Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.15.211 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: log new dentries when logging parent dir of a conflicting inode
If we log the parent directory of a conflicting inode, we are not logging
the new dentries of the directory, so when we finish we have the parent
directory's inode marked as logged but we did not log its new dentries.
As a consequence if the parent directory is explicitly fsynced later and
it does not have any new changes since we logged it, the fsync is a no-op
and after a power failure the new dentries are missing.
Example scenario:
$ mkdir foo
$ sync
$rmdir foo
$ mkdir dir1
$ mkdir dir2
# A file with the same name and parent as the directory we just deleted
# and was persisted in a past transaction. So the deleted directory's
# inode is a conflicting inode of this new file's inode.
$ touch foo
$ ln foo dir2/link
# The fsync on dir2 will log the parent directory (".") because the
# conflicting inode (deleted directory) does not exists anymore, but it
# it does not log its new dentries (dir1).
$ xfs_io -c "fsync" dir2
# This fsync on the parent directory is no-op, since the previous fsync
# logged it (but without logging its new dentries).
$ xfs_io -c "fsync" .
<power failure>
# After log replay dir1 is missing.
Fix this by ensuring we log new dir dentries whenever we log the parent
directory of a no longer existing conflicting inode.
A test case for fstests will follow soon.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: teql: Fix double-free in teql_master_xmit
Whenever a TEQL devices has a lockless Qdisc as root, qdisc_reset should
be called using the seq_lock to avoid racing with the datapath. Failure
to do so may cause crashes like the following:
[ 238.028993][ T318] BUG: KASAN: double-free in skb_release_data (net/core/skbuff.c:1139)
[ 238.029328][ T318] Free of addr ffff88810c67ec00 by task poc_teql_uaf_ke/318
[ 238.029749][ T318]
[ 238.029900][ T318] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 318 Comm: poc_teql_ke Not tainted 7.0.0-rc3-00149-ge5b31d988a41 #704 PREEMPT(full)
[ 238.029906][ T318] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
[ 238.029910][ T318] Call Trace:
[ 238.029913][ T318] <TASK>
[ 238.029916][ T318] dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:122)
[ 238.029928][ T318] print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:379 mm/kasan/report.c:482)
[ 238.029940][ T318] ? skb_release_data (net/core/skbuff.c:1139)
[ 238.029944][ T318] ? srso_alias_return_thunk (arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:221)
...
[ 238.029957][ T318] ? skb_release_data (net/core/skbuff.c:1139)
[ 238.029969][ T318] kasan_report_invalid_free (mm/kasan/report.c:221 mm/kasan/report.c:563)
[ 238.029979][ T318] ? skb_release_data (net/core/skbuff.c:1139)
[ 238.029989][ T318] check_slab_allocation (mm/kasan/common.c:231)
[ 238.029995][ T318] kmem_cache_free (mm/slub.c:2637 (discriminator 1) mm/slub.c:6168 (discriminator 1) mm/slub.c:6298 (discriminator 1))
[ 238.030004][ T318] skb_release_data (net/core/skbuff.c:1139)
...
[ 238.030025][ T318] sk_skb_reason_drop (net/core/skbuff.c:1256)
[ 238.030032][ T318] pfifo_fast_reset (./include/linux/ptr_ring.h:171 ./include/linux/ptr_ring.h:309 ./include/linux/skb_array.h:98 net/sched/sch_generic.c:827)
[ 238.030039][ T318] ? srso_alias_return_thunk (arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:221)
...
[ 238.030054][ T318] qdisc_reset (net/sched/sch_generic.c:1034)
[ 238.030062][ T318] teql_destroy (./include/linux/spinlock.h:395 net/sched/sch_teql.c:157)
[ 238.030071][ T318] __qdisc_destroy (./include/net/pkt_sched.h:328 net/sched/sch_generic.c:1077)
[ 238.030077][ T318] qdisc_graft (net/sched/sch_api.c:1062 net/sched/sch_api.c:1053 net/sched/sch_api.c:1159)
[ 238.030089][ T318] ? __pfx_qdisc_graft (net/sched/sch_api.c:1091)
[ 238.030095][ T318] ? srso_alias_return_thunk (arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:221)
[ 238.030102][ T318] ? srso_alias_return_thunk (arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:221)
[ 238.030106][ T318] ? srso_alias_return_thunk (arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:221)
[ 238.030114][ T318] tc_get_qdisc (net/sched/sch_api.c:1529 net/sched/sch_api.c:1556)
...
[ 238.072958][ T318] Allocated by task 303 on cpu 5 at 238.026275s:
[ 238.073392][ T318] kasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:58)
[ 238.073884][ T318] kasan_save_track (mm/kasan/common.c:64 (discriminator 5) mm/kasan/common.c:79 (discriminator 5))
[ 238.074230][ T318] __kasan_slab_alloc (mm/kasan/common.c:369)
[ 238.074578][ T318] kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof (./include/linux/kasan.h:253 mm/slub.c:4542 mm/slub.c:4869 mm/slub.c:4921)
[ 238.076091][ T318] kmalloc_reserve (net/core/skbuff.c:616 (discriminator 107))
[ 238.076450][ T318] __alloc_skb (net/core/skbuff.c:713)
[ 238.076834][ T318] alloc_skb_with_frags (./include/linux/skbuff.h:1383 net/core/skbuff.c:6763)
[ 238.077178][ T318] sock_alloc_send_pskb (net/core/sock.c:2997)
[ 238.077520][ T318] packet_sendmsg (net/packet/af_packet.c:2926 net/packet/af_packet.c:3019 net/packet/af_packet.c:3108)
[ 238.081469][ T318]
[ 238.081870][ T318] Freed by task 299 on cpu 1 at 238.028496s:
[ 238.082761][ T318] kasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:58)
[ 238.083481][ T318] kasan_save_track (mm/kasan/common.c:64 (discriminator 5) mm/kasan/common.c:79 (discriminator 5))
[ 238.085348][ T318] kasan_save_free_info (mm/kasan/generic.c:587 (discriminator 1))
[ 238.085900][ T318] __kasan_slab_free (mm/
---truncated---
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: usb: cdc_ncm: add ndpoffset to NDP32 nframes bounds check
The same bounds-check bug fixed for NDP16 in the previous patch also
exists in cdc_ncm_rx_verify_ndp32(). The DPE array size is validated
against the total skb length without accounting for ndpoffset, allowing
out-of-bounds reads when the NDP32 is placed near the end of the NTB.
Add ndpoffset to the nframes bounds check and use struct_size_t() to
express the NDP-plus-DPE-array size more clearly.
Compile-tested only.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: usb: cdc_ncm: add ndpoffset to NDP16 nframes bounds check
cdc_ncm_rx_verify_ndp16() validates that the NDP header and its DPE
entries fit within the skb. The first check correctly accounts for
ndpoffset:
if ((ndpoffset + sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_ndp16)) > skb_in->len)
but the second check omits it:
if ((sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_ndp16) +
ret * (sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_dpe16))) > skb_in->len)
This validates the DPE array size against the total skb length as if
the NDP were at offset 0, rather than at ndpoffset. When the NDP is
placed near the end of the NTB (large wNdpIndex), the DPE entries can
extend past the skb data buffer even though the check passes.
cdc_ncm_rx_fixup() then reads out-of-bounds memory when iterating
the DPE array.
Add ndpoffset to the nframes bounds check and use struct_size_t() to
express the NDP-plus-DPE-array size more clearly.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: add NULL checks for idev in SRv6 paths
__in6_dev_get() can return NULL when the device has no IPv6 configuration
(e.g. MTU < IPV6_MIN_MTU or after NETDEV_UNREGISTER).
Add NULL checks for idev returned by __in6_dev_get() in both
seg6_hmac_validate_skb() and ipv6_srh_rcv() to prevent potential NULL
pointer dereferences.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: always free skb on ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() failure
ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() has three error paths, but only two of them
free the skb. The first error path (ieee80211_tx_prepare() returning
TX_DROP) does not free it, while invoke_tx_handlers() failure and the
fragmentation check both do.
Add kfree_skb() to the first error path so all three are consistent,
and remove the now-redundant frees in callers (ath9k, mt76,
mac80211_hwsim) to avoid double-free.
Document the skb ownership guarantee in the function's kdoc.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nf_tables: nft_dynset: fix possible stateful expression memleak in error path
If cloning the second stateful expression in the element via GFP_ATOMIC
fails, then the first stateful expression remains in place without being
released.
unreferenced object (percpu) 0x607b97e9cab8 (size 16):
comm "softirq", pid 0, jiffies 4294931867
hex dump (first 16 bytes on cpu 3):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
backtrace (crc 0):
pcpu_alloc_noprof+0x453/0xd80
nft_counter_clone+0x9c/0x190 [nf_tables]
nft_expr_clone+0x8f/0x1b0 [nf_tables]
nft_dynset_new+0x2cb/0x5f0 [nf_tables]
nft_rhash_update+0x236/0x11c0 [nf_tables]
nft_dynset_eval+0x11f/0x670 [nf_tables]
nft_do_chain+0x253/0x1700 [nf_tables]
nft_do_chain_ipv4+0x18d/0x270 [nf_tables]
nf_hook_slow+0xaa/0x1e0
ip_local_deliver+0x209/0x330
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bridge: cfm: Fix race condition in peer_mep deletion
When a peer MEP is being deleted, cancel_delayed_work_sync() is called
on ccm_rx_dwork before freeing. However, br_cfm_frame_rx() runs in
softirq context under rcu_read_lock (without RTNL) and can re-schedule
ccm_rx_dwork via ccm_rx_timer_start() between cancel_delayed_work_sync()
returning and kfree_rcu() being called.
The following is a simple race scenario:
cpu0 cpu1
mep_delete_implementation()
cancel_delayed_work_sync(ccm_rx_dwork);
br_cfm_frame_rx()
// peer_mep still in hlist
if (peer_mep->ccm_defect)
ccm_rx_timer_start()
queue_delayed_work(ccm_rx_dwork)
hlist_del_rcu(&peer_mep->head);
kfree_rcu(peer_mep, rcu);
ccm_rx_work_expired()
// on freed peer_mep
To prevent this, cancel_delayed_work_sync() is replaced with
disable_delayed_work_sync() in both peer MEP deletion paths, so
that subsequent queue_delayed_work() calls from br_cfm_frame_rx()
are silently rejected.
The cc_peer_disable() helper retains cancel_delayed_work_sync()
because it is also used for the CC enable/disable toggle path where
the work must remain re-schedulable.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ice: Fix memory leak in ice_set_ringparam()
In ice_set_ringparam, tx_rings and xdp_rings are allocated before
rx_rings. If the allocation of rx_rings fails, the code jumps to
the done label leaking both tx_rings and xdp_rings. Furthermore, if
the setup of an individual Rx ring fails during the loop, the code jumps
to the free_tx label which releases tx_rings but leaks xdp_rings.
Fix this by introducing a free_xdp label and updating the error paths to
ensure both xdp_rings and tx_rings are properly freed if rx_rings
allocation or setup fails.
Compile tested only. Issue found using a prototype static analysis tool
and code review.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: release flowtable after rcu grace period on error
Call synchronize_rcu() after unregistering the hooks from error path,
since a hook that already refers to this flowtable can be already
registered, exposing this flowtable to packet path and nfnetlink_hook
control plane.
This error path is rare, it should only happen by reaching the maximum
number hooks or by failing to set up to hardware offload, just call
synchronize_rcu().
There is a check for already used device hooks by different flowtable
that could result in EEXIST at this late stage. The hook parser can be
updated to perform this check earlier to this error path really becomes
rarely exercised.
Uncovered by KASAN reported as use-after-free from nfnetlink_hook path
when dumping hooks.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-25