Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 6.1.141 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm: Fix another leak in the submit error path
put_unused_fd() doesn't free the installed file, if we've already done
fd_install(). So we need to also free the sync_file.
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/653583/
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm: Fix a fence leak in submit error path
In error paths, we could unref the submit without calling
drm_sched_entity_push_job(), so msm_job_free() will never get
called. Since drm_sched_job_cleanup() will NULL out the
s_fence, we can use that to detect this case.
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/653584/
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Fix WMI data block retrieval in sysfs callbacks
After retrieving WMI data blocks in sysfs callbacks, check for the
validity of them before dereferencing their content.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it
In vmci_transport_packet_init memset the vmci_transport_packet before
populating the fields to avoid any uninitialised data being left in the
structure.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs: export anon_inode_make_secure_inode() and fix secretmem LSM bypass
Export anon_inode_make_secure_inode() to allow KVM guest_memfd to create
anonymous inodes with proper security context. This replaces the current
pattern of calling alloc_anon_inode() followed by
inode_init_security_anon() for creating security context manually.
This change also fixes a security regression in secretmem where the
S_PRIVATE flag was not cleared after alloc_anon_inode(), causing
LSM/SELinux checks to be bypassed for secretmem file descriptors.
As guest_memfd currently resides in the KVM module, we need to export this
symbol for use outside the core kernel. In the future, guest_memfd might be
moved to core-mm, at which point the symbols no longer would have to be
exported. When/if that happens is still unclear.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: target: Fix NULL pointer dereference in core_scsi3_decode_spec_i_port()
The function core_scsi3_decode_spec_i_port(), in its error code path,
unconditionally calls core_scsi3_lunacl_undepend_item() passing the
dest_se_deve pointer, which may be NULL.
This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference if dest_se_deve remains
unset.
SPC-3 PR SPEC_I_PT: Unable to locate dest_tpg
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address dfff800000000012
Call trace:
core_scsi3_lunacl_undepend_item+0x2c/0xf0 [target_core_mod] (P)
core_scsi3_decode_spec_i_port+0x120c/0x1c30 [target_core_mod]
core_scsi3_emulate_pro_register+0x6b8/0xcd8 [target_core_mod]
target_scsi3_emulate_pr_out+0x56c/0x840 [target_core_mod]
Fix this by adding a NULL check before calling
core_scsi3_lunacl_undepend_item()
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nfs: Clean up /proc/net/rpc/nfs when nfs_fs_proc_net_init() fails.
syzbot reported a warning below [1] following a fault injection in
nfs_fs_proc_net_init(). [0]
When nfs_fs_proc_net_init() fails, /proc/net/rpc/nfs is not removed.
Later, rpc_proc_exit() tries to remove /proc/net/rpc, and the warning
is logged as the directory is not empty.
Let's handle the error of nfs_fs_proc_net_init() properly.
[0]:
FAULT_INJECTION: forcing a failure.
name failslab, interval 1, probability 0, space 0, times 0
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6120 Comm: syz.2.27 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1-syzkaller-00010-g2c4a1f3fe03e #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:123)
should_fail_ex (lib/fault-inject.c:73 lib/fault-inject.c:174)
should_failslab (mm/failslab.c:46)
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof (mm/slub.c:4178 mm/slub.c:4204)
__proc_create (fs/proc/generic.c:427)
proc_create_reg (fs/proc/generic.c:554)
proc_create_net_data (fs/proc/proc_net.c:120)
nfs_fs_proc_net_init (fs/nfs/client.c:1409)
nfs_net_init (fs/nfs/inode.c:2600)
ops_init (net/core/net_namespace.c:138)
setup_net (net/core/net_namespace.c:443)
copy_net_ns (net/core/net_namespace.c:576)
create_new_namespaces (kernel/nsproxy.c:110)
unshare_nsproxy_namespaces (kernel/nsproxy.c:218 (discriminator 4))
ksys_unshare (kernel/fork.c:3123)
__x64_sys_unshare (kernel/fork.c:3190)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)
</TASK>
[1]:
remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'net/rpc', leaking at least 'nfs'
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 6120 at fs/proc/generic.c:727 remove_proc_entry+0x45e/0x530 fs/proc/generic.c:727
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6120 Comm: syz.2.27 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1-syzkaller-00010-g2c4a1f3fe03e #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
RIP: 0010:remove_proc_entry+0x45e/0x530 fs/proc/generic.c:727
Code: 3c 02 00 0f 85 85 00 00 00 48 8b 93 d8 00 00 00 4d 89 f0 4c 89 e9 48 c7 c6 40 ba a2 8b 48 c7 c7 60 b9 a2 8b e8 33 81 1d ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 90 e9 5f fe ff ff e8 04 69 5e ff 90 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003637b08 EFLAGS: 00010282
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88805f534140 RCX: ffffffff817a92c8
RDX: ffff88807da99e00 RSI: ffffffff817a92d5 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffff888033431ac0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff888033431a00
R13: ffff888033431ae4 R14: ffff888033184724 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS: 0000555580328500(0000) GS:ffff888124a62000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f71733743e0 CR3: 000000007f618000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
sunrpc_exit_net+0x46/0x90 net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c:76
ops_exit_list net/core/net_namespace.c:200 [inline]
ops_undo_list+0x2eb/0xab0 net/core/net_namespace.c:253
setup_net+0x2e1/0x510 net/core/net_namespace.c:457
copy_net_ns+0x2a6/0x5f0 net/core/net_namespace.c:574
create_new_namespaces+0x3ea/0xa90 kernel/nsproxy.c:110
unshare_nsproxy_namespaces+0xc0/0x1f0 kernel/nsproxy.c:218
ksys_unshare+0x45b/0xa40 kernel/fork.c:3121
__do_sys_unshare kernel/fork.c:3192 [inline]
__se_sys_unshare kernel/fork.c:3190 [inline]
__x64_sys_unshare+0x31/0x40 kernel/fork.c:3190
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x490 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fa1a6b8e929
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c
---truncated---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mtk-sd: Prevent memory corruption from DMA map failure
If msdc_prepare_data() fails to map the DMA region, the request is
not prepared for data receiving, but msdc_start_data() proceeds
the DMA with previous setting.
Since this will lead a memory corruption, we have to stop the
request operation soon after the msdc_prepare_data() fails to
prepare it.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/mlx5: Initialize obj_event->obj_sub_list before xa_insert
The obj_event may be loaded immediately after inserted, then if the
list_head is not initialized then we may get a poisonous pointer. This
fixes the crash below:
mlx5_core 0000:03:00.0: MLX5E: StrdRq(1) RqSz(8) StrdSz(2048) RxCqeCmprss(0 enhanced)
mlx5_core.sf mlx5_core.sf.4: firmware version: 32.38.3056
mlx5_core 0000:03:00.0 en3f0pf0sf2002: renamed from eth0
mlx5_core.sf mlx5_core.sf.4: Rate limit: 127 rates are supported, range: 0Mbps to 195312Mbps
IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): en3f0pf0sf2002: link becomes ready
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000060
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x96000006
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
Data abort info:
ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006
CM = 0, WnR = 0
user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000007760fb000
[0000000000000060] pgd=000000076f6d7003, p4d=000000076f6d7003, pud=0000000777841003, pmd=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#1] SMP
Modules linked in: ipmb_host(OE) act_mirred(E) cls_flower(E) sch_ingress(E) mptcp_diag(E) udp_diag(E) raw_diag(E) unix_diag(E) tcp_diag(E) inet_diag(E) binfmt_misc(E) bonding(OE) rdma_ucm(OE) rdma_cm(OE) iw_cm(OE) ib_ipoib(OE) ib_cm(OE) isofs(E) cdrom(E) mst_pciconf(OE) ib_umad(OE) mlx5_ib(OE) ipmb_dev_int(OE) mlx5_core(OE) kpatch_15237886(OEK) mlxdevm(OE) auxiliary(OE) ib_uverbs(OE) ib_core(OE) psample(E) mlxfw(OE) tls(E) sunrpc(E) vfat(E) fat(E) crct10dif_ce(E) ghash_ce(E) sha1_ce(E) sbsa_gwdt(E) virtio_console(E) ext4(E) mbcache(E) jbd2(E) xfs(E) libcrc32c(E) mmc_block(E) virtio_net(E) net_failover(E) failover(E) sha2_ce(E) sha256_arm64(E) nvme(OE) nvme_core(OE) gpio_mlxbf3(OE) mlx_compat(OE) mlxbf_pmc(OE) i2c_mlxbf(OE) sdhci_of_dwcmshc(OE) pinctrl_mlxbf3(OE) mlxbf_pka(OE) gpio_generic(E) i2c_core(E) mmc_core(E) mlxbf_gige(OE) vitesse(E) pwr_mlxbf(OE) mlxbf_tmfifo(OE) micrel(E) mlxbf_bootctl(OE) virtio_ring(E) virtio(E) ipmi_devintf(E) ipmi_msghandler(E)
[last unloaded: mst_pci]
CPU: 11 PID: 20913 Comm: rte-worker-11 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE K 5.10.134-13.1.an8.aarch64 #1
Hardware name: https://www.mellanox.com BlueField-3 SmartNIC Main Card/BlueField-3 SmartNIC Main Card, BIOS 4.2.2.12968 Oct 26 2023
pstate: a0400089 (NzCv daIf +PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--)
pc : dispatch_event_fd+0x68/0x300 [mlx5_ib]
lr : devx_event_notifier+0xcc/0x228 [mlx5_ib]
sp : ffff80001005bcf0
x29: ffff80001005bcf0 x28: 0000000000000001
x27: ffff244e0740a1d8 x26: ffff244e0740a1d0
x25: ffffda56beff5ae0 x24: ffffda56bf911618
x23: ffff244e0596a480 x22: ffff244e0596a480
x21: ffff244d8312ad90 x20: ffff244e0596a480
x19: fffffffffffffff0 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffda56be66d620
x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000000
x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000040 x10: ffffda56bfcafb50
x9 : ffffda5655c25f2c x8 : 0000000000000010
x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : ffff24545a2e24b8
x5 : 0000000000000003 x4 : ffff80001005bd28
x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000000
x1 : ffff244e0596a480 x0 : ffff244d8312ad90
Call trace:
dispatch_event_fd+0x68/0x300 [mlx5_ib]
devx_event_notifier+0xcc/0x228 [mlx5_ib]
atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x58/0x80
mlx5_eq_async_int+0x148/0x2b0 [mlx5_core]
atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x58/0x80
irq_int_handler+0x20/0x30 [mlx5_core]
__handle_irq_event_percpu+0x60/0x220
handle_irq_event_percpu+0x3c/0x90
handle_irq_event+0x58/0x158
handle_fasteoi_irq+0xfc/0x188
generic_handle_irq+0x34/0x48
...
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/i915/gt: Fix timeline left held on VMA alloc error
The following error has been reported sporadically by CI when a test
unbinds the i915 driver on a ring submission platform:
<4> [239.330153] ------------[ cut here ]------------
<4> [239.330166] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] drm_WARN_ON(dev_priv->mm.shrink_count)
<4> [239.330196] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 18570 at drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c:1309 i915_gem_cleanup_early+0x13e/0x150 [i915]
...
<4> [239.330640] RIP: 0010:i915_gem_cleanup_early+0x13e/0x150 [i915]
...
<4> [239.330942] Call Trace:
<4> [239.330944] <TASK>
<4> [239.330949] i915_driver_late_release+0x2b/0xa0 [i915]
<4> [239.331202] i915_driver_release+0x86/0xa0 [i915]
<4> [239.331482] devm_drm_dev_init_release+0x61/0x90
<4> [239.331494] devm_action_release+0x15/0x30
<4> [239.331504] release_nodes+0x3d/0x120
<4> [239.331517] devres_release_all+0x96/0xd0
<4> [239.331533] device_unbind_cleanup+0x12/0x80
<4> [239.331543] device_release_driver_internal+0x23a/0x280
<4> [239.331550] ? bus_find_device+0xa5/0xe0
<4> [239.331563] device_driver_detach+0x14/0x20
...
<4> [357.719679] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
If the test also unloads the i915 module then that's followed with:
<3> [357.787478] =============================================================================
<3> [357.788006] BUG i915_vma (Tainted: G U W N ): Objects remaining on __kmem_cache_shutdown()
<3> [357.788031] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
<3> [357.788204] Object 0xffff888109e7f480 @offset=29824
<3> [357.788670] Allocated in i915_vma_instance+0xee/0xc10 [i915] age=292729 cpu=4 pid=2244
<4> [357.788994] i915_vma_instance+0xee/0xc10 [i915]
<4> [357.789290] init_status_page+0x7b/0x420 [i915]
<4> [357.789532] intel_engines_init+0x1d8/0x980 [i915]
<4> [357.789772] intel_gt_init+0x175/0x450 [i915]
<4> [357.790014] i915_gem_init+0x113/0x340 [i915]
<4> [357.790281] i915_driver_probe+0x847/0xed0 [i915]
<4> [357.790504] i915_pci_probe+0xe6/0x220 [i915]
...
Closer analysis of CI results history has revealed a dependency of the
error on a few IGT tests, namely:
- igt@api_intel_allocator@fork-simple-stress-signal,
- igt@api_intel_allocator@two-level-inception-interruptible,
- igt@gem_linear_blits@interruptible,
- igt@prime_mmap_coherency@ioctl-errors,
which invisibly trigger the issue, then exhibited with first driver unbind
attempt.
All of the above tests perform actions which are actively interrupted with
signals. Further debugging has allowed to narrow that scope down to
DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_EXECBUFFER2, and ring_context_alloc(), specific to ring
submission, in particular.
If successful then that function, or its execlists or GuC submission
equivalent, is supposed to be called only once per GEM context engine,
followed by raise of a flag that prevents the function from being called
again. The function is expected to unwind its internal errors itself, so
it may be safely called once more after it returns an error.
In case of ring submission, the function first gets a reference to the
engine's legacy timeline and then allocates a VMA. If the VMA allocation
fails, e.g. when i915_vma_instance() called from inside is interrupted
with a signal, then ring_context_alloc() fails, leaving the timeline held
referenced. On next I915_GEM_EXECBUFFER2 IOCTL, another reference to the
timeline is got, and only that last one is put on successful completion.
As a consequence, the legacy timeline, with its underlying engine status
page's VMA object, is still held and not released on driver unbind.
Get the legacy timeline only after successful allocation of the context
engine's VMA.
v2: Add a note on other submission methods (Krzysztof Karas):
Both execlists and GuC submission use lrc_alloc() which seems free
from a similar issue.
(cherry picked from commit cc43422b3cc79eacff4c5a8ba0d224688ca9dd4f)
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-25