Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: stmmac: fix the crash issue for zero copy XDP_TX action
There is a crash issue when running zero copy XDP_TX action, the crash
log is shown below.
[ 216.122464] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffeffff80000000
[ 216.187524] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000144 [#1] SMP
[ 216.301694] Call trace:
[ 216.304130] dcache_clean_poc+0x20/0x38 (P)
[ 216.308308] __dma_sync_single_for_device+0x1bc/0x1e0
[ 216.313351] stmmac_xdp_xmit_xdpf+0x354/0x400
[ 216.317701] __stmmac_xdp_run_prog+0x164/0x368
[ 216.322139] stmmac_napi_poll_rxtx+0xba8/0xf00
[ 216.326576] __napi_poll+0x40/0x218
[ 216.408054] Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt
For XDP_TX action, the xdp_buff is converted to xdp_frame by
xdp_convert_buff_to_frame(). The memory type of the resulting xdp_frame
depends on the memory type of the xdp_buff. For page pool based xdp_buff
it produces xdp_frame with memory type MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL. For zero copy
XSK pool based xdp_buff it produces xdp_frame with memory type
MEM_TYPE_PAGE_ORDER0. However, stmmac_xdp_xmit_back() does not check the
memory type and always uses the page pool type, this leads to invalid
mappings and causes the crash. Therefore, check the xdp_buff memory type
in stmmac_xdp_xmit_back() to fix this issue.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/core: Check for the presence of LS_NLA_TYPE_DGID correctly
The netlink response for RDMA_NL_LS_OP_IP_RESOLVE should always have a
LS_NLA_TYPE_DGID attribute, it is invalid if it does not.
Use the nl parsing logic properly and call nla_parse_deprecated() to fill
the nlattrs array and then directly index that array to get the data for
the DGID. Just fail if it is NULL.
Remove the for loop searching for the nla, and squash the validation and
parsing into one function.
Fixes an uninitialized read from the stack triggered by userspace if it
does not provide the DGID to a kernel initiated RDMA_NL_LS_OP_IP_RESOLVE
query.
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in hex_byte_pack include/linux/hex.h:13 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ip6_string+0xef4/0x13a0 lib/vsprintf.c:1490
hex_byte_pack include/linux/hex.h:13 [inline]
ip6_string+0xef4/0x13a0 lib/vsprintf.c:1490
ip6_addr_string+0x18a/0x3e0 lib/vsprintf.c:1509
ip_addr_string+0x245/0xee0 lib/vsprintf.c:1633
pointer+0xc09/0x1bd0 lib/vsprintf.c:2542
vsnprintf+0xf8a/0x1bd0 lib/vsprintf.c:2930
vprintk_store+0x3ae/0x1530 kernel/printk/printk.c:2279
vprintk_emit+0x307/0xcd0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2426
vprintk_default+0x3f/0x50 kernel/printk/printk.c:2465
vprintk+0x36/0x50 kernel/printk/printk_safe.c:82
_printk+0x17e/0x1b0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2475
ib_nl_process_good_ip_rsep drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c:128 [inline]
ib_nl_handle_ip_res_resp+0x963/0x9d0 drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c:141
rdma_nl_rcv_msg drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:-1 [inline]
rdma_nl_rcv_skb drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:239 [inline]
rdma_nl_rcv+0xefa/0x11c0 drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:259
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0xf04/0x12b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346
netlink_sendmsg+0x10b3/0x1250 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1896
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x333/0x3d0 net/socket.c:729
____sys_sendmsg+0x7e0/0xd80 net/socket.c:2617
___sys_sendmsg+0x271/0x3b0 net/socket.c:2671
__sys_sendmsg+0x1aa/0x300 net/socket.c:2703
__compat_sys_sendmsg net/compat.c:346 [inline]
__do_compat_sys_sendmsg net/compat.c:353 [inline]
__se_compat_sys_sendmsg net/compat.c:350 [inline]
__ia32_compat_sys_sendmsg+0xa4/0x100 net/compat.c:350
ia32_sys_call+0x3f6c/0x4310 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_32.h:371
do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:83 [inline]
__do_fast_syscall_32+0xb0/0x150 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:306
do_fast_syscall_32+0x38/0x80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:331
do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:3
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv4: Fix reference count leak when using error routes with nexthop objects
When a nexthop object is deleted, it is marked as dead and then
fib_table_flush() is called to flush all the routes that are using the
dead nexthop.
The current logic in fib_table_flush() is to only flush error routes
(e.g., blackhole) when it is called as part of network namespace
dismantle (i.e., with flush_all=true). Therefore, error routes are not
flushed when their nexthop object is deleted:
# ip link add name dummy1 up type dummy
# ip nexthop add id 1 dev dummy1
# ip route add 198.51.100.1/32 nhid 1
# ip route add blackhole 198.51.100.2/32 nhid 1
# ip nexthop del id 1
# ip route show
blackhole 198.51.100.2 nhid 1 dev dummy1
As such, they keep holding a reference on the nexthop object which in
turn holds a reference on the nexthop device, resulting in a reference
count leak:
# ip link del dev dummy1
[ 70.516258] unregister_netdevice: waiting for dummy1 to become free. Usage count = 2
Fix by flushing error routes when their nexthop is marked as dead.
IPv6 does not suffer from this problem.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ip6_gre: make ip6gre_header() robust
Over the years, syzbot found many ways to crash the kernel
in ip6gre_header() [1].
This involves team or bonding drivers ability to dynamically
change their dev->needed_headroom and/or dev->hard_header_len
In this particular crash mld_newpack() allocated an skb
with a too small reserve/headroom, and by the time mld_sendpack()
was called, syzbot managed to attach an ip6gre device.
[1]
skbuff: skb_under_panic: text:ffffffff8a1d69a8 len:136 put:40 head:ffff888059bc7000 data:ffff888059bc6fe8 tail:0x70 end:0x6c0 dev:team0
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:213 !
<TASK>
skb_under_panic net/core/skbuff.c:223 [inline]
skb_push+0xc3/0xe0 net/core/skbuff.c:2641
ip6gre_header+0xc8/0x790 net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c:1371
dev_hard_header include/linux/netdevice.h:3436 [inline]
neigh_connected_output+0x286/0x460 net/core/neighbour.c:1618
neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:556 [inline]
ip6_finish_output2+0xfb3/0x1480 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:136
__ip6_finish_output net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:-1 [inline]
ip6_finish_output+0x234/0x7d0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:220
NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:307 [inline]
ip6_output+0x340/0x550 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:247
NF_HOOK+0x9e/0x380 include/linux/netfilter.h:318
mld_sendpack+0x8d4/0xe60 net/ipv6/mcast.c:1855
mld_send_cr net/ipv6/mcast.c:2154 [inline]
mld_ifc_work+0x83e/0xd60 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2693
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/xe/oa: Fix potential UAF in xe_oa_add_config_ioctl()
In xe_oa_add_config_ioctl(), we accessed oa_config->id after dropping
metrics_lock. Since this lock protects the lifetime of oa_config, an
attacker could guess the id and call xe_oa_remove_config_ioctl() with
perfect timing, freeing oa_config before we dereference it, leading to
a potential use-after-free.
Fix this by caching the id in a local variable while holding the lock.
v2: (Matt A)
- Dropped mutex_unlock(&oa->metrics_lock) ordering change from
xe_oa_remove_config_ioctl()
(cherry picked from commit 28aeaed130e8e587fd1b73b6d66ca41ccc5a1a31)
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtlwifi: 8192cu: fix tid out of range in rtl92cu_tx_fill_desc()
TID getting from ieee80211_get_tid() might be out of range of array size
of sta_entry->tids[], so check TID is less than MAX_TID_COUNT. Othwerwise,
UBSAN warn:
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c:514:30
index 10 is out of range for type 'rtl_tid_data [9]'
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/cm: Fix leaking the multicast GID table reference
If the CM ID is destroyed while the CM event for multicast creating is
still queued the cancel_work_sync() will prevent the work from running
which also prevents destroying the ah_attr. This leaks a refcount and
triggers a WARN:
GID entry ref leak for dev syz1 index 2 ref=573
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 655 at drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c:809 release_gid_table drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c:806 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 655 at drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c:809 gid_table_release_one+0x284/0x3cc drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c:886
Destroy the ah_attr after canceling the work, it is safe to call this
twice.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr()
There exists a kernel oops caused by a BUG_ON(nhead < 0) at
net/core/skbuff.c:2232 in pskb_expand_head().
This bug is triggered as part of the calipso_skbuff_setattr()
routine when skb_cow() is passed headroom > INT_MAX
(i.e. (int)(skb_headroom(skb) + len_delta) < 0).
The root cause of the bug is due to an implicit integer cast in
__skb_cow(). The check (headroom > skb_headroom(skb)) is meant to ensure
that delta = headroom - skb_headroom(skb) is never negative, otherwise
we will trigger a BUG_ON in pskb_expand_head(). However, if
headroom > INT_MAX and delta <= -NET_SKB_PAD, the check passes, delta
becomes negative, and pskb_expand_head() is passed a negative value for
nhead.
Fix the trigger condition in calipso_skbuff_setattr(). Avoid passing
"negative" headroom sizes to skb_cow() within calipso_skbuff_setattr()
by only using skb_cow() to grow headroom.
PoC:
Using `netlabelctl` tool:
netlabelctl map del default
netlabelctl calipso add pass doi:7
netlabelctl map add default address:0::1/128 protocol:calipso,7
Then run the following PoC:
int fd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
// setup msghdr
int cmsg_size = 2;
int cmsg_len = 0x60;
struct msghdr msg;
struct sockaddr_in6 dest_addr;
struct cmsghdr * cmsg = (struct cmsghdr *) calloc(1,
sizeof(struct cmsghdr) + cmsg_len);
msg.msg_name = &dest_addr;
msg.msg_namelen = sizeof(dest_addr);
msg.msg_iov = NULL;
msg.msg_iovlen = 0;
msg.msg_control = cmsg;
msg.msg_controllen = cmsg_len;
msg.msg_flags = 0;
// setup sockaddr
dest_addr.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
dest_addr.sin6_port = htons(31337);
dest_addr.sin6_flowinfo = htonl(31337);
dest_addr.sin6_addr = in6addr_loopback;
dest_addr.sin6_scope_id = 31337;
// setup cmsghdr
cmsg->cmsg_len = cmsg_len;
cmsg->cmsg_level = IPPROTO_IPV6;
cmsg->cmsg_type = IPV6_HOPOPTS;
char * hop_hdr = (char *)cmsg + sizeof(struct cmsghdr);
hop_hdr[1] = 0x9; //set hop size - (0x9 + 1) * 8 = 80
sendmsg(fd, &msg, 0);
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: rose: fix invalid array index in rose_kill_by_device()
rose_kill_by_device() collects sockets into a local array[] and then
iterates over them to disconnect sockets bound to a device being brought
down.
The loop mistakenly indexes array[cnt] instead of array[i]. For cnt <
ARRAY_SIZE(array), this reads an uninitialized entry; for cnt ==
ARRAY_SIZE(array), it is an out-of-bounds read. Either case can lead to
an invalid socket pointer dereference and also leaks references taken
via sock_hold().
Fix the index to use i.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iavf: fix off-by-one issues in iavf_config_rss_reg()
There are off-by-one bugs when configuring RSS hash key and lookup
table, causing out-of-bounds reads to memory [1] and out-of-bounds
writes to device registers.
Before commit 43a3d9ba34c9 ("i40evf: Allow PF driver to configure RSS"),
the loop upper bounds were:
i <= I40E_VFQF_{HKEY,HLUT}_MAX_INDEX
which is safe since the value is the last valid index.
That commit changed the bounds to:
i <= adapter->rss_{key,lut}_size / 4
where `rss_{key,lut}_size / 4` is the number of dwords, so the last
valid index is `(rss_{key,lut}_size / 4) - 1`. Therefore, using `<=`
accesses one element past the end.
Fix the issues by using `<` instead of `<=`, ensuring we do not exceed
the bounds.
[1] KASAN splat about rss_key_size off-by-one
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in iavf_config_rss+0x619/0x800
Read of size 4 at addr ffff888102c50134 by task kworker/u8:6/63
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 63 Comm: kworker/u8:6 Not tainted 6.18.0-rc2-enjuk-tnguy-00378-g3005f5b77652-dirty #156 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Workqueue: iavf iavf_watchdog_task
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x6f/0xb0
print_report+0x170/0x4f3
kasan_report+0xe1/0x1a0
iavf_config_rss+0x619/0x800
iavf_watchdog_task+0x2be7/0x3230
process_one_work+0x7fd/0x1420
worker_thread+0x4d1/0xd40
kthread+0x344/0x660
ret_from_fork+0x249/0x320
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
</TASK>
Allocated by task 63:
kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
__kasan_kmalloc+0x7f/0x90
__kmalloc_noprof+0x246/0x6f0
iavf_watchdog_task+0x28fc/0x3230
process_one_work+0x7fd/0x1420
worker_thread+0x4d1/0xd40
kthread+0x344/0x660
ret_from_fork+0x249/0x320
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888102c50100
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-64 of size 64
The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
allocated 52-byte region [ffff888102c50100, ffff888102c50134)
The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x102c50
flags: 0x200000000000000(node=0|zone=2)
page_type: f5(slab)
raw: 0200000000000000 ffff8881000418c0 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080200020 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
Memory state around the buggy address:
ffff888102c50000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
ffff888102c50080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff888102c50100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
^
ffff888102c50180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
ffff888102c50200: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-13