Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.15.111 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fuse: reject oversized dirents in page cache
fuse_add_dirent_to_cache() computes a serialized dirent size from the
server-controlled namelen field and copies the dirent into a single
page-cache page. The existing logic only checks whether the dirent fits
in the remaining space of the current page and advances to a fresh page
if not. It never checks whether the dirent itself exceeds PAGE_SIZE.
As a result, a malicious FUSE server can return a dirent with
namelen=4095, producing a serialized record size of 4120 bytes. On 4 KiB
page systems this causes memcpy() to overflow the cache page by 24 bytes
into the following kernel page.
Reject dirents that cannot fit in a single page before copying them into
the readdir cache.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: virt_wifi: remove SET_NETDEV_DEV to avoid use-after-free
Currently we execute `SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &priv->lowerdev->dev)` for
the virt_wifi net devices. However, unregistering a virt_wifi device in
netdev_run_todo() can happen together with the device referenced by
SET_NETDEV_DEV().
It can result in use-after-free during the ethtool operations performed
on a virt_wifi device that is currently being unregistered. Such a net
device can have the `dev.parent` field pointing to the freed memory,
but ethnl_ops_begin() calls `pm_runtime_get_sync(dev->dev.parent)`.
Let's remove SET_NETDEV_DEV for virt_wifi to avoid bugs like this:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __pm_runtime_resume+0xe2/0xf0
Read of size 2 at addr ffff88810cfc46f8 by task pm/606
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x4d/0x70
print_report+0x170/0x4f3
? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
kasan_report+0xda/0x110
? __pm_runtime_resume+0xe2/0xf0
? __pm_runtime_resume+0xe2/0xf0
__pm_runtime_resume+0xe2/0xf0
ethnl_ops_begin+0x49/0x270
ethnl_set_features+0x23c/0xab0
? __pfx_ethnl_set_features+0x10/0x10
? kvm_sched_clock_read+0x11/0x20
? local_clock_noinstr+0xf/0xf0
? local_clock+0x10/0x30
? kasan_save_track+0x25/0x60
? __kasan_kmalloc+0x7f/0x90
? genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse.isra.0+0x150/0x2c0
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1e7/0x2c0
? __pfx_genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_cred_has_capability.isra.0+0x10/0x10
? stack_trace_save+0x8e/0xc0
genl_rcv_msg+0x411/0x660
? __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_ethnl_set_features+0x10/0x10
netlink_rcv_skb+0x121/0x380
? __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_netlink_rcv_skb+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_down_read+0x10/0x10
genl_rcv+0x23/0x30
netlink_unicast+0x60f/0x830
? __pfx_netlink_unicast+0x10/0x10
? __pfx___alloc_skb+0x10/0x10
netlink_sendmsg+0x6ea/0xbc0
? __pfx_netlink_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
? __futex_queue+0x10b/0x1f0
____sys_sendmsg+0x7a2/0x950
? copy_msghdr_from_user+0x26b/0x430
? __pfx_____sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_copy_msghdr_from_user+0x10/0x10
___sys_sendmsg+0xf8/0x180
? __pfx____sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_futex_wait+0x10/0x10
? fdget+0x2e4/0x4a0
__sys_sendmsg+0x11f/0x1c0
? __pfx___sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
do_syscall_64+0xe2/0x570
? exc_page_fault+0x66/0xb0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>
This fix may be combined with another one in the ethtool subsystem:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260322075917.254874-1-alex.popov@linux.com/T/#u
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rxrpc: Fix missing validation of ticket length in non-XDR key preparsing
In rxrpc_preparse(), there are two paths for parsing key payloads: the
XDR path (for large payloads) and the non-XDR path (for payloads <= 28
bytes). While the XDR path (rxrpc_preparse_xdr_rxkad()) correctly
validates the ticket length against AFSTOKEN_RK_TIX_MAX, the non-XDR
path fails to do so.
This allows an unprivileged user to provide a very large ticket length.
When this key is later read via rxrpc_read(), the total
token size (toksize) calculation results in a value that exceeds
AFSTOKEN_LENGTH_MAX, triggering a WARN_ON().
[ 2001.302904] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 2108 at net/rxrpc/key.c:778 rxrpc_read+0x109/0x5c0 [rxrpc]
Fix this by adding a check in the non-XDR parsing path of rxrpc_preparse()
to ensure the ticket length does not exceed AFSTOKEN_RK_TIX_MAX,
bringing it into parity with the XDR parsing logic.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: ccp: Don't attempt to copy ID to userspace if PSP command failed
When retrieving the ID for the CPU, don't attempt to copy the ID blob to
userspace if the firmware command failed. If the failure was due to an
invalid length, i.e. the userspace buffer+length was too small, copying
the number of bytes _firmware_ requires will overflow the kernel-allocated
buffer and leak data to userspace.
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in instrument_copy_to_user ../include/linux/instrumented.h:129 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in _inline_copy_to_user ../include/linux/uaccess.h:205 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in _copy_to_user+0x66/0xa0 ../lib/usercopy.c:26
Read of size 64 at addr ffff8881867f5960 by task syz.0.906/24388
CPU: 130 UID: 0 PID: 24388 Comm: syz.0.906 Tainted: G U O 7.0.0-smp-DEV #28 PREEMPTLAZY
Tainted: [U]=USER, [O]=OOT_MODULE
Hardware name: Google, Inc. Arcadia_IT_80/Arcadia_IT_80, BIOS 12.62.0-0 11/19/2025
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xc5/0x110 ../lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description ../mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0xbc/0x260 ../mm/kasan/report.c:482
kasan_report+0xa2/0xe0 ../mm/kasan/report.c:595
check_region_inline ../mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
kasan_check_range+0x264/0x2c0 ../mm/kasan/generic.c:200
instrument_copy_to_user ../include/linux/instrumented.h:129 [inline]
_inline_copy_to_user ../include/linux/uaccess.h:205 [inline]
_copy_to_user+0x66/0xa0 ../lib/usercopy.c:26
copy_to_user ../include/linux/uaccess.h:236 [inline]
sev_ioctl_do_get_id2+0x361/0x490 ../drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c:2222
sev_ioctl+0x25f/0x490 ../drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c:2575
vfs_ioctl ../fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl ../fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0x11d/0x1b0 ../fs/ioctl.c:583
do_syscall_x64 ../arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xe0/0x800 ../arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
</TASK>
WARN if the driver says the command succeeded, but the firmware error code
says otherwise, as __sev_do_cmd_locked() is expected to return -EIO on any
firwmware error.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: ccp: Don't attempt to copy PDH cert to userspace if PSP command failed
When retrieving the PDH cert, don't attempt to copy the blobs to userspace
if the firmware command failed. If the failure was due to an invalid
length, i.e. the userspace buffer+length was too small, copying the number
of bytes _firmware_ requires will overflow the kernel-allocated buffer and
leak data to userspace.
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in instrument_copy_to_user ../include/linux/instrumented.h:129 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in _inline_copy_to_user ../include/linux/uaccess.h:205 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in _copy_to_user+0x66/0xa0 ../lib/usercopy.c:26
Read of size 2084 at addr ffff8885c4ab8aa0 by task syz.0.186/21033
CPU: 51 UID: 0 PID: 21033 Comm: syz.0.186 Tainted: G U O 7.0.0-smp-DEV #28 PREEMPTLAZY
Tainted: [U]=USER, [O]=OOT_MODULE
Hardware name: Google, Inc. Arcadia_IT_80/Arcadia_IT_80, BIOS 34.84.12-0 11/17/2025
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xc5/0x110 ../lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description ../mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0xbc/0x260 ../mm/kasan/report.c:482
kasan_report+0xa2/0xe0 ../mm/kasan/report.c:595
check_region_inline ../mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
kasan_check_range+0x264/0x2c0 ../mm/kasan/generic.c:200
instrument_copy_to_user ../include/linux/instrumented.h:129 [inline]
_inline_copy_to_user ../include/linux/uaccess.h:205 [inline]
_copy_to_user+0x66/0xa0 ../lib/usercopy.c:26
copy_to_user ../include/linux/uaccess.h:236 [inline]
sev_ioctl_do_pdh_export+0x3d3/0x7c0 ../drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c:2347
sev_ioctl+0x2a2/0x490 ../drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c:2568
vfs_ioctl ../fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl ../fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0x11d/0x1b0 ../fs/ioctl.c:583
do_syscall_x64 ../arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xe0/0x800 ../arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
</TASK>
WARN if the driver says the command succeeded, but the firmware error code
says otherwise, as __sev_do_cmd_locked() is expected to return -EIO on any
firwmware error.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: ccp: Don't attempt to copy CSR to userspace if PSP command failed
When retrieving the PEK CSR, don't attempt to copy the blob to userspace
if the firmware command failed. If the failure was due to an invalid
length, i.e. the userspace buffer+length was too small, copying the number
of bytes _firmware_ requires will overflow the kernel-allocated buffer and
leak data to userspace.
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in instrument_copy_to_user ../include/linux/instrumented.h:129 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in _inline_copy_to_user ../include/linux/uaccess.h:205 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in _copy_to_user+0x66/0xa0 ../lib/usercopy.c:26
Read of size 2084 at addr ffff898144612e20 by task syz.9.219/21405
CPU: 14 UID: 0 PID: 21405 Comm: syz.9.219 Tainted: G U O 7.0.0-smp-DEV #28 PREEMPTLAZY
Tainted: [U]=USER, [O]=OOT_MODULE
Hardware name: Google, Inc. Arcadia_IT_80/Arcadia_IT_80, BIOS 12.62.0-0 11/19/2025
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xc5/0x110 ../lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description ../mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0xbc/0x260 ../mm/kasan/report.c:482
kasan_report+0xa2/0xe0 ../mm/kasan/report.c:595
check_region_inline ../mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
kasan_check_range+0x264/0x2c0 ../mm/kasan/generic.c:200
instrument_copy_to_user ../include/linux/instrumented.h:129 [inline]
_inline_copy_to_user ../include/linux/uaccess.h:205 [inline]
_copy_to_user+0x66/0xa0 ../lib/usercopy.c:26
copy_to_user ../include/linux/uaccess.h:236 [inline]
sev_ioctl_do_pek_csr+0x31f/0x590 ../drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c:1872
sev_ioctl+0x3a4/0x490 ../drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c:2562
vfs_ioctl ../fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl ../fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0x11d/0x1b0 ../fs/ioctl.c:583
do_syscall_x64 ../arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xe0/0x800 ../arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
</TASK>
WARN if the driver says the command succeeded, but the firmware error code
says otherwise, as __sev_do_cmd_locked() is expected to return -EIO on any
firwmware error.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in tpacket_snd()
In tpacket_snd(), when PACKET_VNET_HDR is enabled, vnet_hdr points
directly into the mmap'd TX ring buffer shared with userspace. The
kernel validates the header via __packet_snd_vnet_parse() but then
re-reads all fields later in virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(). A concurrent
userspace thread can modify the vnet_hdr fields between validation
and use, bypassing all safety checks.
The non-TPACKET path (packet_snd()) already correctly copies vnet_hdr
to a stack-local variable. All other vnet_hdr consumers in the kernel
(tun.c, tap.c, virtio_net.c) also use stack copies. The TPACKET TX
path is the only caller of virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() that reads directly
from user-controlled shared memory.
Fix this by copying vnet_hdr from the mmap'd ring buffer to a
stack-local variable before validation and use, consistent with the
approach used in packet_snd() and all other callers.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xen/privcmd: fix double free via VMA splitting
privcmd_vm_ops defines .close (privcmd_close), but neither .may_split
nor .open. When userspace does a partial munmap() on a privcmd mapping,
the kernel splits the VMA via __split_vma(). Since may_split is NULL,
the split is allowed. vm_area_dup() copies vm_private_data (a pages
array allocated in alloc_empty_pages()) into the new VMA without any
fixup, because there is no .open callback.
Both VMAs now point to the same pages array. When the unmapped portion
is closed, privcmd_close() calls:
- xen_unmap_domain_gfn_range()
- xen_free_unpopulated_pages()
- kvfree(pages)
The surviving VMA still holds the dangling pointer. When it is later
destroyed, the same sequence runs again, which leads to a double free.
Fix this issue by adding a .may_split callback denying the VMA split.
This is XSA-487 / CVE-2026-31787
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-04-30
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rtnetlink: add missing netlink_ns_capable() check for peer netns
rtnl_newlink() lacks a CAP_NET_ADMIN capability check on the peer
network namespace when creating paired devices (veth, vxcan,
netkit). This allows an unprivileged user with a user namespace
to create interfaces in arbitrary network namespaces, including
init_net.
Add a netlink_ns_capable() check for CAP_NET_ADMIN in the peer
namespace before allowing device creation to proceed.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-30
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Buffer overflow in drivers/xen/sys-hypervisor.c
The build id returned by HYPERVISOR_xen_version(XENVER_build_id) is
neither NUL terminated nor a string.
The first causes a buffer overflow as sprintf in buildid_show will
read and copy till it finds a NUL.
00000000 f4 91 51 f4 dd 38 9e 9d 65 47 52 eb 10 71 db 50 |..Q..8..eGR..q.P|
00000010 b9 a8 01 42 6f 2e 32 |...Bo.2|
00000017
So use a memcpy instead of sprintf to have the correct value:
00000000 f4 91 51 f4 dd 00 9e 9d 65 47 52 eb 10 71 db 50 |..Q.....eGR..q.P|
00000010 b9 a8 01 42 |...B|
00000014
(the above have a hack to embed a zero inside and check it's
returned correctly).
This is XSA-485 / CVE-2026-31786
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-04-30