Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.15.211 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: bcmgenet: fix racing timeout handler
The bcmgenet_timeout handler tries to take down all tx queues when
a single queue times out. This is over zealous and causes many race
conditions with queues that are still chugging along. Instead lets
only restart the timed out queue.
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix OOB in pcpu_init_value
An out-of-bounds read occurs when copying element from a
BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_STORAGE map to another pcpu map with the
same value_size that is not rounded up to 8 bytes.
The issue happens when:
1. A CGROUP_STORAGE map is created with value_size not aligned to
8 bytes (e.g., 4 bytes)
2. A pcpu map is created with the same value_size (e.g., 4 bytes)
3. Update element in 2 with data in 1
pcpu_init_value assumes that all sources are rounded up to 8 bytes,
and invokes copy_map_value_long to make a data copy, However, the
assumption doesn't stand since there are some cases where the source
may not be rounded up to 8 bytes, e.g., CGROUP_STORAGE, skb->data.
the verifier verifies exactly the size that the source claims, not
the size rounded up to 8 bytes by kernel, an OOB happens when the
source has only 4 bytes while the copy size(4) is rounded up to 8.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix same-register dst/src OOB read and pointer leak in sock_ops
When a BPF sock_ops program accesses ctx fields with dst_reg == src_reg,
the SOCK_OPS_GET_SK() and SOCK_OPS_GET_FIELD() macros fail to zero the
destination register in the !fullsock / !locked_tcp_sock path.
Both macros borrow a temporary register to check is_fullsock /
is_locked_tcp_sock when dst_reg == src_reg, because dst_reg holds the
ctx pointer. When the check is false (e.g., TCP_NEW_SYN_RECV state with
a request_sock), dst_reg should be zeroed but is not, leaving the stale
ctx pointer:
- SOCK_OPS_GET_SK: dst_reg retains the ctx pointer, passes NULL checks
as PTR_TO_SOCKET_OR_NULL, and can be used as a bogus socket pointer,
leading to stack-out-of-bounds access in helpers like
bpf_skc_to_tcp6_sock().
- SOCK_OPS_GET_FIELD: dst_reg retains the ctx pointer which the
verifier believes is a SCALAR_VALUE, leaking a kernel pointer.
Fix both macros by:
- Changing JMP_A(1) to JMP_A(2) in the fullsock path to skip the
added instruction.
- Adding BPF_MOV64_IMM(si->dst_reg, 0) after the temp register
restore in the !fullsock path, placed after the restore because
dst_reg == src_reg means we need src_reg intact to read ctx->temp.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: disable BH before calling udp_tunnel_xmit_skb()
udp_tunnel_xmit_skb() / udp_tunnel6_xmit_skb() are expected to run with
BH disabled. After commit 6f1a9140ecda ("add xmit recursion limit to
tunnel xmit functions"), on the path:
udp(6)_tunnel_xmit_skb() -> ip(6)tunnel_xmit()
dev_xmit_recursion_inc()/dec() must stay balanced on the same CPU.
Without local_bh_disable(), the context may move between CPUs, which can
break the inc/dec pairing. This may lead to incorrect recursion level
detection and cause packets to be dropped in ip(6)_tunnel_xmit() or
__dev_queue_xmit().
Fix it by disabling BH around both IPv4 and IPv6 SCTP UDP xmit paths.
In my testing, after enabling the SCTP over UDP:
# ip net exec ha sysctl -w net.sctp.udp_port=9899
# ip net exec ha sysctl -w net.sctp.encap_port=9899
# ip net exec hb sysctl -w net.sctp.udp_port=9899
# ip net exec hb sysctl -w net.sctp.encap_port=9899
# ip net exec ha iperf3 -s
- without this patch:
# ip net exec hb iperf3 -c 192.168.0.1 --sctp
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 37.2 MBytes 31.2 Mbits/sec sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 37.1 MBytes 31.1 Mbits/sec receiver
- with this patch:
# ip net exec hb iperf3 -c 192.168.0.1 --sctp
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 3.14 GBytes 2.69 Gbits/sec sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 3.14 GBytes 2.69 Gbits/sec receiver
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm cache: fix write hang in passthrough mode
The invalidate_remove() function has incomplete logic for handling write
hit bios after cache invalidation. It sets up the remapping for the
overwrite_bio but then drops it immediately without submission, causing
write operations to hang.
Fix by adding a new invalidate_committed() continuation that submits
the remapped writes to the cache origin after metadata commit completes,
while using the overwrite_endio hook to ensure proper completion
sequencing. This maintains existing coherency. Also improve error
handling in invalidate_complete() to preserve the original error status
instead of using bio_io_error() unconditionally.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/sun4i: backend: fix error pointer dereference
The function drm_atomic_get_plane_state() can return an error pointer
and is not checked for it. Add error pointer check.
Detected by Smatch:
drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c:496 sun4i_backend_atomic_check() error:
'plane_state' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/amd: Fix clone_alias() to use the original device's devid
Currently clone_alias() assumes first argument (pdev) is always the
original device pointer. This function is called by
pci_for_each_dma_alias() which based on topology decides to send
original or alias device details in first argument.
This meant that the source devid used to look up and copy the DTE
may be incorrect, leading to wrong or stale DTE entries being
propagated to alias device.
Fix this by passing the original pdev as the opaque data argument to
both the direct clone_alias() call and pci_for_each_dma_alias(). Inside
clone_alias(), retrieve the original device from data and compute devid
from it.
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm/dpu: fix mismatch between power and frequency
During DPU runtime suspend, calling dev_pm_opp_set_rate(dev, 0) drops
the MMCX rail to MIN_SVS while the core clock frequency remains at its
original (highest) rate. When runtime resume re-enables the clock, this
may result in a mismatch between the rail voltage and the clock rate.
For example, in the DPU bind path, the sequence could be:
cpu0: dev_sync_state -> rpmhpd_sync_state
cpu1: dpu_kms_hw_init
timeline 0 ------------------------------------------------> t
After rpmhpd_sync_state, the voltage performance is no longer guaranteed
to stay at the highest level. During dpu_kms_hw_init, calling
dev_pm_opp_set_rate(dev, 0) drops the voltage, causing the MMCX rail to
fall to MIN_SVS while the core clock is still at its maximum frequency.
When the power is re-enabled, only the clock is enabled, leading to a
situation where the MMCX rail is at MIN_SVS but the core clock is at its
highest rate. In this state, the rail cannot sustain the clock rate,
which may cause instability or system crash.
Remove the call to dev_pm_opp_set_rate(dev, 0) from dpu_runtime_suspend
to ensure the correct vote is restored when DPU resumes.
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/710077/
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf, arm64: Fix off-by-one in check_imm signed range check
check_imm(bits, imm) is used in the arm64 BPF JIT to verify that
a branch displacement (in arm64 instruction units) fits into the
signed N-bit immediate field of a B, B.cond or CBZ/CBNZ encoding
before it is handed to the encoder. The macro currently tests for
(imm > 0 && imm >> bits) || (imm < 0 && ~imm >> bits) which admits
values in [-2^N, 2^N) — effectively a signed (N+1)-bit range. A
signed N-bit field only holds [-2^(N-1), 2^(N-1)), so the check
admits one extra bit of range on each side.
In particular, for check_imm19(), values in [2^18, 2^19) slip past
the check but do not fit into the 19-bit signed imm19 field of
B.cond. aarch64_insn_encode_immediate() then masks the raw value
into the 19-bit field, setting bit 18 (the sign bit) and flipping
a forward branch into a backward one. Same class of issue exists
for check_imm26() and the B/BL encoding. Shift by (bits - 1)
instead of bits so the actual signed N-bit range is enforced.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf, sockmap: Take state lock for af_unix iter
When a BPF iterator program updates a sockmap, there is a race condition in
unix_stream_bpf_update_proto() where the `peer` pointer can become stale[1]
during a state transition TCP_ESTABLISHED -> TCP_CLOSE.
CPU0 bpf CPU1 close
-------- ----------
// unix_stream_bpf_update_proto()
sk_pair = unix_peer(sk)
if (unlikely(!sk_pair))
return -EINVAL;
// unix_release_sock()
skpair = unix_peer(sk);
unix_peer(sk) = NULL;
sock_put(skpair)
sock_hold(sk_pair) // UaF
More practically, this fix guarantees that the iterator program is
consistently provided with a unix socket that remains stable during
iterator execution.
[1]:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in unix_stream_bpf_update_proto+0x155/0x490
Write of size 4 at addr ffff8881178c9a00 by task test_progs/2231
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80
print_report+0x170/0x4f3
kasan_report+0xe4/0x1c0
kasan_check_range+0x125/0x200
unix_stream_bpf_update_proto+0x155/0x490
sock_map_link+0x71c/0xec0
sock_map_update_common+0xbc/0x600
sock_map_update_elem+0x19a/0x1f0
bpf_prog_bbbf56096cdd4f01_selective_dump_unix+0x20c/0x217
bpf_iter_run_prog+0x21e/0xae0
bpf_iter_unix_seq_show+0x1e0/0x2a0
bpf_seq_read+0x42c/0x10d0
vfs_read+0x171/0xb20
ksys_read+0xff/0x200
do_syscall_64+0xf7/0x5e0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
Allocated by task 2236:
kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
__kasan_slab_alloc+0x63/0x80
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x1d5/0x680
sk_prot_alloc+0x59/0x210
sk_alloc+0x34/0x470
unix_create1+0x86/0x8a0
unix_stream_connect+0x318/0x15b0
__sys_connect+0xfd/0x130
__x64_sys_connect+0x72/0xd0
do_syscall_64+0xf7/0x5e0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
Freed by task 2236:
kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x70
__kasan_slab_free+0x47/0x70
kmem_cache_free+0x11c/0x590
__sk_destruct+0x432/0x6e0
unix_release_sock+0x9b3/0xf60
unix_release+0x8a/0xf0
__sock_release+0xb0/0x270
sock_close+0x18/0x20
__fput+0x36e/0xac0
fput_close_sync+0xe5/0x1a0
__x64_sys_close+0x7d/0xd0
do_syscall_64+0xf7/0x5e0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24