Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 6.6.48 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
page_pool: avoid infinite loop to schedule delayed worker
We noticed the kworker in page_pool_release_retry() was waken
up repeatedly and infinitely in production because of the
buggy driver causing the inflight less than 0 and warning
us in page_pool_inflight()[1].
Since the inflight value goes negative, it means we should
not expect the whole page_pool to get back to work normally.
This patch mitigates the adverse effect by not rescheduling
the kworker when detecting the inflight negative in
page_pool_release_retry().
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[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] Negative(-51446) inflight packet-pages
...
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] Call Trace:
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] page_pool_release_retry+0x23/0x70
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] process_one_work+0x1b1/0x370
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] worker_thread+0x37/0x3a0
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] kthread+0x11a/0x140
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] ? process_one_work+0x370/0x370
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] ? __kthread_cancel_work+0x40/0x40
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40
[Mon Feb 10 20:36:11 2025] ---[ end trace ebffe800f33e7e34 ]---
Note: before this patch, the above calltrace would flood the
dmesg due to repeated reschedule of release_dw kworker.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cifs: avoid NULL pointer dereference in dbg call
cifs_server_dbg() implies server to be non-NULL so
move call under condition to avoid NULL pointer dereference.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: arm64: Tear down vGIC on failed vCPU creation
If kvm_arch_vcpu_create() fails to share the vCPU page with the
hypervisor, we propagate the error back to the ioctl but leave the
vGIC vCPU data initialised. Note only does this leak the corresponding
memory when the vCPU is destroyed but it can also lead to use-after-free
if the redistributor device handling tries to walk into the vCPU.
Add the missing cleanup to kvm_arch_vcpu_create(), ensuring that the
vGIC vCPU structures are destroyed on error.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pwm: mediatek: Prevent divide-by-zero in pwm_mediatek_config()
With CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST && !CONFIG_HAVE_CLK, pwm_mediatek_config() has a
divide-by-zero in the following line:
do_div(resolution, clk_get_rate(pc->clk_pwms[pwm->hwpwm]));
due to the fact that the !CONFIG_HAVE_CLK version of clk_get_rate()
returns zero.
This is presumably just a theoretical problem: COMPILE_TEST overrides
the dependency on RALINK which would select COMMON_CLK. Regardless it's
a good idea to check for the error explicitly to avoid divide-by-zero.
Fixes the following warning:
drivers/pwm/pwm-mediatek.o: warning: objtool: .text: unexpected end of section
[ukleinek: s/CONFIG_CLK/CONFIG_HAVE_CLK/]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI: Fix reference leak in pci_register_host_bridge()
If device_register() fails, call put_device() to give up the reference to
avoid a memory leak, per the comment at device_register().
Found by code review.
[bhelgaas: squash Dan Carpenter's double free fix from
https://lore.kernel.org/r/db806a6c-a91b-4e5a-a84b-6b7e01bdac85@stanley.mountain]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
jbd2: remove wrong sb->s_sequence check
Journal emptiness is not determined by sb->s_sequence == 0 but rather by
sb->s_start == 0 (which is set a few lines above). Furthermore 0 is a
valid transaction ID so the check can spuriously trigger. Remove the
invalid WARN_ON.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mtd: rawnand: brcmnand: fix PM resume warning
Fixed warning on PM resume as shown below caused due to uninitialized
struct nand_operation that checks chip select field :
WARN_ON(op->cs >= nanddev_ntargets(&chip->base)
[ 14.588522] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 14.588529] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1392 at drivers/mtd/nand/raw/internals.h:139 nand_reset_op+0x1e0/0x1f8
[ 14.588553] Modules linked in: bdc udc_core
[ 14.588579] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1392 Comm: rtcwake Tainted: G W 6.14.0-rc4-g5394eea10651 #16
[ 14.588590] Tainted: [W]=WARN
[ 14.588593] Hardware name: Broadcom STB (Flattened Device Tree)
[ 14.588598] Call trace:
[ 14.588604] dump_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c
[ 14.588622] r7:00000009 r6:0000008b r5:60000153 r4:c0fa558c
[ 14.588625] show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x70/0x7c
[ 14.588639] dump_stack_lvl from dump_stack+0x18/0x1c
[ 14.588653] r5:c08d40b0 r4:c1003cb0
[ 14.588656] dump_stack from __warn+0x84/0xe4
[ 14.588668] __warn from warn_slowpath_fmt+0x18c/0x194
[ 14.588678] r7:c08d40b0 r6:c1003cb0 r5:00000000 r4:00000000
[ 14.588681] warn_slowpath_fmt from nand_reset_op+0x1e0/0x1f8
[ 14.588695] r8:70c40dff r7:89705f41 r6:36b4a597 r5:c26c9444 r4:c26b0048
[ 14.588697] nand_reset_op from brcmnand_resume+0x13c/0x150
[ 14.588714] r9:00000000 r8:00000000 r7:c24f8010 r6:c228a3f8 r5:c26c94bc r4:c26b0040
[ 14.588717] brcmnand_resume from platform_pm_resume+0x34/0x54
[ 14.588735] r5:00000010 r4:c0840a50
[ 14.588738] platform_pm_resume from dpm_run_callback+0x5c/0x14c
[ 14.588757] dpm_run_callback from device_resume+0xc0/0x324
[ 14.588776] r9:c24f8054 r8:c24f80a0 r7:00000000 r6:00000000 r5:00000010 r4:c24f8010
[ 14.588779] device_resume from dpm_resume+0x130/0x160
[ 14.588799] r9:c22539e4 r8:00000010 r7:c22bebb0 r6:c24f8010 r5:c22539dc r4:c22539b0
[ 14.588802] dpm_resume from dpm_resume_end+0x14/0x20
[ 14.588822] r10:c2204e40 r9:00000000 r8:c228a3fc r7:00000000 r6:00000003 r5:c228a414
[ 14.588826] r4:00000010
[ 14.588828] dpm_resume_end from suspend_devices_and_enter+0x274/0x6f8
[ 14.588848] r5:c228a414 r4:00000000
[ 14.588851] suspend_devices_and_enter from pm_suspend+0x228/0x2bc
[ 14.588868] r10:c3502910 r9:c3501f40 r8:00000004 r7:c228a438 r6:c0f95e18 r5:00000000
[ 14.588871] r4:00000003
[ 14.588874] pm_suspend from state_store+0x74/0xd0
[ 14.588889] r7:c228a438 r6:c0f934c8 r5:00000003 r4:00000003
[ 14.588892] state_store from kobj_attr_store+0x1c/0x28
[ 14.588913] r9:00000000 r8:00000000 r7:f09f9f08 r6:00000004 r5:c3502900 r4:c0283250
[ 14.588916] kobj_attr_store from sysfs_kf_write+0x40/0x4c
[ 14.588936] r5:c3502900 r4:c0d92a48
[ 14.588939] sysfs_kf_write from kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x104/0x1f0
[ 14.588956] r5:c3502900 r4:c3501f40
[ 14.588960] kernfs_fop_write_iter from vfs_write+0x250/0x420
[ 14.588980] r10:c0e14b48 r9:00000000 r8:c25f5780 r7:00443398 r6:f09f9f68 r5:c34f7f00
[ 14.588983] r4:c042a88c
[ 14.588987] vfs_write from ksys_write+0x74/0xe4
[ 14.589005] r10:00000004 r9:c25f5780 r8:c02002fA0 r7:00000000 r6:00000000 r5:c34f7f00
[ 14.589008] r4:c34f7f00
[ 14.589011] ksys_write from sys_write+0x10/0x14
[ 14.589029] r7:00000004 r6:004421c0 r5:00443398 r4:00000004
[ 14.589032] sys_write from ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x5c
[ 14.589044] Exception stack(0xf09f9fa8 to 0xf09f9ff0)
[ 14.589050] 9fa0: 00000004 00443398 00000004 00443398 00000004 00000001
[ 14.589056] 9fc0: 00000004 00443398 004421c0 00000004 b6ecbd58 00000008 bebfbc38 0043eb78
[ 14.589062] 9fe0: 00440eb0 bebfbaf8 b6de18a0 b6e579e8
[ 14.589065] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
The fix uses the higher level nand_reset(chip, chipnr); where chipnr = 0, when
doing PM resume operation in compliance with the controller support for single
die nand chip. Switching from nand_reset_op() to nan
---truncated---
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pm: cpupower: bench: Prevent NULL dereference on malloc failure
If malloc returns NULL due to low memory, 'config' pointer can be NULL.
Add a check to prevent NULL dereference.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
spi: fsl-qspi: use devm function instead of driver remove
Driver use devm APIs to manage clk/irq/resources and register the spi
controller, but the legacy remove function will be called first during
device detach and trigger kernel panic. Drop the remove function and use
devm_add_action_or_reset() for driver cleanup to ensure the release
sequence.
Trigger kernel panic on i.MX8MQ by
echo 30bb0000.spi >/sys/bus/platform/drivers/fsl-quadspi/unbind
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: ufs: mcq: Add NULL check in ufshcd_mcq_abort()
A race can occur between the MCQ completion path and the abort handler:
once a request completes, __blk_mq_free_request() sets rq->mq_hctx to
NULL, meaning the subsequent ufshcd_mcq_req_to_hwq() call in
ufshcd_mcq_abort() can return a NULL pointer. If this NULL pointer is
dereferenced, the kernel will crash.
Add a NULL check for the returned hwq pointer. If hwq is NULL, log an
error and return FAILED, preventing a potential NULL-pointer
dereference. As suggested by Bart, the ufshcd_cmd_inflight() check is
removed.
This is similar to the fix in commit 74736103fb41 ("scsi: ufs: core: Fix
ufshcd_abort_one racing issue").
This is found by our static analysis tool KNighter.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-08