Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu: disable SVA when CONFIG_X86 is set
Patch series "Fix stale IOTLB entries for kernel address space", v7.
This proposes a fix for a security vulnerability related to IOMMU Shared
Virtual Addressing (SVA). In an SVA context, an IOMMU can cache kernel
page table entries. When a kernel page table page is freed and
reallocated for another purpose, the IOMMU might still hold stale,
incorrect entries. This can be exploited to cause a use-after-free or
write-after-free condition, potentially leading to privilege escalation or
data corruption.
This solution introduces a deferred freeing mechanism for kernel page
table pages, which provides a safe window to notify the IOMMU to
invalidate its caches before the page is reused.
This patch (of 8):
In the IOMMU Shared Virtual Addressing (SVA) context, the IOMMU hardware
shares and walks the CPU's page tables. The x86 architecture maps the
kernel's virtual address space into the upper portion of every process's
page table. Consequently, in an SVA context, the IOMMU hardware can walk
and cache kernel page table entries.
The Linux kernel currently lacks a notification mechanism for kernel page
table changes, specifically when page table pages are freed and reused.
The IOMMU driver is only notified of changes to user virtual address
mappings. This can cause the IOMMU's internal caches to retain stale
entries for kernel VA.
Use-After-Free (UAF) and Write-After-Free (WAF) conditions arise when
kernel page table pages are freed and later reallocated. The IOMMU could
misinterpret the new data as valid page table entries. The IOMMU might
then walk into attacker-controlled memory, leading to arbitrary physical
memory DMA access or privilege escalation. This is also a
Write-After-Free issue, as the IOMMU will potentially continue to write
Accessed and Dirty bits to the freed memory while attempting to walk the
stale page tables.
Currently, SVA contexts are unprivileged and cannot access kernel
mappings. However, the IOMMU will still walk kernel-only page tables all
the way down to the leaf entries, where it realizes the mapping is for the
kernel and errors out. This means the IOMMU still caches these
intermediate page table entries, making the described vulnerability a real
concern.
Disable SVA on x86 architecture until the IOMMU can receive notification
to flush the paging cache before freeing the CPU kernel page table pages.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nfsd: fix nfsd_file reference leak in nfsd4_add_rdaccess_to_wrdeleg()
nfsd4_add_rdaccess_to_wrdeleg() unconditionally overwrites
fp->fi_fds[O_RDONLY] with a newly acquired nfsd_file. However, if
the client already has a SHARE_ACCESS_READ open from a previous OPEN
operation, this action overwrites the existing pointer without
releasing its reference, orphaning the previous reference.
Additionally, the function originally stored the same nfsd_file
pointer in both fp->fi_fds[O_RDONLY] and fp->fi_rdeleg_file with
only a single reference. When put_deleg_file() runs, it clears
fi_rdeleg_file and calls nfs4_file_put_access() to release the file.
However, nfs4_file_put_access() only releases fi_fds[O_RDONLY] when
the fi_access[O_RDONLY] counter drops to zero. If another READ open
exists on the file, the counter remains elevated and the nfsd_file
reference from the delegation is never released. This potentially
causes open conflicts on that file.
Then, on server shutdown, these leaks cause __nfsd_file_cache_purge()
to encounter files with an elevated reference count that cannot be
cleaned up, ultimately triggering a BUG() in kmem_cache_destroy()
because there are still nfsd_file objects allocated in that cache.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
team: fix check for port enabled in team_queue_override_port_prio_changed()
There has been a syzkaller bug reported recently with the following
trace:
list_del corruption, ffff888058bea080->prev is LIST_POISON2 (dead000000000122)
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:59!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 21246 Comm: syz.0.2928 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x13e/0x200 lib/list_debug.c:59
Code: 48 c7 c7 e0 71 f0 8b e8 30 08 ef fc 90 0f 0b 48 89 ef e8 a5 02 55 fd 48 89 ea 48 89 de 48 c7 c7 40 72 f0 8b e8 13 08 ef fc 90 <0f> 0b 48 89 ef e8 88 02 55 fd 48 89 ea 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000d49f370 EFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: 000000000000004e RBX: ffff888058bea080 RCX: ffffc9002817d000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff819becc6 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: dead000000000122 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000080000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff888039e9c230
R13: ffff888058bea088 R14: ffff888058bea080 R15: ffff888055461480
FS: 00007fbbcfe6f6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880d6d0a000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000110c3afcb0 CR3: 00000000382c7000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__list_del_entry_valid include/linux/list.h:132 [inline]
__list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:223 [inline]
list_del_rcu include/linux/rculist.h:178 [inline]
__team_queue_override_port_del drivers/net/team/team_core.c:826 [inline]
__team_queue_override_port_del drivers/net/team/team_core.c:821 [inline]
team_queue_override_port_prio_changed drivers/net/team/team_core.c:883 [inline]
team_priority_option_set+0x171/0x2f0 drivers/net/team/team_core.c:1534
team_option_set drivers/net/team/team_core.c:376 [inline]
team_nl_options_set_doit+0x8ae/0xe60 drivers/net/team/team_core.c:2653
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x209/0x2f0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115
genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline]
genl_rcv_msg+0x55c/0x800 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210
netlink_rcv_skb+0x158/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2552
genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0x5aa/0x870 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346
netlink_sendmsg+0x8c8/0xdd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1896
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:742 [inline]
____sys_sendmsg+0xa98/0xc70 net/socket.c:2630
___sys_sendmsg+0x134/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2684
__sys_sendmsg+0x16d/0x220 net/socket.c:2716
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
The problem is in this flow:
1) Port is enabled, queue_id != 0, in qom_list
2) Port gets disabled
-> team_port_disable()
-> team_queue_override_port_del()
-> del (removed from list)
3) Port is disabled, queue_id != 0, not in any list
4) Priority changes
-> team_queue_override_port_prio_changed()
-> checks: port disabled && queue_id != 0
-> calls del - hits the BUG as it is removed already
To fix this, change the check in team_queue_override_port_prio_changed()
so it returns early if port is not enabled.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix OOB write in bnxt_re_copy_err_stats()
Commit ef56081d1864 ("RDMA/bnxt_re: RoCE related hardware counters
update") added three new counters and placed them after
BNXT_RE_OUT_OF_SEQ_ERR.
BNXT_RE_OUT_OF_SEQ_ERR acts as a boundary marker for allocating hardware
statistics with different num_counters values on chip_gen_p5_p7 devices.
As a result, BNXT_RE_NUM_STD_COUNTERS are used when allocating
hw_stats, which leads to an out-of-bounds write in
bnxt_re_copy_err_stats().
The counters BNXT_RE_REQ_CQE_ERROR, BNXT_RE_RESP_CQE_ERROR, and
BNXT_RE_RESP_REMOTE_ACCESS_ERRS are applicable to generic hardware, not
only p5/p7 devices.
Fix this by moving these counters before BNXT_RE_OUT_OF_SEQ_ERR so they
are included in the generic counter set.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/xe/oa: Limit num_syncs to prevent oversized allocations
The OA open parameters did not validate num_syncs, allowing
userspace to pass arbitrarily large values, potentially
leading to excessive allocations.
Add check to ensure that num_syncs does not exceed DRM_XE_MAX_SYNCS,
returning -EINVAL when the limit is violated.
v2: use XE_IOCTL_DBG() and drop duplicated check. (Ashutosh)
(cherry picked from commit e057b2d2b8d815df3858a87dffafa2af37e5945b)
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tpm: Cap the number of PCR banks
tpm2_get_pcr_allocation() does not cap any upper limit for the number of
banks. Cap the limit to eight banks so that out of bounds values coming
from external I/O cause on only limited harm.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/64s/slb: Fix SLB multihit issue during SLB preload
On systems using the hash MMU, there is a software SLB preload cache that
mirrors the entries loaded into the hardware SLB buffer. This preload
cache is subject to periodic eviction — typically after every 256 context
switches — to remove old entry.
To optimize performance, the kernel skips switch_mmu_context() in
switch_mm_irqs_off() when the prev and next mm_struct are the same.
However, on hash MMU systems, this can lead to inconsistencies between
the hardware SLB and the software preload cache.
If an SLB entry for a process is evicted from the software cache on one
CPU, and the same process later runs on another CPU without executing
switch_mmu_context(), the hardware SLB may retain stale entries. If the
kernel then attempts to reload that entry, it can trigger an SLB
multi-hit error.
The following timeline shows how stale SLB entries are created and can
cause a multi-hit error when a process moves between CPUs without a
MMU context switch.
CPU 0 CPU 1
----- -----
Process P
exec swapper/1
load_elf_binary
begin_new_exc
activate_mm
switch_mm_irqs_off
switch_mmu_context
switch_slb
/*
* This invalidates all
* the entries in the HW
* and setup the new HW
* SLB entries as per the
* preload cache.
*/
context_switch
sched_migrate_task migrates process P to cpu-1
Process swapper/0 context switch (to process P)
(uses mm_struct of Process P) switch_mm_irqs_off()
switch_slb
load_slb++
/*
* load_slb becomes 0 here
* and we evict an entry from
* the preload cache with
* preload_age(). We still
* keep HW SLB and preload
* cache in sync, that is
* because all HW SLB entries
* anyways gets evicted in
* switch_slb during SLBIA.
* We then only add those
* entries back in HW SLB,
* which are currently
* present in preload_cache
* (after eviction).
*/
load_elf_binary continues...
setup_new_exec()
slb_setup_new_exec()
sched_switch event
sched_migrate_task migrates
process P to cpu-0
context_switch from swapper/0 to Process P
switch_mm_irqs_off()
/*
* Since both prev and next mm struct are same we don't call
* switch_mmu_context(). This will cause the HW SLB and SW preload
* cache to go out of sync in preload_new_slb_context. Because there
* was an SLB entry which was evicted from both HW and preload cache
* on cpu-1. Now later in preload_new_slb_context(), when we will try
* to add the same preload entry again, we will add this to the SW
* preload cache and then will add it to the HW SLB. Since on cpu-0
* this entry was never invalidated, hence adding this entry to the HW
* SLB will cause a SLB multi-hit error.
*/
load_elf_binary cont
---truncated---
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: nfc: fix deadlock between nfc_unregister_device and rfkill_fop_write
A deadlock can occur between nfc_unregister_device() and rfkill_fop_write()
due to lock ordering inversion between device_lock and rfkill_global_mutex.
The problematic lock order is:
Thread A (rfkill_fop_write):
rfkill_fop_write()
mutex_lock(&rfkill_global_mutex)
rfkill_set_block()
nfc_rfkill_set_block()
nfc_dev_down()
device_lock(&dev->dev) <- waits for device_lock
Thread B (nfc_unregister_device):
nfc_unregister_device()
device_lock(&dev->dev)
rfkill_unregister()
mutex_lock(&rfkill_global_mutex) <- waits for rfkill_global_mutex
This creates a classic ABBA deadlock scenario.
Fix this by moving rfkill_unregister() and rfkill_destroy() outside the
device_lock critical section. Store the rfkill pointer in a local variable
before releasing the lock, then call rfkill_unregister() after releasing
device_lock.
This change is safe because rfkill_fop_write() holds rfkill_global_mutex
while calling the rfkill callbacks, and rfkill_unregister() also acquires
rfkill_global_mutex before cleanup. Therefore, rfkill_unregister() will
wait for any ongoing callback to complete before proceeding, and
device_del() is only called after rfkill_unregister() returns, preventing
any use-after-free.
The similar lock ordering in nfc_register_device() (device_lock ->
rfkill_global_mutex via rfkill_register) is safe because during
registration the device is not yet in rfkill_list, so no concurrent
rfkill operations can occur on this device.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: fix a BUG in rt6_get_pcpu_route() under PREEMPT_RT
On PREEMPT_RT kernels, after rt6_get_pcpu_route() returns NULL, the
current task can be preempted. Another task running on the same CPU
may then execute rt6_make_pcpu_route() and successfully install a
pcpu_rt entry. When the first task resumes execution, its cmpxchg()
in rt6_make_pcpu_route() will fail because rt6i_pcpu is no longer
NULL, triggering the BUG_ON(prev). It's easy to reproduce it by adding
mdelay() after rt6_get_pcpu_route().
Using preempt_disable/enable is not appropriate here because
ip6_rt_pcpu_alloc() may sleep.
Fix this by handling the cmpxchg() failure gracefully on PREEMPT_RT:
free our allocation and return the existing pcpu_rt installed by
another task. The BUG_ON is replaced by WARN_ON_ONCE for non-PREEMPT_RT
kernels where such races should not occur.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: stm32: sai: fix OF node leak on probe
The reference taken to the sync provider OF node when probing the
platform device is currently only dropped if the set_sync() callback
fails during DAI probe.
Make sure to drop the reference on platform probe failures (e.g. probe
deferral) and on driver unbind.
This also avoids a potential use-after-free in case the DAI is ever
reprobed without first rebinding the platform driver.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13