Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 6.18.37 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: revert commit_mutex usage in reset path
It causes circular lock dependency between commit_mutex, nfnl_subsys_ipset
and nlk_cb_mutex when nft reset, ipset list, and iptables-nft with '-m set'
rule run at the same time.
Previous patches made it safe to run individual reset handlers concurrently
so commit_mutex is no longer required to prevent this.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nft_counter: serialize reset with spinlock
Add a global static spinlock to serialize counter fetch+reset
operations, preventing concurrent dump-and-reset from underrunning
values.
The lock is taken before fetching the total so that two parallel
resets cannot both read the same counter values and then both
subtract them.
A global lock is used for simplicity since resets are infrequent.
If this becomes a bottleneck, it can be replaced with a per-net
lock later.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ima: Fix stack-out-of-bounds in is_bprm_creds_for_exec()
KASAN reported a stack-out-of-bounds access in ima_appraise_measurement
from is_bprm_creds_for_exec:
BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in ima_appraise_measurement+0x12dc/0x16a0
Read of size 1 at addr ffffc9000160f940 by task sudo/550
The buggy address belongs to stack of task sudo/550
and is located at offset 24 in frame:
ima_appraise_measurement+0x0/0x16a0
This frame has 2 objects:
[48, 56) 'file'
[80, 148) 'hash'
This is caused by using container_of on the *file pointer. This offset
calculation is what triggers the stack-out-of-bounds error.
In order to fix this, pass in a bprm_is_check boolean which can be set
depending on how process_measurement is called. If the caller has a
linux_binprm pointer and the function is BPRM_CHECK we can determine
is_check and set it then. Otherwise set it to false.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
accel/amdxdna: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in context cleanup
aie_destroy_context() is invoked during error handling in
aie2_create_context(). However, aie_destroy_context() assumes that the
context's mailbox channel pointer is non-NULL. If mailbox channel
creation fails, the pointer remains NULL and calling aie_destroy_context()
can lead to a NULL pointer dereference.
In aie2_create_context(), replace aie_destroy_context() with a function
which request firmware to remove the context created previously.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: amd: acp-mach-common: Add missing error check for clock acquisition
The acp_card_rt5682_init() and acp_card_rt5682s_init() functions did not
check the return values of clk_get(). This could lead to a kernel crash
when the invalid pointers are later dereferenced by clock core
functions.
Fix this by:
1. Changing clk_get() to the device-managed devm_clk_get().
2. Adding IS_ERR() checks immediately after each clock acquisition.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nsfs: tighten permission checks for handle opening
Even privileged services should not necessarily be able to see other
privileged service's namespaces so they can't leak information to each
other. Use may_see_all_namespaces() helper that centralizes this policy
until the nstree adapts.
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix die ID init and look up bugs
In snbep_pci2phy_map_init(), in the nr_node_ids > 8 path,
uncore_device_to_die() may return -1 when all CPUs associated
with the UBOX device are offline.
Remove the WARN_ON_ONCE(die_id == -1) check for two reasons:
- The current code breaks out of the loop. This is incorrect because
pci_get_device() does not guarantee iteration in domain or bus order,
so additional UBOX devices may be skipped during the scan.
- Returning -EINVAL is incorrect, since marking offline buses with
die_id == -1 is expected and should not be treated as an error.
Separately, when NUMA is disabled on a NUMA-capable platform,
pcibus_to_node() returns NUMA_NO_NODE, causing uncore_device_to_die()
to return -1 for all PCI devices. As a result,
spr_update_device_location(), used on Intel SPR and EMR, ignores the
corresponding PMON units and does not add them to the RB tree.
Fix this by using uncore_pcibus_to_dieid(), which retrieves topology
from the UBOX GIDNIDMAP register and works regardless of whether NUMA
is enabled in Linux. This requires snbep_pci2phy_map_init() to be
added in spr_uncore_pci_init().
Keep uncore_device_to_die() only for the nr_node_ids > 8 case, where
NUMA is expected to be enabled.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sched_ext: Fix SCX_KICK_WAIT deadlock by deferring wait to balance callback
SCX_KICK_WAIT busy-waits in kick_cpus_irq_workfn() using
smp_cond_load_acquire() until the target CPU's kick_sync advances. Because
the irq_work runs in hardirq context, the waiting CPU cannot reschedule and
its own kick_sync never advances. If multiple CPUs form a wait cycle, all
CPUs deadlock.
Replace the busy-wait in kick_cpus_irq_workfn() with resched_curr() to
force the CPU through do_pick_task_scx(), which queues a balance callback
to perform the wait. The balance callback drops the rq lock and enables
IRQs following the sched_core_balance() pattern, so the CPU can process
IPIs while waiting. The local CPU's kick_sync is advanced on entry to
do_pick_task_scx() and continuously during the wait, ensuring any CPU that
starts waiting for us sees the advancement and cannot form cyclic
dependencies.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
soc/tegra: pmc: Fix unsafe generic_handle_irq() call
Currently, when resuming from system suspend on Tegra platforms,
the following warning is observed:
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 14459 at kernel/irq/irqdesc.c:666
Call trace:
handle_irq_desc+0x20/0x58 (P)
tegra186_pmc_wake_syscore_resume+0xe4/0x15c
syscore_resume+0x3c/0xb8
suspend_devices_and_enter+0x510/0x540
pm_suspend+0x16c/0x1d8
The warning occurs because generic_handle_irq() is being called from
a non-interrupt context which is considered as unsafe.
Fix this warning by deferring generic_handle_irq() call to an IRQ work
which gets executed in hard IRQ context where generic_handle_irq()
can be called safely.
When PREEMPT_RT kernels are used, regular IRQ work (initialized with
init_irq_work) is deferred to run in per-CPU kthreads in preemptible
context rather than hard IRQ context. Hence, use the IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD
variant so that with PREEMPT_RT kernels, the IRQ work is processed in
hardirq context instead of being deferred to a thread which is required
for calling generic_handle_irq().
On non-PREEMPT_RT kernels, both init_irq_work() and IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD()
execute in IRQ context, so this change has no functional impact for
standard kernel configurations.
[treding@nvidia.com: miscellaneous cleanups]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: don't BUG() on unexpected delayed ref type in run_one_delayed_ref()
There is no need to BUG(), we can just return an error and log an error
message.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08