Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.15.71 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
irqchip/sifive-plic: Fix frozen interrupt due to affinity setting
PLIC ignores interrupt completion message for disabled interrupt, explained
by the specification:
The PLIC signals it has completed executing an interrupt handler by
writing the interrupt ID it received from the claim to the
claim/complete register. The PLIC does not check whether the completion
ID is the same as the last claim ID for that target. If the completion
ID does not match an interrupt source that is currently enabled for
the target, the completion is silently ignored.
This caused problems in the past, because an interrupt can be disabled
while still being handled and plic_irq_eoi() had no effect. That was fixed
by checking if the interrupt is disabled, and if so enable it, before
sending the completion message. That check is done with irqd_irq_disabled().
However, that is not sufficient because the enable bit for the handling
hart can be zero despite irqd_irq_disabled(d) being false. This can happen
when affinity setting is changed while a hart is still handling the
interrupt.
This problem is easily reproducible by dumping a large file to uart (which
generates lots of interrupts) and at the same time keep changing the uart
interrupt's affinity setting. The uart port becomes frozen almost
instantaneously.
Fix this by checking PLIC's enable bit instead of irqd_irq_disabled().
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
IB/mthca: Add missed mthca_unmap_user_db() for mthca_create_srq()
Fix a user triggerable leak on the system call failure path.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in mesh_rx_csa_frame()
In mesh_rx_csa_frame(), elems->mesh_chansw_params_ie is dereferenced
at lines 1638 and 1642 without a prior NULL check:
ifmsh->chsw_ttl = elems->mesh_chansw_params_ie->mesh_ttl;
...
pre_value = le16_to_cpu(elems->mesh_chansw_params_ie->mesh_pre_value);
The mesh_matches_local() check above only validates the Mesh ID,
Mesh Configuration, and Supported Rates IEs. It does not verify the
presence of the Mesh Channel Switch Parameters IE (element ID 118).
When a received CSA action frame omits that IE, ieee802_11_parse_elems()
leaves elems->mesh_chansw_params_ie as NULL, and the unconditional
dereference causes a kernel NULL pointer dereference.
A remote mesh peer with an established peer link (PLINK_ESTAB) can
trigger this by sending a crafted SPECTRUM_MGMT/CHL_SWITCH action frame
that includes a matching Mesh ID and Mesh Configuration IE but omits the
Mesh Channel Switch Parameters IE. No authentication beyond the default
open mesh peering is required.
Crash confirmed on kernel 6.17.0-5-generic via mac80211_hwsim:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
RIP: 0010:ieee80211_mesh_rx_queued_mgmt+0x143/0x2a0 [mac80211]
CR2: 0000000000000000
Fix by adding a NULL check for mesh_chansw_params_ie after
mesh_matches_local() returns, consistent with how other optional IEs
are guarded throughout the mesh code.
The bug has been present since v3.13 (released 2014-01-19).
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: libertas: fix use-after-free in lbs_free_adapter()
The lbs_free_adapter() function uses timer_delete() (non-synchronous)
for both command_timer and tx_lockup_timer before the structure is
freed. This is incorrect because timer_delete() does not wait for
any running timer callback to complete.
If a timer callback is executing when lbs_free_adapter() is called,
the callback will access freed memory since lbs_cfg_free() frees the
containing structure immediately after lbs_free_adapter() returns.
Both timer callbacks (lbs_cmd_timeout_handler and lbs_tx_lockup_handler)
access priv->driver_lock, priv->cur_cmd, priv->dev, and other fields,
which would all be use-after-free violations.
Use timer_delete_sync() instead to ensure any running timer callback
has completed before returning.
This bug was introduced in commit 8f641d93c38a ("libertas: detect TX
lockups and reset hardware") where del_timer() was used instead of
del_timer_sync() in the cleanup path. The command_timer has had the
same issue since the driver was first written.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: xt_IDLETIMER: reject rev0 reuse of ALARM timer labels
IDLETIMER revision 0 rules reuse existing timers by label and always call
mod_timer() on timer->timer.
If the label was created first by revision 1 with XT_IDLETIMER_ALARM,
the object uses alarm timer semantics and timer->timer is never initialized.
Reusing that object from revision 0 causes mod_timer() on an uninitialized
timer_list, triggering debugobjects warnings and possible panic when
panic_on_warn=1.
Fix this by rejecting revision 0 rule insertion when an existing timer with
the same label is of ALARM type.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-20
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: add xmit recursion limit to tunnel xmit functions
Tunnel xmit functions (iptunnel_xmit, ip6tunnel_xmit) lack their own
recursion limit. When a bond device in broadcast mode has GRE tap
interfaces as slaves, and those GRE tunnels route back through the
bond, multicast/broadcast traffic triggers infinite recursion between
bond_xmit_broadcast() and ip_tunnel_xmit()/ip6_tnl_xmit(), causing
kernel stack overflow.
The existing XMIT_RECURSION_LIMIT (8) in the no-qdisc path is not
sufficient because tunnel recursion involves route lookups and full IP
output, consuming much more stack per level. Use a lower limit of 4
(IP_TUNNEL_RECURSION_LIMIT) to prevent overflow.
Add recursion detection using dev_xmit_recursion helpers directly in
iptunnel_xmit() and ip6tunnel_xmit() to cover all IPv4/IPv6 tunnel
paths including UDP encapsulated tunnels (VXLAN, Geneve, etc.).
Move dev_xmit_recursion helpers from net/core/dev.h to public header
include/linux/netdevice.h so they can be used by tunnel code.
BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in blake2s.constprop.0+0xe7/0x160
Write of size 32 at addr ffff88810033fed0 by task kworker/0:1/11
Workqueue: mld mld_ifc_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__build_flow_key.constprop.0 (net/ipv4/route.c:515)
ip_rt_update_pmtu (net/ipv4/route.c:1073)
iptunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:84)
ip_tunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:847)
gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779)
dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347)
__dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802)
bond_dev_queue_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:312)
bond_xmit_broadcast (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5279)
bond_start_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5530)
dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
__dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4841)
ip_finish_output2 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:237)
ip_output (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:438)
iptunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:86)
gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779)
dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347)
__dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802)
bond_dev_queue_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:312)
bond_xmit_broadcast (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5279)
bond_start_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5530)
dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
__dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4841)
ip_finish_output2 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:237)
ip_output (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:438)
iptunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:86)
ip_tunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:847)
gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779)
dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347)
__dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802)
bond_dev_queue_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:312)
bond_xmit_broadcast (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5279)
bond_start_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5530)
dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
__dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4841)
mld_sendpack
mld_ifc_work
process_one_work
worker_thread
</TASK>
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-20
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: teql: fix NULL pointer dereference in iptunnel_xmit on TEQL slave xmit
teql_master_xmit() calls netdev_start_xmit(skb, slave) to transmit
through slave devices, but does not update skb->dev to the slave device
beforehand.
When a gretap tunnel is a TEQL slave, the transmit path reaches
iptunnel_xmit() which saves dev = skb->dev (still pointing to teql0
master) and later calls iptunnel_xmit_stats(dev, pkt_len). This
function does:
get_cpu_ptr(dev->tstats)
Since teql_master_setup() does not set dev->pcpu_stat_type to
NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS, the core network stack never allocates tstats
for teql0, so dev->tstats is NULL. get_cpu_ptr(NULL) computes
NULL + __per_cpu_offset[cpu], resulting in a page fault.
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff8880e6659018
#PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
PGD 68bc067 P4D 68bc067 PUD 0
Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
RIP: 0010:iptunnel_xmit (./include/net/ip_tunnels.h:664 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:89)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
ip_tunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:847)
__gre_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:478)
gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779)
teql_master_xmit (net/sched/sch_teql.c:319)
dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347)
__dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802)
neigh_direct_output (net/core/neighbour.c:1660)
ip_finish_output2 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:237)
__ip_finish_output.part.0 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:315)
ip_mc_output (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:369)
ip_send_skb (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1508)
udp_send_skb (net/ipv4/udp.c:1195)
udp_sendmsg (net/ipv4/udp.c:1485)
inet_sendmsg (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:859)
__sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2206)
Fix this by setting skb->dev = slave before calling
netdev_start_xmit(), so that tunnel xmit functions see the correct
slave device with properly allocated tstats.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-20
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: unconditionally bump set->nelems before insertion
In case that the set is full, a new element gets published then removed
without waiting for the RCU grace period, while RCU reader can be
walking over it already.
To address this issue, add the element transaction even if set is full,
but toggle the set_full flag to report -ENFILE so the abort path safely
unwinds the set to its previous state.
As for element updates, decrement set->nelems to restore it.
A simpler fix is to call synchronize_rcu() in the error path.
However, with a large batch adding elements to already maxed-out set,
this could cause noticeable slowdown of such batches.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-20
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race
Make sure that __perf_event_overflow() runs with IRQs disabled for all
possible callchains. Specifically the software events can end up running
it with only preemption disabled.
This opens up a race vs perf_event_exit_event() and friends that will go
and free various things the overflow path expects to be present, like
the BPF program.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-20
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Revert "drm/amd: Check if ASPM is enabled from PCIe subsystem"
This reverts commit 7294863a6f01248d72b61d38478978d638641bee.
This commit was erroneously applied again after commit 0ab5d711ec74
("drm/amd: Refactor `amdgpu_aspm` to be evaluated per device")
removed it, leading to very hard to debug crashes, when used with a system with two
AMD GPUs of which only one supports ASPM.
(cherry picked from commit 97a9689300eb2b393ba5efc17c8e5db835917080)
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-18