In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
To prevent timing attacks, MACs need to be compared in constant time.
Use the appropriate helper function for this.
Squashfs: reject negative file sizes in squashfs_read_inode()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Squashfs: reject negative file sizes in squashfs_read_inode()
Syskaller reports a "WARNING in ovl_copy_up_file" in overlayfs.
This warning is ultimately caused because the underlying Squashfs file
system returns a file with a negative file size.
This commit checks for a negative file size and returns EINVAL.
[[email protected]: only need to check 64 bit quantity]
ext4: avoid potential buffer over-read in parse_apply_sb_mount_options()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: avoid potential buffer over-read in parse_apply_sb_mount_options()
Unlike other strings in the ext4 superblock, we rely on tune2fs to
make sure s_mount_opts is NUL terminated. Harden
parse_apply_sb_mount_options() by treating s_mount_opts as a potential
__nonstring.
xtensa: simdisk: add input size check in proc_write_simdisk
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xtensa: simdisk: add input size check in proc_write_simdisk
A malicious user could pass an arbitrarily bad value
to memdup_user_nul(), potentially causing kernel crash.
This follows the same pattern as commit ee76746387f6
("netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write()")
ext4: guard against EA inode refcount underflow in xattr update
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: guard against EA inode refcount underflow in xattr update
syzkaller found a path where ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref() reads an EA
inode refcount that is already <= 0 and then applies ref_change (often
-1). That lets the refcount underflow and we proceed with a bogus value,
triggering errors like:
EXT4-fs error: EA inode <n> ref underflow: ref_count=-1 ref_change=-1
EXT4-fs warning: ea_inode dec ref err=-117
Make the invariant explicit: if the current refcount is non-positive,
treat this as on-disk corruption, emit ext4_error_inode(), and fail the
operation with -
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pwm: berlin: Fix wrong register in suspend/resume
The 'enable' register should be BERLIN_PWM_EN rather than
BERLIN_PWM_ENABLE, otherwise, the driver accesses wrong address, there
will be cpu exception then kernel panic during suspend/resume.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pid: Add a judgment for ns null in pid_nr_ns
__task_pid_nr_ns
ns = task_active_pid_ns(current);
pid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(*task_pid_ptr(task, type)), ns);
if (pid && ns->level <= pid->level) {
Sometimes null is returned for task_active_pid_ns. Then it will trigger kernel panic in pid_nr_ns.
For example:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000058
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 translatio
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/ip6_tunnel: Prevent perpetual tunnel growth
Similarly to ipv4 tunnel, ipv6 version updates dev->needed_headroom, too.
While ipv4 tunnel headroom adjustment growth was limited in
commit 5ae1e9922bbd ("net: ip_tunnel: prevent perpetual headroom growth"),
ipv6 tunnel yet increases the headroom without any ceiling.
Reflect ipv4 tunnel headroom adjustment limit on ipv6 version.
Credits to Francesco Ruggeri, who was originally debugging this issue
and wrote local Arista-specific patch and a reproducer.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: use dst_dev_rcu() in sk_setup_caps()
Use RCU to protect accesses to dst->dev from sk_setup_caps()
and sk_dst_gso_max_size().
Also use dst_dev_rcu() in ip6_dst_mtu_maybe_forward(),
and ip_dst_mtu_maybe_forward().
ip4_dst_hoplimit() can use dst_dev_net_rcu().
smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match().
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match().
smc_clc_prfx_match() is called from smc_listen_work() and
not under RCU nor RTNL.
Using sk_dst_get(sk)->dev could trigger UAF.
Let's use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu().
Note that the returned value of smc_clc_prfx_match() is not
used in the caller.
ext4: detect invalid INLINE_DATA + EXTENTS flag combination
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: detect invalid INLINE_DATA + EXTENTS flag combination
syzbot reported a BUG_ON in ext4_es_cache_extent() when opening a verity
file on a corrupted ext4 filesystem mounted without a journal.
The issue is that the filesystem has an inode with both the INLINE_DATA
and EXTENTS flags set:
EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_cache_extents:545: inode #15:
comm syz.0.17: corrupted extent tree: lblk 0 < prev 66
Investigation revealed that the inode has both flags set:
DEBUG: inode 15 - flag=1, i_inline_off=164, has_inline=1, extents_flag=1
This is an invalid com
usbnet: Fix using smp_processor_id() in preemptible code warnings
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usbnet: Fix using smp_processor_id() in preemptible code warnings
Syzbot reported the following warning:
BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: dhcpcd/2879
caller is usbnet_skb_return+0x74/0x490 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:331
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2879 Comm: dhcpcd Not tainted 6.15.0-rc4-syzkaller-00098-g615dca38c2ea #0 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
check_preemption_disabled+0xd0/0xe0 lib/smp_processor_id.c:49
usbnet_skb_return+0x74/0x490 drivers/net/usb
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xen/events: Return -EEXIST for bound VIRQs
Change find_virq() to return -EEXIST when a VIRQ is bound to a
different CPU than the one passed in. With that, remove the BUG_ON()
from bind_virq_to_irq() to propogate the error upwards.
Some VIRQs are per-cpu, but others are per-domain or global. Those must
be bound to CPU0 and can then migrate elsewhere. The lookup for
per-domain and global will probably fail when migrated off CPU 0,
especially when the current CPU is tracked. This now returns -EEXIST
instead of BUG_ON().
A second call to bind a per-domain or global VIRQ i
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: use RCU in ip6_output()
Use RCU in ip6_output() in order to use dst_dev_rcu() to prevent
possible UAF.
We can remove rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock() pairs
from ip6_finish_output2().
mm: hugetlb: avoid soft lockup when mprotect to large memory area
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm: hugetlb: avoid soft lockup when mprotect to large memory area
When calling mprotect() to a large hugetlb memory area in our customer's
workload (~300GB hugetlb memory), soft lockup was observed:
watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#98 stuck for 23s! [t2_new_sysv:126916]
CPU: 98 PID: 126916 Comm: t2_new_sysv Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.17-rc7
Hardware name: GIGACOMPUTING R2A3-T40-AAV1/Jefferson CIO, BIOS 5.4.4.1 07/15/2025
pstate: 20400009 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : mte_clear_page_tags+0x14/0x24
lr : mte_sync_tags+0x1c0/0x240
sp : ffff80003150bb80
blk-mq: fix potential deadlock while nr_requests grown
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
blk-mq: fix potential deadlock while nr_requests grown
Allocate and free sched_tags while queue is freezed can deadlock[1],
this is a long term problem, hence allocate memory before freezing
queue and free memory after queue is unfreezed.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
net: usb: Remove disruptive netif_wake_queue in rtl8150_set_multicast
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: usb: Remove disruptive netif_wake_queue in rtl8150_set_multicast
syzbot reported WARNING in rtl8150_start_xmit/usb_submit_urb.
This is the sequence of events that leads to the warning:
rtl8150_start_xmit() {
netif_stop_queue();
usb_submit_urb(dev->tx_urb);
}
rtl8150_set_multicast() {
netif_stop_queue();
netif_wake_queue(); <-- wakes up TX queue before URB is done
}
rtl8150_start_xmit() {
netif_stop_queue();
usb_submit_urb(dev->tx_urb); <-- double submission
}
rtl8150_set_multicast being the ndo_set_rx_mode callback should not be
calling netif_stop_queue and
smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in in smc_clc_prfx_set().
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in in smc_clc_prfx_set().
smc_clc_prfx_set() is called during connect() and not under RCU
nor RTNL.
Using sk_dst_get(sk)->dev could trigger UAF.
Let's use __sk_dst_get() and dev_dst_rcu() under rcu_read_lock()
after kernel_getsockname().
Note that the returned value of smc_clc_prfx_set() is not used
in the caller.
While at it, we change the 1st arg of smc_clc_prfx_set[46]_rcu()
not to touch dst there.
f2fs: fix to truncate first page in error path of f2fs_truncate()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to truncate first page in error path of f2fs_truncate()
syzbot reports a bug as below:
loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 40427
F2FS-fs (loop0): Wrong SSA boundary, start(3584) end(4096) blocks(3072)
F2FS-fs (loop0): Can't find valid F2FS filesystem in 1th superblock
F2FS-fs (loop0): invalid crc value
F2FS-fs (loop0): f2fs_convert_inline_folio: corrupted inline inode ino=3, i_addr[0]:0x1601, run fsck to fix.
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at fs/inode.c:753!
RIP: 0010:clear_inode+0x169/0x190 fs/inode.c:753
Call Trace:
<TASK>
evict+0x504/0
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit()
Use RCU in ip6_xmit() in order to use dst_dev_rcu() to prevent
possible UAF.