Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.16.0 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: hid-pl: handle probe errors
Errors in init must be reported back or we'll
follow a NULL pointer the first time FF is used.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: SOF: Intel: hda: Fix NULL pointer dereference
If there's a mismatch between the DAI links in the machine driver and
the topology, it is possible that the playback/capture widget is not
set, especially in the case of loopback capture for echo reference
where we use the dummy DAI link. Return the error when the widget is not
set to avoid a null pointer dereference like below when the topology is
broken.
RIP: 0010:hda_dai_get_ops.isra.0+0x14/0xa0 [snd_sof_intel_hda_common]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfrm6: fix uninitialized saddr in xfrm6_get_saddr()
xfrm6_get_saddr() does not check the return value of
ipv6_dev_get_saddr(). When ipv6_dev_get_saddr() fails to find a suitable
source address (returns -EADDRNOTAVAIL), saddr->in6 is left
uninitialized, but xfrm6_get_saddr() still returns 0 (success).
This causes the caller xfrm_tmpl_resolve_one() to use the uninitialized
address in xfrm_state_find(), triggering KMSAN warning:
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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in xfrm_state_find+0x2424/0xa940
xfrm_state_find+0x2424/0xa940
xfrm_resolve_and_create_bundle+0x906/0x5a20
xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0xcc0/0x3770
xfrm_lookup_route+0x63/0x2b0
ip_route_output_flow+0x1ce/0x270
udp_sendmsg+0x2ce1/0x3400
inet_sendmsg+0x1ef/0x2a0
__sock_sendmsg+0x278/0x3d0
__sys_sendto+0x593/0x720
__x64_sys_sendto+0x130/0x200
x64_sys_call+0x332b/0x3e70
do_syscall_64+0xd3/0xf80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Local variable tmp.i.i created at:
xfrm_resolve_and_create_bundle+0x3e3/0x5a20
xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0xcc0/0x3770
=====================================================
Fix by checking the return value of ipv6_dev_get_saddr() and propagating
the error.
CVSS Score
8.6
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: magicmouse: Do not crash on missing msc->input
Fake USB devices can send their own report descriptors for which the
input_mapping() hook does not get called. In this case, msc->input stays NULL,
leading to a crash at a later time.
Detect this condition in the input_configured() hook and reject the device.
This is not supposed to happen with actual magic mouse devices, but can be
provoked by imposing as a magic mouse USB device.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ntb: ntb_hw_switchtec: Fix shift-out-of-bounds for 0 mw lut
Number of MW LUTs depends on NTB configuration and can be set to zero,
in such scenario rounddown_pow_of_two will cause undefined behaviour and
should not be performed.
This patch ensures that rounddown_pow_of_two is called on valid value.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mfd: core: Add locking around 'mfd_of_node_list'
Manipulating a list in the kernel isn't safe without some sort of
mutual exclusion. Add a mutex any time we access / modify
'mfd_of_node_list' to prevent possible crashes.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/pm: Fix null pointer dereference issue
If SMU is disabled, during RAS initialization,
there will be null pointer dereference issue here.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm-verity: correctly handle dm_bufio_client_create() failure
If either of the calls to dm_bufio_client_create() in verity_fec_ctr()
fails, then dm_bufio_client_destroy() is later called with an ERR_PTR()
argument. That causes a crash. Fix this.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: nSVM: Always use vmcb01 in VMLOAD/VMSAVE emulation
Commit cc3ed80ae69f ("KVM: nSVM: always use vmcb01 to for vmsave/vmload
of guest state") made KVM always use vmcb01 for the fields controlled by
VMSAVE/VMLOAD, but it missed updating the VMLOAD/VMSAVE emulation code
to always use vmcb01.
As a result, if VMSAVE/VMLOAD is executed by an L2 guest and is not
intercepted by L1, KVM will mistakenly use vmcb02. Always use vmcb01
instead of the current VMCB.
CVSS Score
7.9
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix missing key size check for L2CAP_LE_CONN_REQ
This adds a check for encryption key size upon receiving
L2CAP_LE_CONN_REQ which is required by L2CAP/LE/CFC/BV-15-C which
expects L2CAP_CR_LE_BAD_KEY_SIZE.
CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-06