Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 4.14.307 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm stats: check for and propagate alloc_percpu failure
Check alloc_precpu()'s return value and return an error from
dm_stats_init() if it fails. Update alloc_dev() to fail if
dm_stats_init() does.
Otherwise, a NULL pointer dereference will occur in dm_stats_cleanup()
even if dm-stats isn't being actively used.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-02
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: gadget: u_audio: don't let userspace block driver unbind
In the unbind callback for f_uac1 and f_uac2, a call to snd_card_free()
via g_audio_cleanup() will disconnect the card and then wait for all
resources to be released, which happens when the refcount falls to zero.
Since userspace can keep the refcount incremented by not closing the
relevant file descriptor, the call to unbind may block indefinitely.
This can cause a deadlock during reboot, as evidenced by the following
blocked task observed on my machine:
task:reboot state:D stack:0 pid:2827 ppid:569 flags:0x0000000c
Call trace:
__switch_to+0xc8/0x140
__schedule+0x2f0/0x7c0
schedule+0x60/0xd0
schedule_timeout+0x180/0x1d4
wait_for_completion+0x78/0x180
snd_card_free+0x90/0xa0
g_audio_cleanup+0x2c/0x64
afunc_unbind+0x28/0x60
...
kernel_restart+0x4c/0xac
__do_sys_reboot+0xcc/0x1ec
__arm64_sys_reboot+0x28/0x30
invoke_syscall+0x4c/0x110
...
The issue can also be observed by opening the card with arecord and
then stopping the process through the shell before unbinding:
# arecord -D hw:UAC2Gadget -f S32_LE -c 2 -r 48000 /dev/null
Recording WAVE '/dev/null' : Signed 32 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Stereo
^Z[1]+ Stopped arecord -D hw:UAC2Gadget -f S32_LE -c 2 -r 48000 /dev/null
# echo gadget.0 > /sys/bus/gadget/drivers/configfs-gadget/unbind
(observe that the unbind command never finishes)
Fix the problem by using snd_card_free_when_closed() instead, which will
still disconnect the card as desired, but defer the task of freeing the
resources to the core once userspace closes its file descriptor.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-02
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: VMX: Do _all_ initialization before exposing /dev/kvm to userspace
Call kvm_init() only after _all_ setup is complete, as kvm_init() exposes
/dev/kvm to userspace and thus allows userspace to create VMs (and call
other ioctls). E.g. KVM will encounter a NULL pointer when attempting to
add a vCPU to the per-CPU loaded_vmcss_on_cpu list if userspace is able to
create a VM before vmx_init() configures said list.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
#PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
CPU: 6 PID: 1143 Comm: stable Not tainted 6.0.0-rc7+ #988
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
RIP: 0010:vmx_vcpu_load_vmcs+0x68/0x230 [kvm_intel]
<TASK>
vmx_vcpu_load+0x16/0x60 [kvm_intel]
kvm_arch_vcpu_load+0x32/0x1f0 [kvm]
vcpu_load+0x2f/0x40 [kvm]
kvm_arch_vcpu_create+0x231/0x310 [kvm]
kvm_vm_ioctl+0x79f/0xe10 [kvm]
? handle_mm_fault+0xb1/0x220
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x80/0xb0
do_syscall_64+0x2b/0x50
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
RIP: 0033:0x7f5a6b05743b
</TASK>
Modules linked in: vhost_net vhost vhost_iotlb tap kvm_intel(+) kvm irqbypass
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-02
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nilfs2: fix kernel-infoleak in nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy()
The ioctl helper function nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy(), which exchanges a
metadata array to/from user space, may copy uninitialized buffer regions
to user space memory for read-only ioctl commands NILFS_IOCTL_GET_SUINFO
and NILFS_IOCTL_GET_CPINFO.
This can occur when the element size of the user space metadata given by
the v_size member of the argument nilfs_argv structure is larger than the
size of the metadata element (nilfs_suinfo structure or nilfs_cpinfo
structure) on the file system side.
KMSAN-enabled kernels detect this issue as follows:
BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user
include/linux/instrumented.h:121 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_user+0xc0/0x100 lib/usercopy.c:33
instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:121 [inline]
_copy_to_user+0xc0/0x100 lib/usercopy.c:33
copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:169 [inline]
nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy+0x6fa/0xc10 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:99
nilfs_ioctl_get_info fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1173 [inline]
nilfs_ioctl+0x2402/0x4450 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1290
nilfs_compat_ioctl+0x1b8/0x200 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1343
__do_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:968 [inline]
__se_compat_sys_ioctl+0x7dd/0x1000 fs/ioctl.c:910
__ia32_compat_sys_ioctl+0x93/0xd0 fs/ioctl.c:910
do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:112 [inline]
__do_fast_syscall_32+0xa2/0x100 arch/x86/entry/common.c:178
do_fast_syscall_32+0x37/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:203
do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/common.c:246
entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x70/0x82
Uninit was created at:
__alloc_pages+0x9f6/0xe90 mm/page_alloc.c:5572
alloc_pages+0xab0/0xd80 mm/mempolicy.c:2287
__get_free_pages+0x34/0xc0 mm/page_alloc.c:5599
nilfs_ioctl_wrap_copy+0x223/0xc10 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:74
nilfs_ioctl_get_info fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1173 [inline]
nilfs_ioctl+0x2402/0x4450 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1290
nilfs_compat_ioctl+0x1b8/0x200 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:1343
__do_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:968 [inline]
__se_compat_sys_ioctl+0x7dd/0x1000 fs/ioctl.c:910
__ia32_compat_sys_ioctl+0x93/0xd0 fs/ioctl.c:910
do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:112 [inline]
__do_fast_syscall_32+0xa2/0x100 arch/x86/entry/common.c:178
do_fast_syscall_32+0x37/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:203
do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/common.c:246
entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x70/0x82
Bytes 16-127 of 3968 are uninitialized
...
This eliminates the leak issue by initializing the page allocated as
buffer using get_zeroed_page().
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-02
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: lpfc: Check kzalloc() in lpfc_sli4_cgn_params_read()
If kzalloc() fails in lpfc_sli4_cgn_params_read(), then we rely on
lpfc_read_object()'s routine to NULL check pdata.
Currently, an early return error is thrown from lpfc_read_object() to
protect us from NULL ptr dereference, but the errno code is -ENODEV.
Change the errno code to a more appropriate -ENOMEM.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-02
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net_sched: hfsc: Fix a UAF vulnerability in class handling
This patch fixes a Use-After-Free vulnerability in the HFSC qdisc class
handling. The issue occurs due to a time-of-check/time-of-use condition
in hfsc_change_class() when working with certain child qdiscs like netem
or codel.
The vulnerability works as follows:
1. hfsc_change_class() checks if a class has packets (q.qlen != 0)
2. It then calls qdisc_peek_len(), which for certain qdiscs (e.g.,
codel, netem) might drop packets and empty the queue
3. The code continues assuming the queue is still non-empty, adding
the class to vttree
4. This breaks HFSC scheduler assumptions that only non-empty classes
are in vttree
5. Later, when the class is destroyed, this can lead to a Use-After-Free
The fix adds a second queue length check after qdisc_peek_len() to verify
the queue wasn't emptied.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-02
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
codel: remove sch->q.qlen check before qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog()
After making all ->qlen_notify() callbacks idempotent, now it is safe to
remove the check of qlen!=0 from both fq_codel_dequeue() and
codel_qdisc_dequeue().
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-02
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nfc: fdp: Fix potential memory leak in fdp_nci_send()
fdp_nci_send() will call fdp_nci_i2c_write that will not free skb in
the function. As a result, when fdp_nci_i2c_write() finished, the skb
will memleak. fdp_nci_send() should free skb after fdp_nci_i2c_write()
finished.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/core: Fix null-ptr-deref in ib_core_cleanup()
KASAN reported a null-ptr-deref error:
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000118-0x000000000000011f]
CPU: 1 PID: 379
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
RIP: 0010:destroy_workqueue+0x2f/0x740
RSP: 0018:ffff888016137df8 EFLAGS: 00000202
...
Call Trace:
ib_core_cleanup+0xa/0xa1 [ib_core]
__do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x34f/0x5b0
do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
RIP: 0033:0x7fa1a0d221b7
...
It is because the fail of roce_gid_mgmt_init() is ignored:
ib_core_init()
roce_gid_mgmt_init()
gid_cache_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue # fail
...
ib_core_cleanup()
roce_gid_mgmt_cleanup()
destroy_workqueue(gid_cache_wq)
# destroy an unallocated wq
Fix this by catching the fail of roce_gid_mgmt_init() in ib_core_init().
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipvs: fix WARNING in __ip_vs_cleanup_batch()
During the initialization of ip_vs_conn_net_init(), if file ip_vs_conn
or ip_vs_conn_sync fails to be created, the initialization is successful
by default. Therefore, the ip_vs_conn or ip_vs_conn_sync file doesn't
be found during the remove.
The following is the stack information:
name 'ip_vs_conn_sync'
WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 9 at fs/proc/generic.c:712
remove_proc_entry+0x389/0x460
Modules linked in:
Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
RIP: 0010:remove_proc_entry+0x389/0x460
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__ip_vs_cleanup_batch+0x7d/0x120
ops_exit_list+0x125/0x170
cleanup_net+0x4ea/0xb00
process_one_work+0x9bf/0x1710
worker_thread+0x665/0x1080
kthread+0x2e4/0x3a0
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
</TASK>
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-01