Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.10.148 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags
MSG_SPLICE_PAGES can attach pages from a pipe directly to an skb. TCP
marks such skbs with SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG after skb_splice_from_iter(),
so later paths that may modify packet data can first make a private
copy. The IPv4/IPv6 datagram append paths did not set this flag when
splicing pages into UDP skbs.
That leaves an ESP-in-UDP packet made from shared pipe pages looking
like an ordinary uncloned nonlinear skb. ESP input then takes the no-COW
fast path for uncloned skbs without a frag_list and decrypts in place
over data that is not owned privately by the skb.
Mark IPv4/IPv6 datagram splice frags with SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG, matching
TCP. Also make ESP input fall back to skb_cow_data() when the flag is
present, so ESP does not decrypt externally backed frags in place.
Private nonlinear skb frags still use the existing fast path.
This intentionally does not change ESP output. In esp_output_head(),
the path that appends the ESP trailer to existing skb tailroom without
calling skb_cow_data() is not reachable for nonlinear skbs:
skb_tailroom() returns zero when skb->data_len is nonzero, while ESP
tailen is positive. Thus ESP output will either use the separate
destination-frag path or fall back to skb_cow_data().
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.263
Published
2026-05-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
APEI/GHES: ensure that won't go past CPER allocated record
The logic at ghes_new() prevents allocating too large records, by
checking if they're bigger than GHES_ESTATUS_MAX_SIZE (currently, 64KB).
Yet, the allocation is done with the actual number of pages from the
CPER bios table location, which can be smaller.
Yet, a bad firmware could send data with a different size, which might
be bigger than the allocated memory, causing an OOPS:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fff00000f9b40000
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x0000000096000007
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x07: level 3 translation fault
Data abort info:
ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000007, ISS2 = 0x00000000
CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 52-bit VAs, pgdp=000000008ba16000
[fff00000f9b40000] pgd=180000013ffff403, p4d=180000013fffe403, pud=180000013f85b403, pmd=180000013f68d403, pte=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000007 [#1] SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 303 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc1-00002-gda407d200220 #34 PREEMPT
Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS unknown 02/02/2022
Workqueue: kacpi_notify acpi_os_execute_deferred
pstate: 214020c5 (nzCv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : hex_dump_to_buffer+0x30c/0x4a0
lr : hex_dump_to_buffer+0x328/0x4a0
sp : ffff800080e13880
x29: ffff800080e13880 x28: ffffac9aba86f6a8 x27: 0000000000000083
x26: fff00000f9b3fffc x25: 0000000000000004 x24: 0000000000000004
x23: ffff800080e13905 x22: 0000000000000010 x21: 0000000000000083
x20: 0000000000000001 x19: 0000000000000008 x18: 0000000000000010
x17: 0000000000000001 x16: 00000007c7f20fec x15: 0000000000000020
x14: 0000000000000008 x13: 0000000000081020 x12: 0000000000000008
x11: ffff800080e13905 x10: ffff800080e13988 x9 : 0000000000000000
x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000020
x5 : 0000000000000030 x4 : 00000000fffffffe x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : ffffac9aba78c1c8 x1 : ffffac9aba76d0a8 x0 : 0000000000000008
Call trace:
hex_dump_to_buffer+0x30c/0x4a0 (P)
print_hex_dump+0xac/0x170
cper_estatus_print_section+0x90c/0x968
cper_estatus_print+0xf0/0x158
__ghes_print_estatus+0xa0/0x148
ghes_proc+0x1bc/0x220
ghes_notify_hed+0x5c/0xb8
notifier_call_chain+0x78/0x148
blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x4c/0x80
acpi_hed_notify+0x28/0x40
acpi_ev_notify_dispatch+0x50/0x80
acpi_os_execute_deferred+0x24/0x48
process_one_work+0x15c/0x3b0
worker_thread+0x2d0/0x400
kthread+0x148/0x228
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Code: 6b14033f 540001ad a94707e2 f100029f (b8747b44)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Prevent that by taking the actual allocated are into account when
checking for CPER length.
[ rjw: Subject tweaks ]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: usb-audio: Add sanity check for OOB writes at silencing
At silencing the playback URB packets in the implicit fb mode before
the actual playback, we blindly assume that the received packets fit
with the buffer size. But when the setup in the capture stream
differs from the playback stream (e.g. due to the USB core limitation
of max packet size), such an inconsistency may lead to OOB writes to
the buffer, resulting in a crash.
For addressing it, add a sanity check of the transfer buffer size at
prepare_silent_urb(), and stop the data copy if the received data
overflows. Also, report back the transfer error properly from there,
too.
Note that this doesn't fix the root cause of the playback error
itself, but this merely covers the kernel Oops.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mailbox: Prevent out-of-bounds access in fw_mbox_index_xlate()
Although it is guided that `#mbox-cells` must be at least 1, there are
many instances of `#mbox-cells = <0>;` in the device tree. If that is
the case and the corresponding mailbox controller does not provide
`fw_xlate` and of_xlate` function pointers, `fw_mbox_index_xlate()` will
be used by default and out-of-bounds accesses could occur due to lack of
bounds check in that function.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ethernet: ec_bhf: Fix dma_free_coherent() dma handle
dma_free_coherent() in error path takes priv->rx_buf.alloc_len as
the dma handle. This would lead to improper unmapping of the buffer.
Change the dma handle to priv->rx_buf.alloc_phys.
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/atmel-hlcdc: fix memory leak from the atomic_destroy_state callback
After several commits, the slab memory increases. Some drm_crtc_commit
objects are not freed. The atomic_destroy_state callback only put the
framebuffer. Use the __drm_atomic_helper_plane_destroy_state() function
to put all the objects that are no longer needed.
It has been seen after hours of usage of a graphics application or using
kmemleak:
unreferenced object 0xc63a6580 (size 64):
comm "egt_basic", pid 171, jiffies 4294940784
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
40 50 34 c5 01 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 8c 65 3a c6 @P4..........e:.
8c 65 3a c6 ff ff ff ff 98 65 3a c6 98 65 3a c6 .e:......e:..e:.
backtrace (crc c25aa925):
kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x3c
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x150/0x1a4
drm_atomic_helper_setup_commit+0x1e8/0x7bc
drm_atomic_helper_commit+0x3c/0x15c
drm_atomic_commit+0xc0/0xf4
drm_atomic_helper_set_config+0x84/0xb8
drm_mode_setcrtc+0x32c/0x810
drm_ioctl+0x20c/0x488
sys_ioctl+0x14c/0xc20
ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x54
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: mtk-mdp: Fix a reference leak bug in mtk_mdp_remove()
In mtk_mdp_probe(), vpu_get_plat_device() increases the reference
count of the returned platform device. Add platform_device_put()
to prevent reference leak.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md-cluster: fix NULL pointer dereference in process_metadata_update
The function process_metadata_update() blindly dereferences the 'thread'
pointer (acquired via rcu_dereference_protected) within the wait_event()
macro.
While the code comment states "daemon thread must exist", there is a valid
race condition window during the MD array startup sequence (md_run):
1. bitmap_load() is called, which invokes md_cluster_ops->join().
2. join() starts the "cluster_recv" thread (recv_daemon).
3. At this point, recv_daemon is active and processing messages.
4. However, mddev->thread (the main MD thread) is not initialized until
later in md_run().
If a METADATA_UPDATED message is received from a remote node during this
specific window, process_metadata_update() will be called while
mddev->thread is still NULL, leading to a kernel panic.
To fix this, we must validate the 'thread' pointer. If it is NULL, we
release the held lock (no_new_dev_lockres) and return early, safely
ignoring the update request as the array is not yet fully ready to
process it.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ceph: supply snapshot context in ceph_zero_partial_object()
The ceph_zero_partial_object function was missing proper snapshot
context for its OSD write operations, which could lead to data
inconsistencies in snapshots.
Reproducer:
../src/vstart.sh --new -x --localhost --bluestore
./bin/ceph auth caps client.fs_a mds 'allow rwps fsname=a' mon 'allow r fsname=a' osd 'allow rw tag cephfs data=a'
mount -t ceph fs_a@.a=/ /mnt/mycephfs/ -o conf=./ceph.conf
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mnt/mycephfs/foo bs=64K count=1
mkdir /mnt/mycephfs/.snap/snap1
md5sum /mnt/mycephfs/.snap/snap1/foo
fallocate -p -o 0 -l 4096 /mnt/mycephfs/foo
echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop/caches
md5sum /mnt/mycephfs/.snap/snap1/foo # get different md5sum!!
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: ufs: core: Flush exception handling work when RPM level is zero
Ensure that the exception event handling work is explicitly flushed during
suspend when the runtime power management level is set to UFS_PM_LVL_0.
When the RPM level is zero, the device power mode and link state both
remain active. Previously, the UFS core driver bypassed flushing exception
event handling jobs in this configuration. This created a race condition
where the driver could attempt to access the host controller to handle an
exception after the system had already entered a deep power-down state,
resulting in a system crash.
Explicitly flush this work and disable auto BKOPs before the suspend
callback proceeds. This guarantees that pending exception tasks complete
and prevents illegal hardware access during the power-down sequence.
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-05-06