Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 2.0.28 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
batman-adv: bypass empty buckets in batadv_purge_orig_ref()
Many syzbot reports are pointing to soft lockups in
batadv_purge_orig_ref() [1]
Root cause is unknown, but we can avoid spending too much
time there and perhaps get more interesting reports.
[1]
watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 27s! [kworker/u4:6:621]
Modules linked in:
irq event stamp: 6182794
hardirqs last enabled at (6182793): [<ffff8000801dae10>] __local_bh_enable_ip+0x224/0x44c kernel/softirq.c:386
hardirqs last disabled at (6182794): [<ffff80008ad66a78>] __el1_irq arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:533 [inline]
hardirqs last disabled at (6182794): [<ffff80008ad66a78>] el1_interrupt+0x24/0x68 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:551
softirqs last enabled at (6182792): [<ffff80008aab71c4>] spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:396 [inline]
softirqs last enabled at (6182792): [<ffff80008aab71c4>] batadv_purge_orig_ref+0x114c/0x1228 net/batman-adv/originator.c:1287
softirqs last disabled at (6182790): [<ffff80008aab61dc>] spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:356 [inline]
softirqs last disabled at (6182790): [<ffff80008aab61dc>] batadv_purge_orig_ref+0x164/0x1228 net/batman-adv/originator.c:1271
CPU: 0 PID: 621 Comm: kworker/u4:6 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc7-syzkaller-g707081b61156 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/29/2024
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_purge_orig
pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : should_resched arch/arm64/include/asm/preempt.h:79 [inline]
pc : __local_bh_enable_ip+0x228/0x44c kernel/softirq.c:388
lr : __local_bh_enable_ip+0x224/0x44c kernel/softirq.c:386
sp : ffff800099007970
x29: ffff800099007980 x28: 1fffe00018fce1bd x27: dfff800000000000
x26: ffff0000d2620008 x25: ffff0000c7e70de8 x24: 0000000000000001
x23: 1fffe00018e57781 x22: dfff800000000000 x21: ffff80008aab71c4
x20: ffff0001b40136c0 x19: ffff0000c72bbc08 x18: 1fffe0001a817bb0
x17: ffff800125414000 x16: ffff80008032116c x15: 0000000000000001
x14: 1fffe0001ee9d610 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000003
x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000ff0100 x9 : 0000000000000000
x8 : 00000000005e5789 x7 : ffff80008aab61dc x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : 0000000000000006 x1 : 0000000000000080 x0 : ffff800125414000
Call trace:
__daif_local_irq_enable arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h:27 [inline]
arch_local_irq_enable arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h:49 [inline]
__local_bh_enable_ip+0x228/0x44c kernel/softirq.c:386
__raw_spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:167 [inline]
_raw_spin_unlock_bh+0x3c/0x4c kernel/locking/spinlock.c:210
spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:396 [inline]
batadv_purge_orig_ref+0x114c/0x1228 net/batman-adv/originator.c:1287
batadv_purge_orig+0x20/0x70 net/batman-adv/originator.c:1300
process_one_work+0x694/0x1204 kernel/workqueue.c:2633
process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:2706 [inline]
worker_thread+0x938/0xef4 kernel/workqueue.c:2787
kthread+0x288/0x310 kernel/kthread.c:388
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:860
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc7-syzkaller-g707081b61156 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/29/2024
pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : arch_local_irq_enable+0x8/0xc arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h:51
lr : default_idle_call+0xf8/0x128 kernel/sched/idle.c:103
sp : ffff800093a17d30
x29: ffff800093a17d30 x28: dfff800000000000 x27: 1ffff00012742fb4
x26: ffff80008ec9d000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000002
x23: 1ffff00011d93a74 x22: ffff80008ec9d3a0 x21: 0000000000000000
x20: ffff0000c19dbc00 x19: ffff8000802d0fd8 x18: 1fffe00036804396
x17: ffff80008ec9d000 x16: ffff8000802d089c x15: 0000000000000001
---truncated---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-07-12
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i2c: lpi2c: Avoid calling clk_get_rate during transfer
Instead of repeatedly calling clk_get_rate for each transfer, lock
the clock rate and cache the value.
A deadlock has been observed while adding tlv320aic32x4 audio codec to
the system. When this clock provider adds its clock, the clk mutex is
locked already, it needs to access i2c, which in return needs the mutex
for clk_get_rate as well.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-07-12
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tty: add the option to have a tty reject a new ldisc
... and use it to limit the virtual terminals to just N_TTY. They are
kind of special, and in particular, the "con_write()" routine violates
the "writes cannot sleep" rule that some ldiscs rely on.
This avoids the
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/printk/printk.c:2659
when N_GSM has been attached to a virtual console, and gsmld_write()
calls con_write() while holding a spinlock, and con_write() then tries
to get the console lock.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-07-12
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
serial: imx: Introduce timeout when waiting on transmitter empty
By waiting at most 1 second for USR2_TXDC to be set, we avoid a potential
deadlock.
In case of the timeout, there is not much we can do, so we simply ignore
the transmitter state and optimistically try to continue.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-07-12
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
MIPS: Octeon: Add PCIe link status check
The standard PCIe configuration read-write interface is used to
access the configuration space of the peripheral PCIe devices
of the mips processor after the PCIe link surprise down, it can
generate kernel panic caused by "Data bus error". So it is
necessary to add PCIe link status check for system protection.
When the PCIe link is down or in training, assigning a value
of 0 to the configuration address can prevent read-write behavior
to the configuration space of peripheral PCIe devices, thereby
preventing kernel panic.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-07-12
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: don't set RO when shutting down f2fs
Shutdown does not check the error of thaw_super due to readonly, which
causes a deadlock like below.
f2fs_ioc_shutdown(F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC) issue_discard_thread
- bdev_freeze
- freeze_super
- f2fs_stop_checkpoint()
- f2fs_handle_critical_error - sb_start_write
- set RO - waiting
- bdev_thaw
- thaw_super_locked
- return -EINVAL, if sb_rdonly()
- f2fs_stop_discard_thread
-> wait for kthread_stop(discard_thread);
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-07-12
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Avoid hw_desc array overrun in dw-axi-dmac
I have a use case where nr_buffers = 3 and in which each descriptor is composed by 3
segments, resulting in the DMA channel descs_allocated to be 9. Since axi_desc_put()
handles the hw_desc considering the descs_allocated, this scenario would result in a
kernel panic (hw_desc array will be overrun).
To fix this, the proposal is to add a new member to the axi_dma_desc structure,
where we keep the number of allocated hw_descs (axi_desc_alloc()) and use it in
axi_desc_put() to handle the hw_desc array correctly.
Additionally I propose to remove the axi_chan_start_first_queued() call after completing
the transfer, since it was identified that unbalance can occur (started descriptors can
be interrupted and transfer ignored due to DMA channel not being enabled).
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-07-12
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: do not create EA inode under buffer lock
ext4_xattr_set_entry() creates new EA inodes while holding buffer lock
on the external xattr block. This is problematic as it nests all the
allocation locking (which acquires locks on other buffers) under the
buffer lock. This can even deadlock when the filesystem is corrupted and
e.g. quota file is setup to contain xattr block as data block. Move the
allocation of EA inode out of ext4_xattr_set_entry() into the callers.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-07-12
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: mtk-vcodec: potential null pointer deference in SCP
The return value of devm_kzalloc() needs to be checked to avoid
NULL pointer deference. This is similar to CVE-2022-3113.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-07-12
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/pseries: Enforce hcall result buffer validity and size
plpar_hcall(), plpar_hcall9(), and related functions expect callers to
provide valid result buffers of certain minimum size. Currently this
is communicated only through comments in the code and the compiler has
no idea.
For example, if I write a bug like this:
long retbuf[PLPAR_HCALL_BUFSIZE]; // should be PLPAR_HCALL9_BUFSIZE
plpar_hcall9(H_ALLOCATE_VAS_WINDOW, retbuf, ...);
This compiles with no diagnostics emitted, but likely results in stack
corruption at runtime when plpar_hcall9() stores results past the end
of the array. (To be clear this is a contrived example and I have not
found a real instance yet.)
To make this class of error less likely, we can use explicitly-sized
array parameters instead of pointers in the declarations for the hcall
APIs. When compiled with -Warray-bounds[1], the code above now
provokes a diagnostic like this:
error: array argument is too small;
is of size 32, callee requires at least 72 [-Werror,-Warray-bounds]
60 | plpar_hcall9(H_ALLOCATE_VAS_WINDOW, retbuf,
| ^ ~~~~~~
[1] Enabled for LLVM builds but not GCC for now. See commit
0da6e5fd6c37 ("gcc: disable '-Warray-bounds' for gcc-13 too") and
related changes.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-07-12