callbacks from using already freed
skb due to anchor was not killed before freeing such skb.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000080
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/7 Not tainted 6.15.0 #8 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
RIP: 0010:ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe+0x21/0xc0 [mac80211]
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
rtl8187_tx_cb+0x116/0x150 [rtl8187]
__usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x9d/0x120
usb_giveback_urb_bh+0xbb/0x140
process_one_work+0x19b/0x3c0
bh_worker+0x1a7/0x210
tasklet_action+0x10/0x30
handle_softirqs+0xf0/0x340
__irq_exit_rcu+0xcd/0xf0
common_interrupt+0x85/0xa0
</IRQ>
Tested on RTL8187BvE device.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Reject narrower access to pointer ctx fields
The following BPF program, simplified from a syzkaller repro, causes a
kernel warning:
r0 = *(u8 *)(r1 + 169);
exit;
With pointer field sk being at offset 168 in __sk_buff. This access is
detected as a narrower read in bpf_skb_is_valid_access because it
doesn't match offsetof(struct __sk_buff, sk). It is therefore allowed
and later proceeds to bpf_convert_ctx_access. Note that for the
"is_narrower_load" case in the convert_ctx_accesses(), the insn->off
is aligned, so the cnt may not be 0 because it matches the
offsetof(struct __sk_buff, sk) in the bpf_convert_ctx_access. However,
the target_size stays 0 and the verifier errors with a kernel warning:
verifier bug: error during ctx access conversion(1)
This patch fixes that to return a proper "invalid bpf_context access
off=X size=Y" error on the load instruction.
The same issue affects multiple other fields in context structures that
allow narrow access. Some other non-affected fields (for sk_msg,
sk_lookup, and sockopt) were also changed to use bpf_ctx_range_ptr for
consistency.
Note this syzkaller crash was reported in the "Closes" link below, which
used to be about a different bug, fixed in
commit fce7bd8e385a ("bpf/verifier: Handle BPF_LOAD_ACQ instructions
in insn_def_regno()"). Because syzbot somehow confused the two bugs,
the new crash and repro didn't get reported to the mailing list.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: ccp - Fix crash when rebind ccp device for ccp.ko
When CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_CCP_DEBUGFS is enabled, rebinding
the ccp device causes the following crash:
$ echo '0000:0a:00.2' > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ccp/unbind
$ echo '0000:0a:00.2' > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ccp/bind
[ 204.976930] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000098
[ 204.978026] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
[ 204.979126] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
[ 204.980226] PGD 0 P4D 0
[ 204.981317] Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI
...
[ 204.997852] Call Trace:
[ 204.999074] <TASK>
[ 205.000297] start_creating+0x9f/0x1c0
[ 205.001533] debugfs_create_dir+0x1f/0x170
[ 205.002769] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[ 205.004000] ccp5_debugfs_setup+0x87/0x170 [ccp]
[ 205.005241] ccp5_init+0x8b2/0x960 [ccp]
[ 205.006469] ccp_dev_init+0xd4/0x150 [ccp]
[ 205.007709] sp_init+0x5f/0x80 [ccp]
[ 205.008942] sp_pci_probe+0x283/0x2e0 [ccp]
[ 205.010165] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[ 205.011376] local_pci_probe+0x4f/0xb0
[ 205.012584] pci_device_probe+0xdb/0x230
[ 205.013810] really_probe+0xed/0x380
[ 205.015024] __driver_probe_device+0x7e/0x160
[ 205.016240] device_driver_attach+0x2f/0x60
[ 205.017457] bind_store+0x7c/0xb0
[ 205.018663] drv_attr_store+0x28/0x40
[ 205.019868] sysfs_kf_write+0x5f/0x70
[ 205.021065] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x145/0x1d0
[ 205.022267] vfs_write+0x308/0x440
[ 205.023453] ksys_write+0x6d/0xe0
[ 205.024616] __x64_sys_write+0x1e/0x30
[ 205.025778] x64_sys_call+0x16ba/0x2150
[ 205.026942] do_syscall_64+0x56/0x1e0
[ 205.028108] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[ 205.029276] RIP: 0033:0x7fbc36f10104
[ 205.030420] Code: 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 48 8d 05 e1 08 2e 00 8b 00 85 c0 75 13 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 54 f3 c3 66 90 41 54 55 49 89 d4 53 48 89 f5
This patch sets ccp_debugfs_dir to NULL after destroying it in
ccp5_debugfs_destroy, allowing the directory dentry to be
recreated when rebinding the ccp device.
Tested on AMD Ryzen 7 1700X.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
padata: Fix pd UAF once and for all
There is a race condition/UAF in padata_reorder that goes back
to the initial commit. A reference count is taken at the start
of the process in padata_do_parallel, and released at the end in
padata_serial_worker.
This reference count is (and only is) required for padata_replace
to function correctly. If padata_replace is never called then
there is no issue.
In the function padata_reorder which serves as the core of padata,
as soon as padata is added to queue->serial.list, and the associated
spin lock released, that padata may be processed and the reference
count on pd would go away.
Fix this by getting the next padata before the squeue->serial lock
is released.
In order to make this possible, simplify padata_reorder by only
calling it once the next padata arrives.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment()
syzbot was able to craft a packet with very long IPv6 extension headers
leading to an overflow of skb->transport_header.
This 16bit field has a limited range.
Add skb_reset_transport_header_careful() helper and use it
from ipv6_gso_segment()
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5871 at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 skb_reset_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5871 at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 ipv6_gso_segment+0x15e2/0x21e0 net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c:151
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5871 Comm: syz-executor211 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc6-syzkaller-g7abc678e3084 #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
RIP: 0010:skb_reset_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 [inline]
RIP: 0010:ipv6_gso_segment+0x15e2/0x21e0 net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c:151
Call Trace:
<TASK>
skb_mac_gso_segment+0x31c/0x640 net/core/gso.c:53
nsh_gso_segment+0x54a/0xe10 net/nsh/nsh.c:110
skb_mac_gso_segment+0x31c/0x640 net/core/gso.c:53
__skb_gso_segment+0x342/0x510 net/core/gso.c:124
skb_gso_segment include/net/gso.h:83 [inline]
validate_xmit_skb+0x857/0x11b0 net/core/dev.c:3950
validate_xmit_skb_list+0x84/0x120 net/core/dev.c:4000
sch_direct_xmit+0xd3/0x4b0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:329
__dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:4102 [inline]
__dev_queue_xmit+0x17b6/0x3a70 net/core/dev.c:4679
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pptp: ensure minimal skb length in pptp_xmit()
Commit aabc6596ffb3 ("net: ppp: Add bound checking for skb data
on ppp_sync_txmung") fixed ppp_sync_txmunge()
We need a similar fix in pptp_xmit(), otherwise we might
read uninit data as reported by syzbot.
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in pptp_xmit+0xc34/0x2720 drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c:193
pptp_xmit+0xc34/0x2720 drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c:193
ppp_channel_bridge_input drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2290 [inline]
ppp_input+0x1d6/0xe60 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2314
pppoe_rcv_core+0x1e8/0x760 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:379
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
pppoe_sendmsg+0x15d/0xcb0 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:904
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x330/0x3d0 net/socket.c:727
____sys_sendmsg+0x893/0xd80 net/socket.c:2566
___sys_sendmsg+0x271/0x3b0 net/socket.c:2620
__sys_sendmmsg+0x2d9/0x7c0 net/socket.c:2709
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/eeh: Make EEH driver device hotplug safe
Multiple race conditions existed between the PCIe hotplug driver and the
EEH driver, leading to a variety of kernel oopses of the same general
nature:
<pcie device unplug>
<eeh driver trigger>
<hotplug removal trigger>
<pcie tree reconfiguration>
<eeh recovery next step>
<oops in EEH driver bus iteration loop>
A second class of oops is also seen when the underlying bus disappears
during device recovery.
Refactor the EEH module to be PCI rescan and remove safe. Also clean
up a few minor formatting / readability issues.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to avoid panic in f2fs_evict_inode
As syzbot [1] reported as below:
R10: 0000000000000100 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00007ffe17473450
R13: 00007f28b1c10854 R14: 000000000000dae5 R15: 00007ffe17474520
</TASK>
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __list_del_entry_valid+0xa6/0x130 lib/list_debug.c:62
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88812d962278 by task syz-executor/564
CPU: 1 PID: 564 Comm: syz-executor Tainted: G W 6.1.129-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2025
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack+0x21/0x24 lib/dump_stack.c:88
dump_stack_lvl+0xee/0x158 lib/dump_stack.c:106
print_address_description+0x71/0x210 mm/kasan/report.c:316
print_report+0x4a/0x60 mm/kasan/report.c:427
kasan_report+0x122/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:531
__asan_report_load8_noabort+0x14/0x20 mm/kasan/report_generic.c:351
__list_del_entry_valid+0xa6/0x130 lib/list_debug.c:62
__list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:134 [inline]
list_del_init include/linux/list.h:206 [inline]
f2fs_inode_synced+0xf7/0x2e0 fs/f2fs/super.c:1531
f2fs_update_inode+0x74/0x1c40 fs/f2fs/inode.c:585
f2fs_update_inode_page+0x137/0x170 fs/f2fs/inode.c:703
f2fs_write_inode+0x4ec/0x770 fs/f2fs/inode.c:731
write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1460 [inline]
__writeback_single_inode+0x4a0/0xab0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1677
writeback_single_inode+0x221/0x8b0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1733
sync_inode_metadata+0xb6/0x110 fs/fs-writeback.c:2789
f2fs_sync_inode_meta+0x16d/0x2a0 fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c:1159
block_operations fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c:1269 [inline]
f2fs_write_checkpoint+0xca3/0x2100 fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c:1658
kill_f2fs_super+0x231/0x390 fs/f2fs/super.c:4668
deactivate_locked_super+0x98/0x100 fs/super.c:332
deactivate_super+0xaf/0xe0 fs/super.c:363
cleanup_mnt+0x45f/0x4e0 fs/namespace.c:1186
__cleanup_mnt+0x19/0x20 fs/namespace.c:1193
task_work_run+0x1c6/0x230 kernel/task_work.c:203
exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:39 [inline]
do_exit+0x9fb/0x2410 kernel/exit.c:871
do_group_exit+0x210/0x2d0 kernel/exit.c:1021
__do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1032 [inline]
__se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1030 [inline]
__x64_sys_exit_group+0x3f/0x40 kernel/exit.c:1030
x64_sys_call+0x7b4/0x9a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:232
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f28b1b8e169
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7f28b1b8e13f.
RSP: 002b:00007ffe174710a8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e7
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f28b1c10879 RCX: 00007f28b1b8e169
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 00007ffe1746ee47 R09: 00007ffe17472360
R10: 0000000000000009 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffe17472360
R13: 00007f28b1c10854 R14: 000000000000dae5 R15: 00007ffe17474520
</TASK>
Allocated by task 569:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:52
kasan_save_alloc_info+0x25/0x30 mm/kasan/generic.c:505
__kasan_slab_alloc+0x72/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:328
kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:201 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook+0x4f/0x2c0 mm/slab.h:737
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3398 [inline]
slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3406 [inline]
__kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3413 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_lru+0x104/0x220 mm/slub.c:3429
alloc_inode_sb include/linux/fs.h:3245 [inline]
f2fs_alloc_inode+0x2d/0x340 fs/f2fs/super.c:1419
alloc_inode fs/inode.c:261 [inline]
iget_locked+0x186/0x880 fs/inode.c:1373
f2fs_iget+0x55/0x4c60 fs/f2fs/inode.c:483
f2fs_lookup+0x366/0xab0 fs/f2fs/namei.c:487
__lookup_slow+0x2a3/0x3d0 fs/namei.c:1690
lookup_slow+0x57/0x70 fs/namei.c:1707
walk_component+0x2e6/0x410 fs/namei
---truncated---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to avoid UAF in f2fs_sync_inode_meta()
syzbot reported an UAF issue as below: [1] [2]
[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/text?tag=CrashReport&x=16594c60580000
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __list_del_entry_valid+0xa6/0x130 lib/list_debug.c:62
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888100567dc8 by task kworker/u4:0/8
CPU: 1 PID: 8 Comm: kworker/u4:0 Tainted: G W 6.1.129-syzkaller-00017-g642656a36791 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2025
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-7:0)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x151/0x1b7 lib/dump_stack.c:106
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:316 [inline]
print_report+0x158/0x4e0 mm/kasan/report.c:427
kasan_report+0x13c/0x170 mm/kasan/report.c:531
__asan_report_load8_noabort+0x14/0x20 mm/kasan/report_generic.c:351
__list_del_entry_valid+0xa6/0x130 lib/list_debug.c:62
__list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:134 [inline]
list_del_init include/linux/list.h:206 [inline]
f2fs_inode_synced+0x100/0x2e0 fs/f2fs/super.c:1553
f2fs_update_inode+0x72/0x1c40 fs/f2fs/inode.c:588
f2fs_update_inode_page+0x135/0x170 fs/f2fs/inode.c:706
f2fs_write_inode+0x416/0x790 fs/f2fs/inode.c:734
write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1460 [inline]
__writeback_single_inode+0x4cf/0xb80 fs/fs-writeback.c:1677
writeback_sb_inodes+0xb32/0x1910 fs/fs-writeback.c:1903
__writeback_inodes_wb+0x118/0x3f0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1974
wb_writeback+0x3da/0xa00 fs/fs-writeback.c:2081
wb_check_background_flush fs/fs-writeback.c:2151 [inline]
wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2239 [inline]
wb_workfn+0xbba/0x1030 fs/fs-writeback.c:2266
process_one_work+0x73d/0xcb0 kernel/workqueue.c:2299
worker_thread+0xa60/0x1260 kernel/workqueue.c:2446
kthread+0x26d/0x300 kernel/kthread.c:386
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
</TASK>
Allocated by task 298:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:52
kasan_save_alloc_info+0x1f/0x30 mm/kasan/generic.c:505
__kasan_slab_alloc+0x6c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:333
kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:202 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook+0x53/0x2c0 mm/slab.h:768
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3421 [inline]
slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3431 [inline]
__kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3438 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_lru+0x102/0x270 mm/slub.c:3454
alloc_inode_sb include/linux/fs.h:3255 [inline]
f2fs_alloc_inode+0x2d/0x350 fs/f2fs/super.c:1437
alloc_inode fs/inode.c:261 [inline]
iget_locked+0x18c/0x7e0 fs/inode.c:1373
f2fs_iget+0x55/0x4ca0 fs/f2fs/inode.c:486
f2fs_lookup+0x3c1/0xb50 fs/f2fs/namei.c:484
__lookup_slow+0x2b9/0x3e0 fs/namei.c:1689
lookup_slow+0x5a/0x80 fs/namei.c:1706
walk_component+0x2e7/0x410 fs/namei.c:1997
lookup_last fs/namei.c:2454 [inline]
path_lookupat+0x16d/0x450 fs/namei.c:2478
filename_lookup+0x251/0x600 fs/namei.c:2507
vfs_statx+0x107/0x4b0 fs/stat.c:229
vfs_fstatat fs/stat.c:267 [inline]
vfs_lstat include/linux/fs.h:3434 [inline]
__do_sys_newlstat fs/stat.c:423 [inline]
__se_sys_newlstat+0xda/0x7c0 fs/stat.c:417
__x64_sys_newlstat+0x5b/0x70 fs/stat.c:417
x64_sys_call+0x52/0x9a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:7
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
Freed by task 0:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:52
kasan_save_free_info+0x2b/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:516
____kasan_slab_free+0x131/0x180 mm/kasan/common.c:241
__kasan_slab_free+0x11/0x20 mm/kasan/common.c:249
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:178 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1745 [inline]
slab_free_freelist_hook mm/slub.c:1771 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:3686 [inline]
kmem_cache_free+0x
---truncated---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf/core: Exit early on perf_mmap() fail
When perf_mmap() fails to allocate a buffer, it still invokes the
event_mapped() callback of the related event. On X86 this might increase
the perf_rdpmc_allowed reference counter. But nothing undoes this as
perf_mmap_close() is never called in this case, which causes another
reference count leak.
Return early on failure to prevent that.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-08-19