Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.15.168 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtw88: Fix memory leak in rtw88_usb
Kmemleak shows the following leak arising from routine in the usb
probe routine:
unreferenced object 0xffff895cb29bba00 (size 512):
comm "(udev-worker)", pid 534, jiffies 4294903932 (age 102751.088s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
77 30 30 30 00 00 00 00 02 2f 2d 2b 30 00 00 00 w000...../-+0...
02 00 2a 28 00 00 00 00 ff 55 ff ff ff 00 00 00 ..*(.....U......
backtrace:
[<ffffffff9265fa36>] kmalloc_trace+0x26/0x90
[<ffffffffc17eec41>] rtw_usb_probe+0x2f1/0x680 [rtw_usb]
[<ffffffffc03e19fd>] usb_probe_interface+0xdd/0x2e0 [usbcore]
[<ffffffff92b4f2fe>] really_probe+0x18e/0x3d0
[<ffffffff92b4f5b8>] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x160
[<ffffffff92b4f6bf>] driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90
[<ffffffff92b4f8df>] __driver_attach+0xbf/0x1b0
[<ffffffff92b4d350>] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xc0
[<ffffffff92b4e51e>] bus_add_driver+0x10e/0x210
[<ffffffff92b50935>] driver_register+0x55/0xf0
[<ffffffffc03e0708>] usb_register_driver+0x88/0x140 [usbcore]
[<ffffffff92401153>] do_one_initcall+0x43/0x210
[<ffffffff9254f42a>] do_init_module+0x4a/0x200
[<ffffffff92551d1c>] __do_sys_finit_module+0xac/0x120
[<ffffffff92ee6626>] do_syscall_64+0x56/0x80
[<ffffffff9300006a>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
The leak was verified to be real by unloading the driver, which resulted
in a dangling pointer to the allocation.
The allocated memory is freed in rtw_usb_intf_deinit().
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: Fix hci_suspend_sync crash
If hci_unregister_dev() frees the hci_dev object but hci_suspend_notifier
may still be accessing it, it can cause the program to crash.
Here's the call trace:
<4>[102152.653246] Call Trace:
<4>[102152.653254] hci_suspend_sync+0x109/0x301 [bluetooth]
<4>[102152.653259] hci_suspend_dev+0x78/0xcd [bluetooth]
<4>[102152.653263] hci_suspend_notifier+0x42/0x7a [bluetooth]
<4>[102152.653268] notifier_call_chain+0x43/0x6b
<4>[102152.653271] __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x48/0x69
<4>[102152.653273] __pm_notifier_call_chain+0x22/0x39
<4>[102152.653276] pm_suspend+0x287/0x57c
<4>[102152.653278] state_store+0xae/0xe5
<4>[102152.653281] kernfs_fop_write+0x109/0x173
<4>[102152.653284] __vfs_write+0x16f/0x1a2
<4>[102152.653287] ? selinux_file_permission+0xca/0x16f
<4>[102152.653289] ? security_file_permission+0x36/0x109
<4>[102152.653291] vfs_write+0x114/0x21d
<4>[102152.653293] __x64_sys_write+0x7b/0xdb
<4>[102152.653296] do_syscall_64+0x59/0x194
<4>[102152.653299] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x5c/0xc1
This patch holds the reference count of the hci_dev object while
processing it in hci_suspend_notifier to avoid potential crash
caused by the race condition.
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
qed: allow sleep in qed_mcp_trace_dump()
By default, qed_mcp_cmd_and_union() delays 10us at a time in a loop
that can run 500K times, so calls to qed_mcp_nvm_rd_cmd()
may block the current thread for over 5s.
We observed thread scheduling delays over 700ms in production,
with stacktraces pointing to this code as the culprit.
qed_mcp_trace_dump() is called from ethtool, so sleeping is permitted.
It already can sleep in qed_mcp_halt(), which calls qed_mcp_cmd().
Add a "can sleep" parameter to qed_find_nvram_image() and
qed_nvram_read() so they can sleep during qed_mcp_trace_dump().
qed_mcp_trace_get_meta_info() and qed_mcp_trace_read_meta(),
called only by qed_mcp_trace_dump(), allow these functions to sleep.
I can't tell if the other caller (qed_grc_dump_mcp_hw_dump()) can sleep,
so keep b_can_sleep set to false when it calls these functions.
An example stacktrace from a custom warning we added to the kernel
showing a thread that has not scheduled despite long needing resched:
[ 2745.362925,17] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 2745.362941,17] WARNING: CPU: 23 PID: 5640 at arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:233 do_IRQ+0x15e/0x1a0()
[ 2745.362946,17] Thread not rescheduled for 744 ms after irq 99
[ 2745.362956,17] Modules linked in: ...
[ 2745.363339,17] CPU: 23 PID: 5640 Comm: lldpd Tainted: P O 4.4.182+ #202104120910+6d1da174272d.61x
[ 2745.363343,17] Hardware name: FOXCONN MercuryB/Quicksilver Controller, BIOS H11P1N09 07/08/2020
[ 2745.363346,17] 0000000000000000 ffff885ec07c3ed8 ffffffff8131eb2f ffff885ec07c3f20
[ 2745.363358,17] ffffffff81d14f64 ffff885ec07c3f10 ffffffff81072ac2 ffff88be98ed0000
[ 2745.363369,17] 0000000000000063 0000000000000174 0000000000000074 0000000000000000
[ 2745.363379,17] Call Trace:
[ 2745.363382,17] <IRQ> [<ffffffff8131eb2f>] dump_stack+0x8e/0xcf
[ 2745.363393,17] [<ffffffff81072ac2>] warn_slowpath_common+0x82/0xc0
[ 2745.363398,17] [<ffffffff81072b4c>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x4c/0x50
[ 2745.363404,17] [<ffffffff810d5a8e>] ? rcu_irq_exit+0xae/0xc0
[ 2745.363408,17] [<ffffffff817c99fe>] do_IRQ+0x15e/0x1a0
[ 2745.363413,17] [<ffffffff817c7ac9>] common_interrupt+0x89/0x89
[ 2745.363416,17] <EOI> [<ffffffff8132aa74>] ? delay_tsc+0x24/0x50
[ 2745.363425,17] [<ffffffff8132aa04>] __udelay+0x34/0x40
[ 2745.363457,17] [<ffffffffa04d45ff>] qed_mcp_cmd_and_union+0x36f/0x7d0 [qed]
[ 2745.363473,17] [<ffffffffa04d5ced>] qed_mcp_nvm_rd_cmd+0x4d/0x90 [qed]
[ 2745.363490,17] [<ffffffffa04e1dc7>] qed_mcp_trace_dump+0x4a7/0x630 [qed]
[ 2745.363504,17] [<ffffffffa04e2556>] ? qed_fw_asserts_dump+0x1d6/0x1f0 [qed]
[ 2745.363520,17] [<ffffffffa04e4ea7>] qed_dbg_mcp_trace_get_dump_buf_size+0x37/0x80 [qed]
[ 2745.363536,17] [<ffffffffa04ea881>] qed_dbg_feature_size+0x61/0xa0 [qed]
[ 2745.363551,17] [<ffffffffa04eb427>] qed_dbg_all_data_size+0x247/0x260 [qed]
[ 2745.363560,17] [<ffffffffa0482c10>] qede_get_regs_len+0x30/0x40 [qede]
[ 2745.363566,17] [<ffffffff816c9783>] ethtool_get_drvinfo+0xe3/0x190
[ 2745.363570,17] [<ffffffff816cc152>] dev_ethtool+0x1362/0x2140
[ 2745.363575,17] [<ffffffff8109bcc6>] ? finish_task_switch+0x76/0x260
[ 2745.363580,17] [<ffffffff817c2116>] ? __schedule+0x3c6/0x9d0
[ 2745.363585,17] [<ffffffff810dbd50>] ? hrtimer_start_range_ns+0x1d0/0x370
[ 2745.363589,17] [<ffffffff816c1e5b>] ? dev_get_by_name_rcu+0x6b/0x90
[ 2745.363594,17] [<ffffffff816de6a8>] dev_ioctl+0xe8/0x710
[ 2745.363599,17] [<ffffffff816a58a8>] sock_do_ioctl+0x48/0x60
[ 2745.363603,17] [<ffffffff816a5d87>] sock_ioctl+0x1c7/0x280
[ 2745.363608,17] [<ffffffff8111f393>] ? seccomp_phase1+0x83/0x220
[ 2745.363612,17] [<ffffffff811e3503>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x2b3/0x4e0
[ 2745.363616,17] [<ffffffff811e3771>] SyS_ioctl+0x41/0x70
[ 2745.363619,17] [<ffffffff817c6ffe>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1e/0x79
[ 2745.363622,17] ---[ end trace f6954aa440266421 ]---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: ufs: core: Fix handling of lrbp->cmd
ufshcd_queuecommand() may be called two times in a row for a SCSI command
before it is completed. Hence make the following changes:
- In the functions that submit a command, do not check the old value of
lrbp->cmd nor clear lrbp->cmd in error paths.
- In ufshcd_release_scsi_cmd(), do not clear lrbp->cmd.
See also scsi_send_eh_cmnd().
This commit prevents that the following appears if a command times out:
WARNING: at drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c:2965 ufshcd_queuecommand+0x6f8/0x9a8
Call trace:
ufshcd_queuecommand+0x6f8/0x9a8
scsi_send_eh_cmnd+0x2c0/0x960
scsi_eh_test_devices+0x100/0x314
scsi_eh_ready_devs+0xd90/0x114c
scsi_error_handler+0x2b4/0xb70
kthread+0x16c/0x1e0
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
start_kernel: Add __no_stack_protector function attribute
Back during the discussion of
commit a9a3ed1eff36 ("x86: Fix early boot crash on gcc-10, third try")
we discussed the need for a function attribute to control the omission
of stack protectors on a per-function basis; at the time Clang had
support for no_stack_protector but GCC did not. This was fixed in
gcc-11. Now that the function attribute is available, let's start using
it.
Callers of boot_init_stack_canary need to use this function attribute
unless they're compiled with -fno-stack-protector, otherwise the canary
stored in the stack slot of the caller will differ upon the call to
boot_init_stack_canary. This will lead to a call to __stack_chk_fail()
then panic.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix memory leak in mt7915_mcu_exit
Always purge mcu skb queues in mt7915_mcu_exit routine even if
mt7915_firmware_state fails.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe()
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c:876 rtw_usb_probe()
warn: 'hw' from ieee80211_alloc_hw() not released on lines: 811
Fix this by modifying return to a goto statement.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: lpfc: Fix null ndlp ptr dereference in abnormal exit path for GFT_ID
An error case exit from lpfc_cmpl_ct_cmd_gft_id() results in a call to
lpfc_nlp_put() with a null pointer to a nodelist structure.
Changed lpfc_cmpl_ct_cmd_gft_id() to initialize nodelist pointer upon
entry.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: Fix PM runtime leakage in am65_cpsw_nuss_ndo_slave_open()
Ensure pm_runtime_put() is issued in error path.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mt76: mt7915: Fix PCI device refcount leak in mt7915_pci_init_hif2()
As comment of pci_get_device() says, it returns a pci_device with its
refcount increased. We need to call pci_dev_put() to decrease the
refcount. Save the return value of pci_get_device() and call
pci_dev_put() to decrease the refcount.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01