Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.6.8 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath9k_htc: Abort software beacon handling if disabled
A malicious USB device can send a WMI_SWBA_EVENTID event from an
ath9k_htc-managed device before beaconing has been enabled. This causes
a device-by-zero error in the driver, leading to either a crash or an
out of bounds read.
Prevent this by aborting the handling in ath9k_htc_swba() if beacons are
not enabled.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
backlight: pm8941: Add NULL check in wled_configure()
devm_kasprintf() returns NULL when memory allocation fails. Currently,
wled_configure() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL
pointer dereference.
Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-07-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
soc: aspeed: Add NULL check in aspeed_lpc_enable_snoop()
devm_kasprintf() returns NULL when memory allocation fails. Currently,
aspeed_lpc_enable_snoop() does not check for this case, which results in a
NULL pointer dereference.
Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue.
[arj: Fix Fixes: tag to use subject from 3772e5da4454]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-07-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: openvswitch: Fix the dead loop of MPLS parse
The unexpected MPLS packet may not end with the bottom label stack.
When there are many stacks, The label count value has wrapped around.
A dead loop occurs, soft lockup/CPU stuck finally.
stack backtrace:
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in /build/linux-0Pa0xK/linux-5.15.0/net/openvswitch/flow.c:662:26
index -1 is out of range for type '__be32 [3]'
CPU: 34 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/34 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE 5.15.0-121-generic #131-Ubuntu
Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge C6420/0JP9TF, BIOS 2.12.2 07/14/2021
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
show_stack+0x52/0x5c
dump_stack_lvl+0x4a/0x63
dump_stack+0x10/0x16
ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x36
__ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds.cold+0x44/0x49
key_extract_l3l4+0x82a/0x840 [openvswitch]
? kfree_skbmem+0x52/0xa0
key_extract+0x9c/0x2b0 [openvswitch]
ovs_flow_key_extract+0x124/0x350 [openvswitch]
ovs_vport_receive+0x61/0xd0 [openvswitch]
? kernel_init_free_pages.part.0+0x4a/0x70
? get_page_from_freelist+0x353/0x540
netdev_port_receive+0xc4/0x180 [openvswitch]
? netdev_port_receive+0x180/0x180 [openvswitch]
netdev_frame_hook+0x1f/0x40 [openvswitch]
__netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0x23a/0xf00
__netif_receive_skb_list_core+0xfa/0x240
netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x18e/0x2a0
napi_complete_done+0x7a/0x1c0
bnxt_poll+0x155/0x1c0 [bnxt_en]
__napi_poll+0x30/0x180
net_rx_action+0x126/0x280
? bnxt_msix+0x67/0x80 [bnxt_en]
handle_softirqs+0xda/0x2d0
irq_exit_rcu+0x96/0xc0
common_interrupt+0x8e/0xa0
</IRQ>
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
calipso: Don't call calipso functions for AF_INET sk.
syzkaller reported a null-ptr-deref in txopt_get(). [0]
The offset 0x70 was of struct ipv6_txoptions in struct ipv6_pinfo,
so struct ipv6_pinfo was NULL there.
However, this never happens for IPv6 sockets as inet_sk(sk)->pinet6
is always set in inet6_create(), meaning the socket was not IPv6 one.
The root cause is missing validation in netlbl_conn_setattr().
netlbl_conn_setattr() switches branches based on struct
sockaddr.sa_family, which is passed from userspace. However,
netlbl_conn_setattr() does not check if the address family matches
the socket.
The syzkaller must have called connect() for an IPv6 address on
an IPv4 socket.
We have a proper validation in tcp_v[46]_connect(), but
security_socket_connect() is called in the earlier stage.
Let's copy the validation to netlbl_conn_setattr().
[0]:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000000e: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000070-0x0000000000000077]
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 12928 Comm: syz.9.1677 Not tainted 6.12.0 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:txopt_get include/net/ipv6.h:390 [inline]
RIP: 0010:
Code: 02 00 00 49 8b ac 24 f8 02 00 00 e8 84 69 2a fd e8 ff 00 16 fd 48 8d 7d 70 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 0f 85 53 02 00 00 48 8b 6d 70 48 85 ed 0f 84 ab 01 00
RSP: 0018:ffff88811b8afc48 EFLAGS: 00010212
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 1ffff11023715f8a RCX: ffffffff841ab00c
RDX: 000000000000000e RSI: ffffc90007d9e000 RDI: 0000000000000070
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffed1023715f9d R09: ffffed1023715f9e
R10: ffffed1023715f9d R11: 0000000000000003 R12: ffff888123075f00
R13: ffff88810245bd80 R14: ffff888113646780 R15: ffff888100578a80
FS: 00007f9019bd7640(0000) GS:ffff8882d2d00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f901b927bac CR3: 0000000104788003 CR4: 0000000000770ef0
PKRU: 80000000
Call Trace:
<TASK>
calipso_sock_setattr+0x56/0x80 net/netlabel/netlabel_calipso.c:557
netlbl_conn_setattr+0x10c/0x280 net/netlabel/netlabel_kapi.c:1177
selinux_netlbl_socket_connect_helper+0xd3/0x1b0 security/selinux/netlabel.c:569
selinux_netlbl_socket_connect_locked security/selinux/netlabel.c:597 [inline]
selinux_netlbl_socket_connect+0xb6/0x100 security/selinux/netlabel.c:615
selinux_socket_connect+0x5f/0x80 security/selinux/hooks.c:4931
security_socket_connect+0x50/0xa0 security/security.c:4598
__sys_connect_file+0xa4/0x190 net/socket.c:2067
__sys_connect+0x12c/0x170 net/socket.c:2088
__do_sys_connect net/socket.c:2098 [inline]
__se_sys_connect net/socket.c:2095 [inline]
__x64_sys_connect+0x73/0xb0 net/socket.c:2095
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xaa/0x1b0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f901b61a12d
Code: 02 b8 ff ff ff ff c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f9019bd6fa8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002a
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f901b925fa0 RCX: 00007f901b61a12d
RDX: 000000000000001c RSI: 0000200000000140 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f901b701505 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f901b5b62a0 R15: 00007f9019bb7000
</TASK>
Modules linked in:
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: renesas_usbhs: Reorder clock handling and power management in probe
Reorder the initialization sequence in `usbhs_probe()` to enable runtime
PM before accessing registers, preventing potential crashes due to
uninitialized clocks.
Currently, in the probe path, registers are accessed before enabling the
clocks, leading to a synchronous external abort on the RZ/V2H SoC.
The problematic call flow is as follows:
usbhs_probe()
usbhs_sys_clock_ctrl()
usbhs_bset()
usbhs_write()
iowrite16() <-- Register access before enabling clocks
Since `iowrite16()` is performed without ensuring the required clocks are
enabled, this can lead to access errors. To fix this, enable PM runtime
early in the probe function and ensure clocks are acquired before register
access, preventing crashes like the following on RZ/V2H:
[13.272640] Internal error: synchronous external abort: 0000000096000010 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[13.280814] Modules linked in: cec renesas_usbhs(+) drm_kms_helper fuse drm backlight ipv6
[13.289088] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 195 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.14.0-rc7+ #98
[13.296640] Hardware name: Renesas RZ/V2H EVK Board based on r9a09g057h44 (DT)
[13.303834] pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[13.310770] pc : usbhs_bset+0x14/0x4c [renesas_usbhs]
[13.315831] lr : usbhs_probe+0x2e4/0x5ac [renesas_usbhs]
[13.321138] sp : ffff8000827e3850
[13.324438] x29: ffff8000827e3860 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffff8000827e3ca0
[13.331554] x26: ffff8000827e3ba0 x25: ffff800081729668 x24: 0000000000000025
[13.338670] x23: ffff0000c0f08000 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: ffff0000c0f08010
[13.345783] x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffff0000c3b52080 x18: 00000000ffffffff
[13.352895] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: ffff8000827e36ce
[13.360009] x14: 00000000000003d7 x13: 00000000000003d7 x12: 0000000000000000
[13.367122] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000aa0 x9 : ffff8000827e3750
[13.374235] x8 : ffff0000c1850b00 x7 : 0000000003826060 x6 : 000000000000001c
[13.381347] x5 : 000000030d5fcc00 x4 : ffff8000825c0000 x3 : 0000000000000000
[13.388459] x2 : 0000000000000400 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff0000c3b52080
[13.395574] Call trace:
[13.398013] usbhs_bset+0x14/0x4c [renesas_usbhs] (P)
[13.403076] platform_probe+0x68/0xdc
[13.406738] really_probe+0xbc/0x2c0
[13.410306] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x120
[13.414653] driver_probe_device+0x3c/0x154
[13.418825] __driver_attach+0x90/0x1a0
[13.422647] bus_for_each_dev+0x7c/0xe0
[13.426470] driver_attach+0x24/0x30
[13.430032] bus_add_driver+0xe4/0x208
[13.433766] driver_register+0x68/0x130
[13.437587] __platform_driver_register+0x24/0x30
[13.442273] renesas_usbhs_driver_init+0x20/0x1000 [renesas_usbhs]
[13.448450] do_one_initcall+0x60/0x1d4
[13.452276] do_init_module+0x54/0x1f8
[13.456014] load_module+0x1754/0x1c98
[13.459750] init_module_from_file+0x88/0xcc
[13.464004] __arm64_sys_finit_module+0x1c4/0x328
[13.468689] invoke_syscall+0x48/0x104
[13.472426] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc0/0xe0
[13.477113] do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
[13.480415] el0_svc+0x30/0xcc
[13.483460] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x10c/0x138
[13.487800] el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c
[13.491453] Code: 2a0103e1 12003c42 12003c63 8b010084 (79400084)
[13.497522] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dmaengine: ti: Add NULL check in udma_probe()
devm_kasprintf() returns NULL when memory allocation fails. Currently,
udma_probe() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL
pointer dereference.
Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-07-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
page_pool: Fix use-after-free in page_pool_recycle_in_ring
syzbot reported a uaf in page_pool_recycle_in_ring:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in lock_release+0x151/0xa30 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5862
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880286045a0 by task syz.0.284/6943
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6943 Comm: syz.0.284 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc3-syzkaller-gdfa94ce54f41 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:489
kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:602
lock_release+0x151/0xa30 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5862
__raw_spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:165 [inline]
_raw_spin_unlock_bh+0x1b/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:210
spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:396 [inline]
ptr_ring_produce_bh include/linux/ptr_ring.h:164 [inline]
page_pool_recycle_in_ring net/core/page_pool.c:707 [inline]
page_pool_put_unrefed_netmem+0x748/0xb00 net/core/page_pool.c:826
page_pool_put_netmem include/net/page_pool/helpers.h:323 [inline]
page_pool_put_full_netmem include/net/page_pool/helpers.h:353 [inline]
napi_pp_put_page+0x149/0x2b0 net/core/skbuff.c:1036
skb_pp_recycle net/core/skbuff.c:1047 [inline]
skb_free_head net/core/skbuff.c:1094 [inline]
skb_release_data+0x6c4/0x8a0 net/core/skbuff.c:1125
skb_release_all net/core/skbuff.c:1190 [inline]
__kfree_skb net/core/skbuff.c:1204 [inline]
sk_skb_reason_drop+0x1c9/0x380 net/core/skbuff.c:1242
kfree_skb_reason include/linux/skbuff.h:1263 [inline]
__skb_queue_purge_reason include/linux/skbuff.h:3343 [inline]
root cause is:
page_pool_recycle_in_ring
ptr_ring_produce
spin_lock(&r->producer_lock);
WRITE_ONCE(r->queue[r->producer++], ptr)
//recycle last page to pool
page_pool_release
page_pool_scrub
page_pool_empty_ring
ptr_ring_consume
page_pool_return_page //release all page
__page_pool_destroy
free_percpu(pool->recycle_stats);
free(pool) //free
spin_unlock(&r->producer_lock); //pool->ring uaf read
recycle_stat_inc(pool, ring);
page_pool can be free while page pool recycle the last page in ring.
Add producer-lock barrier to page_pool_release to prevent the page
pool from being free before all pages have been recycled.
recycle_stat_inc() is empty when CONFIG_PAGE_POOL_STATS is not
enabled, which will trigger Wempty-body build warning. Add definition
for pool stat macro to fix warning.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
serial: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in mlb_usio_probe()
devm_ioremap() can return NULL on error. Currently, mlb_usio_probe()
does not check for this case, which could result in a NULL pointer
dereference.
Add NULL check after devm_ioremap() to prevent this issue.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: stmmac: make sure that ptp_rate is not 0 before configuring EST
If the ptp_rate recorded earlier in the driver happens to be 0, this
bogus value will propagate up to EST configuration, where it will
trigger a division by 0.
Prevent this division by 0 by adding the corresponding check and error
code.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-03