Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 6.0.18 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/ntfs3: Enhance sanity check while generating attr_list
ni_create_attr_list uses WARN_ON to catch error cases while generating
attribute list, which only prints out stack trace and may not be enough.
This repalces them with more proper error handling flow.
[ 59.666332] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000000e
[ 59.673268] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 59.678354] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 59.682831] PGD 8000000005ff1067 P4D 8000000005ff1067 PUD 7dee067 PMD 0
[ 59.688556] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
[ 59.692642] CPU: 0 PID: 198 Comm: poc Tainted: G B W 6.2.0-rc1+ #4
[ 59.698868] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[ 59.708795] RIP: 0010:ni_create_attr_list+0x505/0x860
[ 59.713657] Code: 7e 10 e8 5e d0 d0 ff 45 0f b7 76 10 48 8d 7b 16 e8 00 d1 d0 ff 66 44 89 73 16 4d 8d 75 0e 4c 89 f7 e8 3f d0 d0 ff 4c 8d8
[ 59.731559] RSP: 0018:ffff88800a56f1e0 EFLAGS: 00010282
[ 59.735691] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff88800b7b5088 RCX: ffffffffb83079fe
[ 59.741792] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffffffbb7f9fc0
[ 59.748423] RBP: ffff88800a56f3a8 R08: ffff88800b7b50a0 R09: fffffbfff76ff3f9
[ 59.754654] R10: ffffffffbb7f9fc7 R11: fffffbfff76ff3f8 R12: ffff88800b756180
[ 59.761552] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000000000000000e R15: 0000000000000050
[ 59.768323] FS: 00007feaa8c96440(0000) GS:ffff88806d400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 59.776027] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 59.781395] CR2: 00007f3a2e0b1000 CR3: 000000000a5bc000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
[ 59.787607] Call Trace:
[ 59.790271] <TASK>
[ 59.792488] ? __pfx_ni_create_attr_list+0x10/0x10
[ 59.797235] ? kernel_text_address+0xd3/0xe0
[ 59.800856] ? unwind_get_return_address+0x3e/0x60
[ 59.805101] ? __kasan_check_write+0x18/0x20
[ 59.809296] ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0
[ 59.813421] ni_ins_attr_ext+0x52c/0x5c0
[ 59.817034] ? __pfx_ni_ins_attr_ext+0x10/0x10
[ 59.821926] ? __vfs_setxattr+0x121/0x170
[ 59.825718] ? __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x97/0x300
[ 59.829562] ? __vfs_setxattr_locked+0x145/0x170
[ 59.833987] ? vfs_setxattr+0x137/0x2a0
[ 59.836732] ? do_setxattr+0xce/0x150
[ 59.839807] ? setxattr+0x126/0x140
[ 59.842353] ? path_setxattr+0x164/0x180
[ 59.845275] ? __x64_sys_setxattr+0x71/0x90
[ 59.848838] ? do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90
[ 59.851898] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
[ 59.857046] ? stack_depot_save+0x17/0x20
[ 59.860299] ni_insert_attr+0x1ba/0x420
[ 59.863104] ? __pfx_ni_insert_attr+0x10/0x10
[ 59.867069] ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0
[ 59.869897] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x2b/0x50
[ 59.874088] ? __create_object+0x3ae/0x5d0
[ 59.877865] ni_insert_resident+0xc4/0x1c0
[ 59.881430] ? __pfx_ni_insert_resident+0x10/0x10
[ 59.886355] ? kasan_save_alloc_info+0x1f/0x30
[ 59.891117] ? __kasan_kmalloc+0x8b/0xa0
[ 59.894383] ntfs_set_ea+0x90d/0xbf0
[ 59.897703] ? __pfx_ntfs_set_ea+0x10/0x10
[ 59.901011] ? kernel_text_address+0xd3/0xe0
[ 59.905308] ? __kernel_text_address+0x16/0x50
[ 59.909811] ? unwind_get_return_address+0x3e/0x60
[ 59.914898] ? __pfx_stack_trace_consume_entry+0x10/0x10
[ 59.920250] ? arch_stack_walk+0xa2/0x100
[ 59.924560] ? filter_irq_stacks+0x27/0x80
[ 59.928722] ntfs_setxattr+0x405/0x440
[ 59.932512] ? __pfx_ntfs_setxattr+0x10/0x10
[ 59.936634] ? kvmalloc_node+0x2d/0x120
[ 59.940378] ? kasan_save_stack+0x41/0x60
[ 59.943870] ? kasan_save_stack+0x2a/0x60
[ 59.947719] ? kasan_set_track+0x29/0x40
[ 59.951417] ? kasan_save_alloc_info+0x1f/0x30
[ 59.955733] ? __kasan_kmalloc+0x8b/0xa0
[ 59.959598] ? __kmalloc_node+0x68/0x150
[ 59.963163] ? kvmalloc_node+0x2d/0x120
[ 59.966490] ? vmemdup_user+0x2b/0xa0
---truncated---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
caif: fix memory leak in cfctrl_linkup_request()
When linktype is unknown or kzalloc failed in cfctrl_linkup_request(),
pkt is not released. Add release process to error path.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pstore/ram: Check start of empty przs during init
After commit 30696378f68a ("pstore/ram: Do not treat empty buffers as
valid"), initialization would assume a prz was valid after seeing that
the buffer_size is zero (regardless of the buffer start position). This
unchecked start value means it could be outside the bounds of the buffer,
leading to future access panics when written to:
sysdump_panic_event+0x3b4/0x5b8
atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x54/0x90
panic+0x1c8/0x42c
die+0x29c/0x2a8
die_kernel_fault+0x68/0x78
__do_kernel_fault+0x1c4/0x1e0
do_bad_area+0x40/0x100
do_translation_fault+0x68/0x80
do_mem_abort+0x68/0xf8
el1_da+0x1c/0xc0
__raw_writeb+0x38/0x174
__memcpy_toio+0x40/0xac
persistent_ram_update+0x44/0x12c
persistent_ram_write+0x1a8/0x1b8
ramoops_pstore_write+0x198/0x1e8
pstore_console_write+0x94/0xe0
...
To avoid this, also check if the prz start is 0 during the initialization
phase. If not, the next prz sanity check case will discover it (start >
size) and zap the buffer back to a sane state.
[kees: update commit log with backtrace and clarifications]
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
genirq/ipi: Fix NULL pointer deref in irq_data_get_affinity_mask()
If ipi_send_{mask|single}() is called with an invalid interrupt number, all
the local variables there will be NULL. ipi_send_verify() which is invoked
from these functions does verify its 'data' parameter, resulting in a
kernel oops in irq_data_get_affinity_mask() as the passed NULL pointer gets
dereferenced.
Add a missing NULL pointer check in ipi_send_verify()...
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the SVACE static
analysis tool.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: conntrack: dccp: copy entire header to stack buffer, not just basic one
Eric Dumazet says:
nf_conntrack_dccp_packet() has an unique:
dh = skb_header_pointer(skb, dataoff, sizeof(_dh), &_dh);
And nothing more is 'pulled' from the packet, depending on the content.
dh->dccph_doff, and/or dh->dccph_x ...)
So dccp_ack_seq() is happily reading stuff past the _dh buffer.
BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in nf_conntrack_dccp_packet+0x1134/0x11c0
Read of size 4 at addr ffff000128f66e0c by task syz-executor.2/29371
[..]
Fix this by increasing the stack buffer to also include room for
the extra sequence numbers and all the known dccp packet type headers,
then pull again after the initial validation of the basic header.
While at it, mark packets invalid that lack 48bit sequence bit but
where RFC says the type MUST use them.
Compile tested only.
v2: first skb_header_pointer() now needs to adjust the size to
only pull the generic header. (Eric)
Heads-up: I intend to remove dccp conntrack support later this year.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
USB: chipidea: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it,
otherwise the memory will leak over time. To make things simpler, just
call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic
at once.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: mpi3mr: Fix issues in mpi3mr_get_all_tgt_info()
The function mpi3mr_get_all_tgt_info() has four issues:
1) It calculates valid entry length in alltgt_info assuming the header part
of the struct mpi3mr_device_map_info would equal to sizeof(u32). The
correct size is sizeof(u64).
2) When it calculates the valid entry length kern_entrylen, it excludes one
entry by subtracting 1 from num_devices.
3) It copies num_device by calling memcpy(). Substitution is enough.
4) It does not specify the calculated length to sg_copy_from_buffer().
Instead, it specifies the payload length which is larger than the
alltgt_info size. It causes "BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds".
Fix the issues by using the correct header size, removing the subtraction
from num_devices, replacing the memcpy() with substitution and specifying
the correct length to sg_copy_from_buffer().
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211_hwsim: drop short frames
While technically some control frames like ACK are shorter and
end after Address 1, such frames shouldn't be forwarded through
wmediumd or similar userspace, so require the full 3-address
header to avoid accessing invalid memory if shorter frames are
passed in.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: qla2xxx: Wait for io return on terminate rport
System crash due to use after free.
Current code allows terminate_rport_io to exit before making
sure all IOs has returned. For FCP-2 device, IO's can hang
on in HW because driver has not tear down the session in FW at
first sign of cable pull. When dev_loss_tmo timer pops,
terminate_rport_io is called and upper layer is about to
free various resources. Terminate_rport_io trigger qla to do
the final cleanup, but the cleanup might not be fast enough where it
leave qla still holding on to the same resource.
Wait for IO's to return to upper layer before resources are freed.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext2/dax: Fix ext2_setsize when len is page aligned
PAGE_ALIGN(x) macro gives the next highest value which is multiple of
pagesize. But if x is already page aligned then it simply returns x.
So, if x passed is 0 in dax_zero_range() function, that means the
length gets passed as 0 to ->iomap_begin().
In ext2 it then calls ext2_get_blocks -> max_blocks as 0 and hits bug_on
here in ext2_get_blocks().
BUG_ON(maxblocks == 0);
Instead we should be calling dax_truncate_page() here which takes
care of it. i.e. it only calls dax_zero_range if the offset is not
page/block aligned.
This can be easily triggered with following on fsdax mounted pmem
device.
dd if=/dev/zero of=file count=1 bs=512
truncate -s 0 file
[79.525838] EXT2-fs (pmem0): DAX enabled. Warning: EXPERIMENTAL, use at your own risk
[79.529376] ext2 filesystem being mounted at /mnt1/test supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff)
[93.793207] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[93.795102] kernel BUG at fs/ext2/inode.c:637!
[93.796904] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
[93.798659] CPU: 0 PID: 1192 Comm: truncate Not tainted 6.3.0-rc2-xfstests-00056-g131086faa369 #139
[93.806459] RIP: 0010:ext2_get_blocks.constprop.0+0x524/0x610
<...>
[93.835298] Call Trace:
[93.836253] <TASK>
[93.837103] ? lock_acquire+0xf8/0x110
[93.838479] ? d_lookup+0x69/0xd0
[93.839779] ext2_iomap_begin+0xa7/0x1c0
[93.841154] iomap_iter+0xc7/0x150
[93.842425] dax_zero_range+0x6e/0xa0
[93.843813] ext2_setsize+0x176/0x1b0
[93.845164] ext2_setattr+0x151/0x200
[93.846467] notify_change+0x341/0x4e0
[93.847805] ? lock_acquire+0xf8/0x110
[93.849143] ? do_truncate+0x74/0xe0
[93.850452] ? do_truncate+0x84/0xe0
[93.851739] do_truncate+0x84/0xe0
[93.852974] do_sys_ftruncate+0x2b4/0x2f0
[93.854404] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90
[93.855789] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16