Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/damon/core: remove call_control in inactive contexts
If damon_call() is executed against a DAMON context that is not running,
the function returns error while keeping the damon_call_control object
linked to the context's call_controls list. Let's suppose the object is
deallocated after the damon_call(), and yet another damon_call() is
executed against the same context. The function tries to add the new
damon_call_control object to the call_controls list, which still has the
pointer to the previous damon_call_control object, which is deallocated.
As a result, use-after-free happens.
This can actually be triggered using the DAMON sysfs interface. It is not
easily exploitable since it requires the sysfs write permission and making
a definitely weird file writes, though. Please refer to the report for
more details about the issue reproduction steps.
Fix the issue by making two changes. Firstly, move the final
kdamond_call() for cancelling all existing damon_call() requests from
terminating DAMON context to be done before the ctx->kdamond reset. This
makes any code that sees NULL ctx->kdamond can safely assume the context
may not access damon_call() requests anymore. Secondly, let damon_call()
to cleanup the damon_call_control objects that were added to the
already-terminated DAMON context, before returning the error.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: octeon_ep_vf: fix free_irq dev_id mismatch in IRQ rollback
octep_vf_request_irqs() requests MSI-X queue IRQs with dev_id set to
ioq_vector. If request_irq() fails part-way, the rollback loop calls
free_irq() with dev_id set to 'oct', which does not match the original
dev_id and may leave the irqaction registered.
This can keep IRQ handlers alive while ioq_vector is later freed during
unwind/teardown, leading to a use-after-free or crash when an interrupt
fires.
Fix the error path to free IRQs with the same ioq_vector dev_id used
during request_irq().
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
lib/buildid: use __kernel_read() for sleepable context
Prevent a "BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in
filemap_read_folio".
For the sleepable context, convert freader to use __kernel_read() instead
of direct page cache access via read_cache_folio(). This simplifies the
faultable code path by using the standard kernel file reading interface
which handles all the complexity of reading file data.
At the moment we are not changing the code for non-sleepable context which
uses filemap_get_folio() and only succeeds if the target folios are
already in memory and up-to-date. The reason is to keep the patch simple
and easier to backport to stable kernels.
Syzbot repro does not crash the kernel anymore and the selftests run
successfully.
In the follow up we will make __kernel_read() with IOCB_NOWAIT work for
non-sleepable contexts. In addition, I would like to replace the
secretmem check with a more generic approach and will add fstest for the
buildid code.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ip6_tunnel: use skb_vlan_inet_prepare() in __ip6_tnl_rcv()
Blamed commit did not take care of VLAN encapsulations
as spotted by syzbot [1].
Use skb_vlan_inet_prepare() instead of pskb_inet_may_pull().
[1]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __INET_ECN_decapsulate include/net/inet_ecn.h:253 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in INET_ECN_decapsulate include/net/inet_ecn.h:275 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in IP6_ECN_decapsulate+0x7a8/0x1fa0 include/net/inet_ecn.h:321
__INET_ECN_decapsulate include/net/inet_ecn.h:253 [inline]
INET_ECN_decapsulate include/net/inet_ecn.h:275 [inline]
IP6_ECN_decapsulate+0x7a8/0x1fa0 include/net/inet_ecn.h:321
ip6ip6_dscp_ecn_decapsulate+0x16f/0x1b0 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:729
__ip6_tnl_rcv+0xed9/0x1b50 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:860
ip6_tnl_rcv+0xc3/0x100 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:903
gre_rcv+0x1529/0x1b90 net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c:-1
ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x1c89/0x2c60 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:438
ip6_input_finish+0x1f4/0x4a0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:489
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:318 [inline]
ip6_input+0x9c/0x330 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:500
ip6_mc_input+0x7ca/0xc10 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:590
dst_input include/net/dst.h:474 [inline]
ip6_rcv_finish+0x958/0x990 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:79
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:318 [inline]
ipv6_rcv+0xf1/0x3c0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:311
__netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:6139 [inline]
__netif_receive_skb+0x1df/0xac0 net/core/dev.c:6252
netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:6338 [inline]
netif_receive_skb+0x57/0x630 net/core/dev.c:6397
tun_rx_batched+0x1df/0x980 drivers/net/tun.c:1485
tun_get_user+0x5c0e/0x6c60 drivers/net/tun.c:1953
tun_chr_write_iter+0x3e9/0x5c0 drivers/net/tun.c:1999
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]
vfs_write+0xbe2/0x15d0 fs/read_write.c:686
ksys_write fs/read_write.c:738 [inline]
__do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:749 [inline]
__se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:746 [inline]
__x64_sys_write+0x1fb/0x4d0 fs/read_write.c:746
x64_sys_call+0x30ab/0x3e70 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:2
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xd3/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Uninit was created at:
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4960 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5263 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x9e7/0x17a0 mm/slub.c:5315
kmalloc_reserve+0x13c/0x4b0 net/core/skbuff.c:586
__alloc_skb+0x805/0x1040 net/core/skbuff.c:690
alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1383 [inline]
alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc5/0xa60 net/core/skbuff.c:6712
sock_alloc_send_pskb+0xacc/0xc60 net/core/sock.c:2995
tun_alloc_skb drivers/net/tun.c:1461 [inline]
tun_get_user+0x1142/0x6c60 drivers/net/tun.c:1794
tun_chr_write_iter+0x3e9/0x5c0 drivers/net/tun.c:1999
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]
vfs_write+0xbe2/0x15d0 fs/read_write.c:686
ksys_write fs/read_write.c:738 [inline]
__do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:749 [inline]
__se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:746 [inline]
__x64_sys_write+0x1fb/0x4d0 fs/read_write.c:746
x64_sys_call+0x30ab/0x3e70 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:2
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xd3/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6465 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(none)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dst: fix races in rt6_uncached_list_del() and rt_del_uncached_list()
syzbot was able to crash the kernel in rt6_uncached_list_flush_dev()
in an interesting way [1]
Crash happens in list_del_init()/INIT_LIST_HEAD() while writing
list->prev, while the prior write on list->next went well.
static inline void INIT_LIST_HEAD(struct list_head *list)
{
WRITE_ONCE(list->next, list); // This went well
WRITE_ONCE(list->prev, list); // Crash, @list has been freed.
}
Issue here is that rt6_uncached_list_del() did not attempt to lock
ul->lock, as list_empty(&rt->dst.rt_uncached) returned
true because the WRITE_ONCE(list->next, list) happened on the other CPU.
We might use list_del_init_careful() and list_empty_careful(),
or make sure rt6_uncached_list_del() always grabs the spinlock
whenever rt->dst.rt_uncached_list has been set.
A similar fix is neeed for IPv4.
[1]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in INIT_LIST_HEAD include/linux/list.h:46 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in list_del_init include/linux/list.h:296 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rt6_uncached_list_flush_dev net/ipv6/route.c:191 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rt6_disable_ip+0x633/0x730 net/ipv6/route.c:5020
Write of size 8 at addr ffff8880294cfa78 by task kworker/u8:14/3450
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 3450 Comm: kworker/u8:14 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0xca/0x240 mm/kasan/report.c:482
kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595
INIT_LIST_HEAD include/linux/list.h:46 [inline]
list_del_init include/linux/list.h:296 [inline]
rt6_uncached_list_flush_dev net/ipv6/route.c:191 [inline]
rt6_disable_ip+0x633/0x730 net/ipv6/route.c:5020
addrconf_ifdown+0x143/0x18a0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3853
addrconf_notify+0x1bc/0x1050 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:-1
notifier_call_chain+0x19d/0x3a0 kernel/notifier.c:85
call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2268 [inline]
call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2282 [inline]
netif_close_many+0x29c/0x410 net/core/dev.c:1785
unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0xb50/0x2330 net/core/dev.c:12353
ops_exit_rtnl_list net/core/net_namespace.c:187 [inline]
ops_undo_list+0x3dc/0x990 net/core/net_namespace.c:248
cleanup_net+0x4de/0x7b0 net/core/net_namespace.c:696
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xad1/0x1770 kernel/workqueue.c:3340
worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3421
kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
ret_from_fork+0x510/0xa50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
</TASK>
Allocated by task 803:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
unpoison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:340 [inline]
__kasan_slab_alloc+0x6c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:366
kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:253 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4953 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5263 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x18d/0x6c0 mm/slub.c:5270
dst_alloc+0x105/0x170 net/core/dst.c:89
ip6_dst_alloc net/ipv6/route.c:342 [inline]
icmp6_dst_alloc+0x75/0x460 net/ipv6/route.c:3333
mld_sendpack+0x683/0xe60 net/ipv6/mcast.c:1844
mld_send_cr net/ipv6/mcast.c:2154 [inline]
mld_ifc_work+0x83e/0xd60 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2693
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xad1/0x1770 kernel/workqueue.c:3340
worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3421
kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
ret_from_fork+0x510/0xa50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entr
---truncated---
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/fpu: Clear XSTATE_BV[i] in guest XSAVE state whenever XFD[i]=1
When loading guest XSAVE state via KVM_SET_XSAVE, and when updating XFD in
response to a guest WRMSR, clear XFD-disabled features in the saved (or to
be restored) XSTATE_BV to ensure KVM doesn't attempt to load state for
features that are disabled via the guest's XFD. Because the kernel
executes XRSTOR with the guest's XFD, saving XSTATE_BV[i]=1 with XFD[i]=1
will cause XRSTOR to #NM and panic the kernel.
E.g. if fpu_update_guest_xfd() sets XFD without clearing XSTATE_BV:
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:1524 at exc_device_not_available+0x101/0x110, CPU#29: amx_test/848
Modules linked in: kvm_intel kvm irqbypass
CPU: 29 UID: 1000 PID: 848 Comm: amx_test Not tainted 6.19.0-rc2-ffa07f7fd437-x86_amx_nm_xfd_non_init-vm #171 NONE
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
RIP: 0010:exc_device_not_available+0x101/0x110
Call Trace:
<TASK>
asm_exc_device_not_available+0x1a/0x20
RIP: 0010:restore_fpregs_from_fpstate+0x36/0x90
switch_fpu_return+0x4a/0xb0
kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x1245/0x1e40 [kvm]
kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x2c3/0x8f0 [kvm]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x8f/0xd0
do_syscall_64+0x62/0x940
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
</TASK>
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
This can happen if the guest executes WRMSR(MSR_IA32_XFD) to set XFD[18] = 1,
and a host IRQ triggers kernel_fpu_begin() prior to the vmexit handler's
call to fpu_update_guest_xfd().
and if userspace stuffs XSTATE_BV[i]=1 via KVM_SET_XSAVE:
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:1524 at exc_device_not_available+0x101/0x110, CPU#14: amx_test/867
Modules linked in: kvm_intel kvm irqbypass
CPU: 14 UID: 1000 PID: 867 Comm: amx_test Not tainted 6.19.0-rc2-2dace9faccd6-x86_amx_nm_xfd_non_init-vm #168 NONE
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
RIP: 0010:exc_device_not_available+0x101/0x110
Call Trace:
<TASK>
asm_exc_device_not_available+0x1a/0x20
RIP: 0010:restore_fpregs_from_fpstate+0x36/0x90
fpu_swap_kvm_fpstate+0x6b/0x120
kvm_load_guest_fpu+0x30/0x80 [kvm]
kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x85/0x1e40 [kvm]
kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x2c3/0x8f0 [kvm]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x8f/0xd0
do_syscall_64+0x62/0x940
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
</TASK>
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
The new behavior is consistent with the AMX architecture. Per Intel's SDM,
XSAVE saves XSTATE_BV as '0' for components that are disabled via XFD
(and non-compacted XSAVE saves the initial configuration of the state
component):
If XSAVE, XSAVEC, XSAVEOPT, or XSAVES is saving the state component i,
the instruction does not generate #NM when XCR0[i] = IA32_XFD[i] = 1;
instead, it operates as if XINUSE[i] = 0 (and the state component was
in its initial state): it saves bit i of XSTATE_BV field of the XSAVE
header as 0; in addition, XSAVE saves the initial configuration of the
state component (the other instructions do not save state component i).
Alternatively, KVM could always do XRSTOR with XFD=0, e.g. by using
a constant XFD based on the set of enabled features when XSAVEing for
a struct fpu_guest. However, having XSTATE_BV[i]=1 for XFD-disabled
features can only happen in the above interrupt case, or in similar
scenarios involving preemption on preemptible kernels, because
fpu_swap_kvm_fpstate()'s call to save_fpregs_to_fpstate() saves the
outgoing FPU state with the current XFD; and that is (on all but the
first WRMSR to XFD) the guest XFD.
Therefore, XFD can only go out of sync with XSTATE_BV in the above
interrupt case, or in similar scenarios involving preemption on
preemptible kernels, and it we can consider it (de facto) part of KVM
ABI that KVM_GET_XSAVE returns XSTATE_BV[i]=0 for XFD-disabled features.
[Move clea
---truncated---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: tlv320adcx140: fix null pointer
The "snd_soc_component" in "adcx140_priv" was only used once but never
set. It was only used for reaching "dev" which is already present in
"adcx140_priv".
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
block: zero non-PI portion of auto integrity buffer
The auto-generated integrity buffer for writes needs to be fully
initialized before being passed to the underlying block device,
otherwise the uninitialized memory can be read back by userspace or
anyone with physical access to the storage device. If protection
information is generated, that portion of the integrity buffer is
already initialized. The integrity data is also zeroed if PI generation
is disabled via sysfs or the PI tuple size is 0. However, this misses
the case where PI is generated and the PI tuple size is nonzero, but the
metadata size is larger than the PI tuple. In this case, the remainder
("opaque") of the metadata is left uninitialized.
Generalize the BLK_INTEGRITY_CSUM_NONE check to cover any case when the
metadata is larger than just the PI tuple.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/vmwgfx: Fix KMS with 3D on HW version 10
HW version 10 does not have GB Surfaces so there is no backing buffer for
surface backed FBs. This would result in a nullptr dereference and crash
the driver causing a black screen.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xhci: sideband: don't dereference freed ring when removing sideband endpoint
xhci_sideband_remove_endpoint() incorrecly assumes that the endpoint is
running and has a valid transfer ring.
Lianqin reported a crash during suspend/wake-up stress testing, and
found the cause to be dereferencing a non-existing transfer ring
'ep->ring' during xhci_sideband_remove_endpoint().
The endpoint and its ring may be in unknown state if this function
is called after xHCI was reinitialized in resume (lost power), or if
device is being re-enumerated, disconnected or endpoint already dropped.
Fix this by both removing unnecessary ring access, and by checking
ep->ring exists before dereferencing it. Also make sure endpoint is
running before attempting to stop it.
Remove the xhci_initialize_ring_info() call during sideband endpoint
removal as is it only initializes ring structure enqueue, dequeue and
cycle state values to their starting values without changing actual
hardware enqueue, dequeue and cycle state. Leaving them out of sync
is worse than leaving it as it is. The endpoint will get freed in after
this in most usecases.
If the (audio) class driver want's to reuse the endpoint after offload
then it is up to the class driver to ensure endpoint is properly set up.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-25