Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 2.6.18.4 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cifs: fix oops during encryption
When running xfstests against Azure the following oops occurred on an
arm64 system
Unable to handle kernel write to read-only memory at virtual address
ffff0001221cf000
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x9600004f
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x0f: level 3 permission fault
Data abort info:
ISV = 0, ISS = 0x0000004f
CM = 0, WnR = 1
swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000000294f3000
[ffff0001221cf000] pgd=18000001ffff8003, p4d=18000001ffff8003,
pud=18000001ff82e003, pmd=18000001ff71d003, pte=00600001221cf787
Internal error: Oops: 9600004f [#1] PREEMPT SMP
...
pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--)
pc : __memcpy+0x40/0x230
lr : scatterwalk_copychunks+0xe0/0x200
sp : ffff800014e92de0
x29: ffff800014e92de0 x28: ffff000114f9de80 x27: 0000000000000008
x26: 0000000000000008 x25: ffff800014e92e78 x24: 0000000000000008
x23: 0000000000000001 x22: 0000040000000000 x21: ffff000000000000
x20: 0000000000000001 x19: ffff0001037c4488 x18: 0000000000000014
x17: 235e1c0d6efa9661 x16: a435f9576b6edd6c x15: 0000000000000058
x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 0000000000000008 x12: ffff000114f2e590
x11: ffffffffffffffff x10: 0000040000000000 x9 : ffff8000105c3580
x8 : 2e9413b10000001a x7 : 534b4410fb86b005 x6 : 534b4410fb86b005
x5 : ffff0001221cf008 x4 : ffff0001037c4490 x3 : 0000000000000001
x2 : 0000000000000008 x1 : ffff0001037c4488 x0 : ffff0001221cf000
Call trace:
__memcpy+0x40/0x230
scatterwalk_map_and_copy+0x98/0x100
crypto_ccm_encrypt+0x150/0x180
crypto_aead_encrypt+0x2c/0x40
crypt_message+0x750/0x880
smb3_init_transform_rq+0x298/0x340
smb_send_rqst.part.11+0xd8/0x180
smb_send_rqst+0x3c/0x100
compound_send_recv+0x534/0xbc0
smb2_query_info_compound+0x32c/0x440
smb2_set_ea+0x438/0x4c0
cifs_xattr_set+0x5d4/0x7c0
This is because in scatterwalk_copychunks(), we attempted to write to
a buffer (@sign) that was allocated in the stack (vmalloc area) by
crypt_message() and thus accessing its remaining 8 (x2) bytes ended up
crossing a page boundary.
To simply fix it, we could just pass @sign kmalloc'd from
crypt_message() and then we're done. Luckily, we don't seem to pass
any other vmalloc'd buffers in smb_rqst::rq_iov...
Instead, let's map the correct pages and offsets from vmalloc buffers
as well in cifs_sg_set_buf() and then avoiding such oopses.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
atm: atmtcp: Prevent arbitrary write in atmtcp_recv_control().
syzbot reported the splat below. [0]
When atmtcp_v_open() or atmtcp_v_close() is called via connect()
or close(), atmtcp_send_control() is called to send an in-kernel
special message.
The message has ATMTCP_HDR_MAGIC in atmtcp_control.hdr.length.
Also, a pointer of struct atm_vcc is set to atmtcp_control.vcc.
The notable thing is struct atmtcp_control is uAPI but has a
space for an in-kernel pointer.
struct atmtcp_control {
struct atmtcp_hdr hdr; /* must be first */
...
atm_kptr_t vcc; /* both directions */
...
} __ATM_API_ALIGN;
typedef struct { unsigned char _[8]; } __ATM_API_ALIGN atm_kptr_t;
The special message is processed in atmtcp_recv_control() called
from atmtcp_c_send().
atmtcp_c_send() is vcc->dev->ops->send() and called from 2 paths:
1. .ndo_start_xmit() (vcc->send() == atm_send_aal0())
2. vcc_sendmsg()
The problem is sendmsg() does not validate the message length and
userspace can abuse atmtcp_recv_control() to overwrite any kptr
by atmtcp_control.
Let's add a new ->pre_send() hook to validate messages from sendmsg().
[0]:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc00200000ab: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: probably user-memory-access in range [0x0000000100000558-0x000000010000055f]
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5865 Comm: syz-executor331 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc1-syzkaller-00215-gbab3ce404553 #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
RIP: 0010:atmtcp_recv_control drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:93 [inline]
RIP: 0010:atmtcp_c_send+0x1da/0x950 drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:297
Code: 4d 8d 75 1a 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 20 84 c0 0f 85 15 06 00 00 41 0f b7 1e 4d 8d b7 60 05 00 00 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 0f b6 04 20 84 c0 0f 85 13 06 00 00 66 41 89 1e 4d 8d 75 1c 4c
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003f5f810 EFLAGS: 00010203
RAX: 00000000200000ab RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffff88802a510000 RSI: 00000000ffffffff RDI: ffff888030a6068c
RBP: ffff88802699fb40 R08: ffff888030a606eb R09: 1ffff1100614c0dd
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffffff8718fc40 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff888030a60680 R14: 000000010000055f R15: 00000000ffffffff
FS: 00007f8d7e9236c0(0000) GS:ffff888125c1c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000000045ad50 CR3: 0000000075bde000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
vcc_sendmsg+0xa10/0xc60 net/atm/common.c:645
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x219/0x270 net/socket.c:729
____sys_sendmsg+0x505/0x830 net/socket.c:2614
___sys_sendmsg+0x21f/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2668
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2700 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2705 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2703 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x19b/0x260 net/socket.c:2703
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f8d7e96a4a9
Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 51 18 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f8d7e923198 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f8d7e9f4308 RCX: 00007f8d7e96a4a9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000240 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007f8d7e9f4300 R08: 65732f636f72702f R09: 65732f636f72702f
R10: 65732f636f72702f R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f8d7e9c10ac
R13: 00007f8d7e9231a0 R14: 0000200000000200 R15: 0000200000000250
</TASK>
Modules linked in:
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: rose: convert 'use' field to refcount_t
The 'use' field in struct rose_neigh is used as a reference counter but
lacks atomicity. This can lead to race conditions where a rose_neigh
structure is freed while still being referenced by other code paths.
For example, when rose_neigh->use becomes zero during an ioctl operation
via rose_rt_ioctl(), the structure may be removed while its timer is
still active, potentially causing use-after-free issues.
This patch changes the type of 'use' from unsigned short to refcount_t and
updates all code paths to use rose_neigh_hold() and rose_neigh_put() which
operate reference counts atomically.
CVSS Score
7.0
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: rose: include node references in rose_neigh refcount
Current implementation maintains two separate reference counting
mechanisms: the 'count' field in struct rose_neigh tracks references from
rose_node structures, while the 'use' field (now refcount_t) tracks
references from rose_sock.
This patch merges these two reference counting systems using 'use' field
for proper reference management. Specifically, this patch adds incrementing
and decrementing of rose_neigh->use when rose_neigh->count is incremented
or decremented.
This patch also modifies rose_rt_free(), rose_rt_device_down() and
rose_clear_route() to properly release references to rose_neigh objects
before freeing a rose_node through rose_remove_node().
These changes ensure rose_neigh structures are properly freed only when
all references, including those from rose_node structures, are released.
As a result, this resolves a slab-use-after-free issue reported by Syzbot.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: initialize more fields in sctp_v6_from_sk()
syzbot found that sin6_scope_id was not properly initialized,
leading to undefined behavior.
Clear sin6_scope_id and sin6_flowinfo.
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __sctp_v6_cmp_addr+0x887/0x8c0 net/sctp/ipv6.c:649
__sctp_v6_cmp_addr+0x887/0x8c0 net/sctp/ipv6.c:649
sctp_inet6_cmp_addr+0x4f2/0x510 net/sctp/ipv6.c:983
sctp_bind_addr_conflict+0x22a/0x3b0 net/sctp/bind_addr.c:390
sctp_get_port_local+0x21eb/0x2440 net/sctp/socket.c:8452
sctp_get_port net/sctp/socket.c:8523 [inline]
sctp_listen_start net/sctp/socket.c:8567 [inline]
sctp_inet_listen+0x710/0xfd0 net/sctp/socket.c:8636
__sys_listen_socket net/socket.c:1912 [inline]
__sys_listen net/socket.c:1927 [inline]
__do_sys_listen net/socket.c:1932 [inline]
__se_sys_listen net/socket.c:1930 [inline]
__x64_sys_listen+0x343/0x4c0 net/socket.c:1930
x64_sys_call+0x271d/0x3e20 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:51
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xd9/0x210 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Local variable addr.i.i created at:
sctp_get_port net/sctp/socket.c:8515 [inline]
sctp_listen_start net/sctp/socket.c:8567 [inline]
sctp_inet_listen+0x650/0xfd0 net/sctp/socket.c:8636
__sys_listen_socket net/socket.c:1912 [inline]
__sys_listen net/socket.c:1927 [inline]
__do_sys_listen net/socket.c:1932 [inline]
__se_sys_listen net/socket.c:1930 [inline]
__x64_sys_listen+0x343/0x4c0 net/socket.c:1930
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix "bad unlock balance" in l2cap_disconnect_rsp
conn->chan_lock isn't acquired before l2cap_get_chan_by_scid,
if l2cap_get_chan_by_scid returns NULL, then 'bad unlock balance'
is triggered.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
blk-mq: fix NULL dereference on q->elevator in blk_mq_elv_switch_none
After grabbing q->sysfs_lock, q->elevator may become NULL because of
elevator switch.
Fix the NULL dereference on q->elevator by checking it with lock.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
udf: Do not update file length for failed writes to inline files
When write to inline file fails (or happens only partly), we still
updated length of inline data as if the whole write succeeded. Fix the
update of length of inline data to happen only if the write succeeds.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: lpfc: Fix use-after-free KFENCE violation during sysfs firmware write
During the sysfs firmware write process, a use-after-free read warning is
logged from the lpfc_wr_object() routine:
BUG: KFENCE: use-after-free read in lpfc_wr_object+0x235/0x310 [lpfc]
Use-after-free read at 0x0000000000cf164d (in kfence-#111):
lpfc_wr_object+0x235/0x310 [lpfc]
lpfc_write_firmware.cold+0x206/0x30d [lpfc]
lpfc_sli4_request_firmware_update+0xa6/0x100 [lpfc]
lpfc_request_firmware_upgrade_store+0x66/0xb0 [lpfc]
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x121/0x1b0
new_sync_write+0x11c/0x1b0
vfs_write+0x1ef/0x280
ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0
do_syscall_64+0x59/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
The driver accessed wr_object pointer data, which was initialized into
mailbox payload memory, after the mailbox object was released back to the
mailbox pool.
Fix by moving the mailbox free calls to the end of the routine ensuring
that we don't reference internal mailbox memory after release.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: add bounds checking in get_max_inline_xattr_value_size()
Normally the extended attributes in the inode body would have been
checked when the inode is first opened, but if someone is writing to
the block device while the file system is mounted, it's possible for
the inode table to get corrupted. Add bounds checking to avoid
reading beyond the end of allocated memory if this happens.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-09-16