Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 4.14.24 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ACPICA: Fix use-after-free in acpi_ut_copy_ipackage_to_ipackage()
There is an use-after-free reported by KASAN:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in acpi_ut_remove_reference+0x3b/0x82
Read of size 1 at addr ffff888112afc460 by task modprobe/2111
CPU: 0 PID: 2111 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.1.0-rc7-dirty
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996),
Call Trace:
<TASK>
kasan_report+0xae/0xe0
acpi_ut_remove_reference+0x3b/0x82
acpi_ut_copy_iobject_to_iobject+0x3be/0x3d5
acpi_ds_store_object_to_local+0x15d/0x3a0
acpi_ex_store+0x78d/0x7fd
acpi_ex_opcode_1A_1T_1R+0xbe4/0xf9b
acpi_ps_parse_aml+0x217/0x8d5
...
</TASK>
The root cause of the problem is that the acpi_operand_object
is freed when acpi_ut_walk_package_tree() fails in
acpi_ut_copy_ipackage_to_ipackage(), lead to repeated release in
acpi_ut_copy_iobject_to_iobject(). The problem was introduced
by "8aa5e56eeb61" commit, this commit is to fix memory leak in
acpi_ut_copy_iobject_to_iobject(), repeatedly adding remove
operation, lead to "acpi_operand_object" used after free.
Fix it by removing acpi_ut_remove_reference() in
acpi_ut_copy_ipackage_to_ipackage(). acpi_ut_copy_ipackage_to_ipackage()
is called to copy an internal package object into another internal
package object, when it fails, the memory of acpi_operand_object
should be freed by the caller.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdkfd: Fix UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds warning
If get_num_sdma_queues or get_num_xgmi_sdma_queues is 0, we end up
doing a shift operation where the number of bits shifted equals
number of bits in the operand. This behaviour is undefined.
Set num_sdma_queues or num_xgmi_sdma_queues to ULLONG_MAX, if the
count is >= number of bits in the operand.
Bug: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/1472
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ceph: fix race condition validating r_parent before applying state
Add validation to ensure the cached parent directory inode matches the
directory info in MDS replies. This prevents client-side race conditions
where concurrent operations (e.g. rename) cause r_parent to become stale
between request initiation and reply processing, which could lead to
applying state changes to incorrect directory inodes.
[ idryomov: folded a kerneldoc fixup and a follow-up fix from Alex to
move CEPH_CAP_PIN reference when r_parent is updated:
When the parent directory lock is not held, req->r_parent can become
stale and is updated to point to the correct inode. However, the
associated CEPH_CAP_PIN reference was not being adjusted. The
CEPH_CAP_PIN is a reference on an inode that is tracked for
accounting purposes. Moving this pin is important to keep the
accounting balanced. When the pin was not moved from the old parent
to the new one, it created two problems: The reference on the old,
stale parent was never released, causing a reference leak.
A reference for the new parent was never acquired, creating the risk
of a reference underflow later in ceph_mdsc_release_request(). This
patch corrects the logic by releasing the pin from the old parent and
acquiring it for the new parent when r_parent is switched. This
ensures reference accounting stays balanced. ]
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pcmcia: Add error handling for add_interval() in do_validate_mem()
In the do_validate_mem(), the call to add_interval() does not
handle errors. If kmalloc() fails in add_interval(), it could
result in a null pointer being inserted into the linked list,
leading to illegal memory access when sub_interval() is called
next.
This patch adds an error handling for the add_interval(). If
add_interval() returns an error, the function will return early
with the error code.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i40e: fix IRQ freeing in i40e_vsi_request_irq_msix error path
If request_irq() in i40e_vsi_request_irq_msix() fails in an iteration
later than the first, the error path wants to free the IRQs requested
so far. However, it uses the wrong dev_id argument for free_irq(), so
it does not free the IRQs correctly and instead triggers the warning:
Trying to free already-free IRQ 173
WARNING: CPU: 25 PID: 1091 at kernel/irq/manage.c:1829 __free_irq+0x192/0x2c0
Modules linked in: i40e(+) [...]
CPU: 25 UID: 0 PID: 1091 Comm: NetworkManager Not tainted 6.17.0-rc1+ #1 PREEMPT(lazy)
Hardware name: [...]
RIP: 0010:__free_irq+0x192/0x2c0
[...]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
free_irq+0x32/0x70
i40e_vsi_request_irq_msix.cold+0x63/0x8b [i40e]
i40e_vsi_request_irq+0x79/0x80 [i40e]
i40e_vsi_open+0x21f/0x2f0 [i40e]
i40e_open+0x63/0x130 [i40e]
__dev_open+0xfc/0x210
__dev_change_flags+0x1fc/0x240
netif_change_flags+0x27/0x70
do_setlink.isra.0+0x341/0xc70
rtnl_newlink+0x468/0x860
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x375/0x450
netlink_rcv_skb+0x5c/0x110
netlink_unicast+0x288/0x3c0
netlink_sendmsg+0x20d/0x430
____sys_sendmsg+0x3a2/0x3d0
___sys_sendmsg+0x99/0xe0
__sys_sendmsg+0x8a/0xf0
do_syscall_64+0x82/0x2c0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[...]
</TASK>
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Use the same dev_id for free_irq() as for request_irq().
I tested this with inserting code to fail intentionally.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: phylink: add lock for serializing concurrent pl->phydev writes with resolver
Currently phylink_resolve() protects itself against concurrent
phylink_bringup_phy() or phylink_disconnect_phy() calls which modify
pl->phydev by relying on pl->state_mutex.
The problem is that in phylink_resolve(), pl->state_mutex is in a lock
inversion state with pl->phydev->lock. So pl->phydev->lock needs to be
acquired prior to pl->state_mutex. But that requires dereferencing
pl->phydev in the first place, and without pl->state_mutex, that is
racy.
Hence the reason for the extra lock. Currently it is redundant, but it
will serve a functional purpose once mutex_lock(&phy->lock) will be
moved outside of the mutex_lock(&pl->state_mutex) section.
Another alternative considered would have been to let phylink_resolve()
acquire the rtnl_mutex, which is also held when phylink_bringup_phy()
and phylink_disconnect_phy() are called. But since phylink_disconnect_phy()
runs under rtnl_lock(), it would deadlock with phylink_resolve() when
calling flush_work(&pl->resolve). Additionally, it would have been
undesirable because it would have unnecessarily blocked many other call
paths as well in the entire kernel, so the smaller-scoped lock was
preferred.
CVSS Score
7.0
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i40e: remove read access to debugfs files
The 'command' and 'netdev_ops' debugfs files are a legacy debugging
interface supported by the i40e driver since its early days by commit
02e9c290814c ("i40e: debugfs interface").
Both of these debugfs files provide a read handler which is mostly useless,
and which is implemented with questionable logic. They both use a static
256 byte buffer which is initialized to the empty string. In the case of
the 'command' file this buffer is literally never used and simply wastes
space. In the case of the 'netdev_ops' file, the last command written is
saved here.
On read, the files contents are presented as the name of the device
followed by a colon and then the contents of their respective static
buffer. For 'command' this will always be "<device>: ". For 'netdev_ops',
this will be "<device>: <last command written>". But note the buffer is
shared between all devices operated by this module. At best, it is mostly
meaningless information, and at worse it could be accessed simultaneously
as there doesn't appear to be any locking mechanism.
We have also recently received multiple reports for both read functions
about their use of snprintf and potential overflow that could result in
reading arbitrary kernel memory. For the 'command' file, this is definitely
impossible, since the static buffer is always zero and never written to.
For the 'netdev_ops' file, it does appear to be possible, if the user
carefully crafts the command input, it will be copied into the buffer,
which could be large enough to cause snprintf to truncate, which then
causes the copy_to_user to read beyond the length of the buffer allocated
by kzalloc.
A minimal fix would be to replace snprintf() with scnprintf() which would
cap the return to the number of bytes written, preventing an overflow. A
more involved fix would be to drop the mostly useless static buffers,
saving 512 bytes and modifying the read functions to stop needing those as
input.
Instead, lets just completely drop the read access to these files. These
are debug interfaces exposed as part of debugfs, and I don't believe that
dropping read access will break any script, as the provided output is
pretty useless. You can find the netdev name through other more standard
interfaces, and the 'netdev_ops' interface can easily result in garbage if
you issue simultaneous writes to multiple devices at once.
In order to properly remove the i40e_dbg_netdev_ops_buf, we need to
refactor its write function to avoid using the static buffer. Instead, use
the same logic as the i40e_dbg_command_write, with an allocated buffer.
Update the code to use this instead of the static buffer, and ensure we
free the buffer on exit. This fixes simultaneous writes to 'netdev_ops' on
multiple devices, and allows us to remove the now unused static buffer
along with removing the read access.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/slub: avoid accessing metadata when pointer is invalid in object_err()
object_err() reports details of an object for further debugging, such as
the freelist pointer, redzone, etc. However, if the pointer is invalid,
attempting to access object metadata can lead to a crash since it does
not point to a valid object.
One known path to the crash is when alloc_consistency_checks()
determines the pointer to the allocated object is invalid because of a
freelist corruption, and calls object_err() to report it. The debug code
should report and handle the corruption gracefully and not crash in the
process.
In case the pointer is NULL or check_valid_pointer() returns false for
the pointer, only print the pointer value and skip accessing metadata.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mwifiex: Initialize the chan_stats array to zero
The adapter->chan_stats[] array is initialized in
mwifiex_init_channel_scan_gap() with vmalloc(), which doesn't zero out
memory. The array is filled in mwifiex_update_chan_statistics()
and then the user can query the data in mwifiex_cfg80211_dump_survey().
There are two potential issues here. What if the user calls
mwifiex_cfg80211_dump_survey() before the data has been filled in.
Also the mwifiex_update_chan_statistics() function doesn't necessarily
initialize the whole array. Since the array was not initialized at
the start that could result in an information leak.
Also this array is pretty small. It's a maximum of 900 bytes so it's
more appropriate to use kcalloc() instead vmalloc().
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/memory-failure: fix VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PagePoisoned(page)) when unpoison memory
When I did memory failure tests, below panic occurs:
page dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PagePoisoned(page))
kernel BUG at include/linux/page-flags.h:616!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
CPU: 3 PID: 720 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.10.0-rc1-00195-g148743902568 #40
RIP: 0010:unpoison_memory+0x2f3/0x590
RSP: 0018:ffffa57fc8787d60 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000037 RBX: 0000000000000009 RCX: ffff9be25fcdc9c8
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000027 RDI: ffff9be25fcdc9c0
RBP: 0000000000300000 R08: ffffffffb4956f88 R09: 0000000000009ffb
R10: 0000000000000284 R11: ffffffffb4926fa0 R12: ffffe6b00c000000
R13: ffff9bdb453dfd00 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: fffffffffffffffe
FS: 00007f08f04e4740(0000) GS:ffff9be25fcc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000564787a30410 CR3: 000000010d4e2000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
unpoison_memory+0x2f3/0x590
simple_attr_write_xsigned.constprop.0.isra.0+0xb3/0x110
debugfs_attr_write+0x42/0x60
full_proxy_write+0x5b/0x80
vfs_write+0xd5/0x540
ksys_write+0x64/0xe0
do_syscall_64+0xb9/0x1d0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f08f0314887
RSP: 002b:00007ffece710078 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000009 RCX: 00007f08f0314887
RDX: 0000000000000009 RSI: 0000564787a30410 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 0000564787a30410 R08: 000000000000fefe R09: 000000007fffffff
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000009
R13: 00007f08f041b780 R14: 00007f08f0417600 R15: 00007f08f0416a00
</TASK>
Modules linked in: hwpoison_inject
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
RIP: 0010:unpoison_memory+0x2f3/0x590
RSP: 0018:ffffa57fc8787d60 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000037 RBX: 0000000000000009 RCX: ffff9be25fcdc9c8
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000027 RDI: ffff9be25fcdc9c0
RBP: 0000000000300000 R08: ffffffffb4956f88 R09: 0000000000009ffb
R10: 0000000000000284 R11: ffffffffb4926fa0 R12: ffffe6b00c000000
R13: ffff9bdb453dfd00 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: fffffffffffffffe
FS: 00007f08f04e4740(0000) GS:ffff9be25fcc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000564787a30410 CR3: 000000010d4e2000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
Kernel Offset: 0x31c00000 from 0xffffffff81000000 (relocation range: 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffffbfffffff)
---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception ]---
The root cause is that unpoison_memory() tries to check the PG_HWPoison
flags of an uninitialized page. So VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PagePoisoned(page)) is
triggered. This can be reproduced by below steps:
1.Offline memory block:
echo offline > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory12/state
2.Get offlined memory pfn:
page-types -b n -rlN
3.Write pfn to unpoison-pfn
echo <pfn> > /sys/kernel/debug/hwpoison/unpoison-pfn
This scenario can be identified by pfn_to_online_page() returning NULL.
And ZONE_DEVICE pages are never expected, so we can simply fail if
pfn_to_online_page() == NULL to fix the bug.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-23