Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf: Avoid undefined behavior from stopping/starting inactive events
Calling pmu->start()/stop() on perf events in PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF can
leave event->hw.idx at -1. When PMU drivers later attempt to use this
negative index as a shift exponent in bitwise operations, it leads to UBSAN
shift-out-of-bounds reports.
The issue is a logical flaw in how event groups handle throttling when some
members are intentionally disabled. Based on the analysis and the
reproducer provided by Mark Rutland (this issue on both arm64 and x86-64).
The scenario unfolds as follows:
1. A group leader event is configured with a very aggressive sampling
period (e.g., sample_period = 1). This causes frequent interrupts and
triggers the throttling mechanism.
2. A child event in the same group is created in a disabled state
(.disabled = 1). This event remains in PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF.
Since it hasn't been scheduled onto the PMU, its event->hw.idx remains
initialized at -1.
3. When throttling occurs, perf_event_throttle_group() and later
perf_event_unthrottle_group() iterate through all siblings, including
the disabled child event.
4. perf_event_throttle()/unthrottle() are called on this inactive child
event, which then call event->pmu->start()/stop().
5. The PMU driver receives the event with hw.idx == -1 and attempts to
use it as a shift exponent. e.g., in macros like PMCNTENSET(idx),
leading to the UBSAN report.
The throttling mechanism attempts to start/stop events that are not
actively scheduled on the hardware.
Move the state check into perf_event_throttle()/perf_event_unthrottle() so
that inactive events are skipped entirely. This ensures only active events
with a valid hw.idx are processed, preventing undefined behavior and
silencing UBSAN warnings. The corrected check ensures true before
proceeding with PMU operations.
The problem can be reproduced with the syzkaller reproducer:
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
io_uring/kbuf: fix signedness in this_len calculation
When importing and using buffers, buf->len is considered unsigned.
However, buf->len is converted to signed int when committing. This can
lead to unexpected behavior if the buffer is large enough to be
interpreted as a negative value. Make min_t calculation unsigned.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm/dpu: Add a null ptr check for dpu_encoder_needs_modeset
The drm_atomic_get_new_connector_state() can return NULL if the
connector is not part of the atomic state. Add a check to prevent
a NULL pointer dereference.
This follows the same pattern used in dpu_encoder_update_topology()
within the same file, which checks for NULL before using conn_state.
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/665188/
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: intel-thc-hid: intel-thc: Fix incorrect pointer arithmetic in I2C regs save
Improper use of secondary pointer (&dev->i2c_subip_regs) caused
kernel crash and out-of-bounds error:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in _regmap_bulk_read+0x449/0x510
Write of size 4 at addr ffff888136005dc0 by task kworker/u33:5/5107
CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 5107 Comm: kworker/u33:5 Not tainted 6.16.0+ #3 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Workqueue: async async_run_entry_fn
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x76/0xa0
print_report+0xd1/0x660
? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x26/0x200
kasan_report+0xe1/0x120
? _regmap_bulk_read+0x449/0x510
? _regmap_bulk_read+0x449/0x510
__asan_report_store4_noabort+0x17/0x30
_regmap_bulk_read+0x449/0x510
? __pfx__regmap_bulk_read+0x10/0x10
regmap_bulk_read+0x270/0x3d0
pio_complete+0x1ee/0x2c0 [intel_thc]
? __pfx_pio_complete+0x10/0x10 [intel_thc]
? __pfx_pio_wait+0x10/0x10 [intel_thc]
? regmap_update_bits_base+0x13b/0x1f0
thc_i2c_subip_pio_read+0x117/0x270 [intel_thc]
thc_i2c_subip_regs_save+0xc2/0x140 [intel_thc]
? __pfx_thc_i2c_subip_regs_save+0x10/0x10 [intel_thc]
[...]
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888136005d00
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-rnd-12-192 of size 192
The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
allocated 192-byte region [ffff888136005d00, ffff888136005dc0)
Replaced with direct array indexing (&dev->i2c_subip_regs[i]) to ensure
safe memory access.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RISC-V: KVM: fix stack overrun when loading vlenb
The userspace load can put up to 2048 bits into an xlen bit stack
buffer. We want only xlen bits, so check the size beforehand.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
io_uring/kbuf: always use READ_ONCE() to read ring provided buffer lengths
Since the buffers are mapped from userspace, it is prudent to use
READ_ONCE() to read the value into a local variable, and use that for
any other actions taken. Having a stable read of the buffer length
avoids worrying about it changing after checking, or being read multiple
times.
Similarly, the buffer may well change in between it being picked and
being committed. Ensure the looping for incremental ring buffer commit
stops if it hits a zero sized buffer, as no further progress can be made
at that point.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ice: fix NULL pointer dereference in ice_unplug_aux_dev() on reset
Issuing a reset when the driver is loaded without RDMA support, will
results in a crash as it attempts to remove RDMA's non-existent auxbus
device:
echo 1 > /sys/class/net/<if>/device/reset
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
...
RIP: 0010:ice_unplug_aux_dev+0x29/0x70 [ice]
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
ice_prepare_for_reset+0x77/0x260 [ice]
pci_dev_save_and_disable+0x2c/0x70
pci_reset_function+0x88/0x130
reset_store+0x5a/0xa0
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x15e/0x210
vfs_write+0x273/0x520
ksys_write+0x6b/0xe0
do_syscall_64+0x79/0x3b0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
ice_unplug_aux_dev() checks pf->cdev_info->adev for NULL pointer, but
pf->cdev_info will also be NULL, leading to the deref in the trace above.
Introduce a flag to be set when the creation of the auxbus device is
successful, to avoid multiple NULL pointer checks in ice_unplug_aux_dev().
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/xe/vm: Clear the scratch_pt pointer on error
Avoid triggering a dereference of an error pointer on cleanup in
xe_vm_free_scratch() by clearing any scratch_pt error pointer.
(cherry picked from commit 358ee50ab565f3c8ea32480e9d03127a81ba32f8)
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bnxt_en: Fix memory corruption when FW resources change during ifdown
bnxt_set_dflt_rings() assumes that it is always called before any TC has
been created. So it doesn't take bp->num_tc into account and assumes
that it is always 0 or 1.
In the FW resource or capability change scenario, the FW will return
flags in bnxt_hwrm_if_change() that will cause the driver to
reinitialize and call bnxt_cancel_reservations(). This will lead to
bnxt_init_dflt_ring_mode() calling bnxt_set_dflt_rings() and bp->num_tc
may be greater than 1. This will cause bp->tx_ring[] to be sized too
small and cause memory corruption in bnxt_alloc_cp_rings().
Fix it by properly scaling the TX rings by bp->num_tc in the code
paths mentioned above. Add 2 helper functions to determine
bp->tx_nr_rings and bp->tx_nr_rings_per_tc.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: intel-thc-hid: intel-quicki2c: Fix ACPI dsd ICRS/ISUB length
The QuickI2C ACPI _DSD methods return ICRS and ISUB data with a
trailing byte, making the actual length is one more byte than the
structs defined.
It caused stack-out-of-bounds and kernel crash:
kernel: BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in quicki2c_acpi_get_dsd_property.constprop.0+0x111/0x1b0 [intel_quicki2c]
kernel: Write of size 12 at addr ffff888106d1f900 by task kworker/u33:2/75
kernel:
kernel: CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 75 Comm: kworker/u33:2 Not tainted 6.16.0+ #3 PREEMPT(voluntary)
kernel: Workqueue: async async_run_entry_fn
kernel: Call Trace:
kernel: <TASK>
kernel: dump_stack_lvl+0x76/0xa0
kernel: print_report+0xd1/0x660
kernel: ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
kernel: ? __kasan_slab_free+0x5d/0x80
kernel: ? kasan_addr_to_slab+0xd/0xb0
kernel: kasan_report+0xe1/0x120
kernel: ? quicki2c_acpi_get_dsd_property.constprop.0+0x111/0x1b0 [intel_quicki2c]
kernel: ? quicki2c_acpi_get_dsd_property.constprop.0+0x111/0x1b0 [intel_quicki2c]
kernel: kasan_check_range+0x11c/0x200
kernel: __asan_memcpy+0x3b/0x80
kernel: quicki2c_acpi_get_dsd_property.constprop.0+0x111/0x1b0 [intel_quicki2c]
kernel: ? __pfx_quicki2c_acpi_get_dsd_property.constprop.0+0x10/0x10 [intel_quicki2c]
kernel: quicki2c_get_acpi_resources+0x237/0x730 [intel_quicki2c]
[...]
kernel: </TASK>
kernel:
kernel: The buggy address belongs to stack of task kworker/u33:2/75
kernel: and is located at offset 48 in frame:
kernel: quicki2c_get_acpi_resources+0x0/0x730 [intel_quicki2c]
kernel:
kernel: This frame has 3 objects:
kernel: [32, 36) 'hid_desc_addr'
kernel: [48, 59) 'i2c_param'
kernel: [80, 224) 'i2c_config'
ACPI DSD methods return:
\_SB.PC00.THC0.ICRS Buffer 000000003fdc947b 001 Len 0C = 0A 00 80 1A 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
\_SB.PC00.THC0.ISUB Buffer 00000000f2fcbdc4 001 Len 91 = 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Adding reserved padding to quicki2c_subip_acpi_parameter/config.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16