Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.18.16 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix bpf_xdp_store_bytes proto for read-only arg
While making some maps in Cilium read-only from the BPF side, we noticed
that the bpf_xdp_store_bytes proto is incorrect. In particular, the
verifier was throwing the following error:
; ret = ctx_store_bytes(ctx, l3_off + offsetof(struct iphdr, saddr),
&nat->address, 4, 0);
635: (79) r1 = *(u64 *)(r10 -144) ; R1=ctx() R10=fp0 fp-144=ctx()
636: (b4) w2 = 26 ; R2=26
637: (b4) w4 = 4 ; R4=4
638: (b4) w5 = 0 ; R5=0
639: (85) call bpf_xdp_store_bytes#190
write into map forbidden, value_size=6 off=0 size=4
nat comes from a BPF_F_RDONLY_PROG map, so R3 is a PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE.
The verifier checks the helper's memory access to R3 in
check_mem_size_reg, as it reaches ARG_CONST_SIZE argument. The third
argument has expected type ARG_PTR_TO_UNINIT_MEM, which includes the
MEM_WRITE flag. The verifier thus checks for a BPF_WRITE access on R3.
Given R3 points to a read-only map, the check fails.
Conversely, ARG_PTR_TO_UNINIT_MEM can also lead to the helper reading
from uninitialized memory.
This patch simply fixes the expected argument type to match that of
bpf_skb_store_bytes.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mfd: arizona: Fix regulator resource leak on wm5102_clear_write_sequencer() failure
The wm5102_clear_write_sequencer() helper may return an error
and just return, bypassing the cleanup sequence and causing
regulators to remain enabled, leading to a resource leak.
Change the direct return to jump to the err_reset label to
properly free the resources.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: intel-ish-hid: fix NULL-ptr-deref in ishtp_bus_remove_all_clients
During a warm reset flow, the cl->device pointer may be NULL if the
reset occurs while clients are still being enumerated. Accessing
cl->device->reference_count without a NULL check leads to a kernel panic.
This issue was identified during multi-unit warm reboot stress clycles.
Add a defensive NULL check for cl->device to ensure stability under
such intensive testing conditions.
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0000000000000000-0000000000000007]
Workqueue: ish_fw_update_wq fw_reset_work_fn
Call Trace:
ishtp_bus_remove_all_clients+0xbe/0x130 [intel_ishtp]
ishtp_reset_handler+0x85/0x1a0 [intel_ishtp]
fw_reset_work_fn+0x8a/0xc0 [intel_ish_ipc]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
power: supply: bq25980: Fix use-after-free in power_supply_changed()
Using the `devm_` variant for requesting IRQ _before_ the `devm_`
variant for allocating/registering the `power_supply` handle, means that
the `power_supply` handle will be deallocated/unregistered _before_ the
interrupt handler (since `devm_` naturally deallocates in reverse
allocation order). This means that during removal, there is a race
condition where an interrupt can fire just _after_ the `power_supply`
handle has been freed, *but* just _before_ the corresponding
unregistration of the IRQ handler has run.
This will lead to the IRQ handler calling `power_supply_changed()` with
a freed `power_supply` handle. Which usually crashes the system or
otherwise silently corrupts the memory...
Note that there is a similar situation which can also happen during
`probe()`; the possibility of an interrupt firing _before_ registering
the `power_supply` handle. This would then lead to the nasty situation
of using the `power_supply` handle *uninitialized* in
`power_supply_changed()`.
Fix this racy use-after-free by making sure the IRQ is requested _after_
the registration of the `power_supply` handle.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
power: supply: act8945a: Fix use-after-free in power_supply_changed()
Using the `devm_` variant for requesting IRQ _before_ the `devm_`
variant for allocating/registering the `power_supply` handle, means that
the `power_supply` handle will be deallocated/unregistered _before_ the
interrupt handler (since `devm_` naturally deallocates in reverse
allocation order). This means that during removal, there is a race
condition where an interrupt can fire just _after_ the `power_supply`
handle has been freed, *but* just _before_ the corresponding
unregistration of the IRQ handler has run.
This will lead to the IRQ handler calling `power_supply_changed()` with
a freed `power_supply` handle. Which usually crashes the system or
otherwise silently corrupts the memory...
Note that there is a similar situation which can also happen during
`probe()`; the possibility of an interrupt firing _before_ registering
the `power_supply` handle. This would then lead to the nasty situation
of using the `power_supply` handle *uninitialized* in
`power_supply_changed()`.
Fix this racy use-after-free by making sure the IRQ is requested _after_
the registration of the `power_supply` handle.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pinctrl: single: fix refcount leak in pcs_add_gpio_func()
of_parse_phandle_with_args() returns a device_node pointer with refcount
incremented in gpiospec.np. The loop iterates through all phandles but
never releases the reference, causing a refcount leak on each iteration.
Add of_node_put() calls to release the reference after extracting the
needed arguments and on the error path when devm_kzalloc() fails.
This bug was detected by our static analysis tool and verified by my
code review.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
power: supply: wm97xx: Fix NULL pointer dereference in power_supply_changed()
In `probe()`, `request_irq()` is called before allocating/registering a
`power_supply` handle. If an interrupt is fired between the call to
`request_irq()` and `power_supply_register()`, the `power_supply` handle
will be used uninitialized in `power_supply_changed()` in
`wm97xx_bat_update()` (triggered from the interrupt handler). This will
lead to a `NULL` pointer dereference since
Fix this racy `NULL` pointer dereference by making sure the IRQ is
requested _after_ the registration of the `power_supply` handle. Since
the IRQ is the last thing requests in the `probe()` now, remove the
error path for freeing it. Instead add one for unregistering the
`power_supply` handle when IRQ request fails.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
SUNRPC: auth_gss: fix memory leaks in XDR decoding error paths
The gssx_dec_ctx(), gssx_dec_status(), and gssx_dec_name()
functions allocate memory via gssx_dec_buffer(), which calls
kmemdup(). When a subsequent decode operation fails, these
functions return immediately without freeing previously
allocated buffers, causing memory leaks.
The leak in gssx_dec_ctx() is particularly relevant because
the caller (gssp_accept_sec_context_upcall) initializes several
buffer length fields to non-zero values, resulting in memory
allocation:
struct gssx_ctx rctxh = {
.exported_context_token.len = GSSX_max_output_handle_sz,
.mech.len = GSS_OID_MAX_LEN,
.src_name.display_name.len = GSSX_max_princ_sz,
.targ_name.display_name.len = GSSX_max_princ_sz
};
If, for example, gssx_dec_name() succeeds for src_name but
fails for targ_name, the memory allocated for
exported_context_token, mech, and src_name.display_name
remains unreferenced and cannot be reclaimed.
Add error handling with goto-based cleanup to free any
previously allocated buffers before returning an error.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tpm: st33zp24: Fix missing cleanup on get_burstcount() error
get_burstcount() can return -EBUSY on timeout. When this happens,
st33zp24_send() returns directly without releasing the locality
acquired earlier.
Use goto out_err to ensure proper cleanup when get_burstcount() fails.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: smartpqi: Fix memory leak in pqi_report_phys_luns()
pqi_report_phys_luns() fails to release the rpl_list buffer when
encountering an unsupported data format or when the allocation for
rpl_16byte_wwid_list fails. These early returns bypass the cleanup logic,
leading to memory leaks.
Consolidate the error handling by adding an out_free_rpl_list label and use
goto statements to ensure rpl_list is consistently freed on failure.
Compile tested only. Issue found using a prototype static analysis tool and
code review.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27