Security Vulnerabilities - CVEs Published In May 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pds_core: make wait_context part of q_info
Make the wait_context a full part of the q_info struct rather
than a stack variable that goes away after pdsc_adminq_post()
is done so that the context is still available after the wait
loop has given up.
There was a case where a slow development firmware caused
the adminq request to time out, but then later the FW finally
finished the request and sent the interrupt. The handler tried
to complete_all() the completion context that had been created
on the stack in pdsc_adminq_post() but no longer existed.
This caused bad pointer usage, kernel crashes, and much wailing
and gnashing of teeth.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: prevent hang on link training fail
[Why]
When link training fails, the phy clock will be disabled. However, in
enable_streams, it is assumed that link training succeeded and the
mux selects the phy clock, causing a hang when a register write is made.
[How]
When enable_stream is hit, check if link training failed. If it did, fall
back to the ref clock to avoid a hang and keep the system in a recoverable
state.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nfsd: decrease sc_count directly if fail to queue dl_recall
A deadlock warning occurred when invoking nfs4_put_stid following a failed
dl_recall queue operation:
T1 T2
nfs4_laundromat
nfs4_get_client_reaplist
nfs4_anylock_blockers
__break_lease
spin_lock // ctx->flc_lock
spin_lock // clp->cl_lock
nfs4_lockowner_has_blockers
locks_owner_has_blockers
spin_lock // flctx->flc_lock
nfsd_break_deleg_cb
nfsd_break_one_deleg
nfs4_put_stid
refcount_dec_and_lock
spin_lock // clp->cl_lock
When a file is opened, an nfs4_delegation is allocated with sc_count
initialized to 1, and the file_lease holds a reference to the delegation.
The file_lease is then associated with the file through kernel_setlease.
The disassociation is performed in nfsd4_delegreturn via the following
call chain:
nfsd4_delegreturn --> destroy_delegation --> destroy_unhashed_deleg -->
nfs4_unlock_deleg_lease --> kernel_setlease --> generic_delete_lease
The corresponding sc_count reference will be released after this
disassociation.
Since nfsd_break_one_deleg executes while holding the flc_lock, the
disassociation process becomes blocked when attempting to acquire flc_lock
in generic_delete_lease. This means:
1) sc_count in nfsd_break_one_deleg will not be decremented to 0;
2) The nfs4_put_stid called by nfsd_break_one_deleg will not attempt to
acquire cl_lock;
3) Consequently, no deadlock condition is created.
Given that sc_count in nfsd_break_one_deleg remains non-zero, we can
safely perform refcount_dec on sc_count directly. This approach
effectively avoids triggering deadlock warnings.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: txgbe: fix memory leak in txgbe_probe() error path
When txgbe_sw_init() is called, memory is allocated for wx->rss_key
in wx_init_rss_key(). However, in txgbe_probe() function, the subsequent
error paths after txgbe_sw_init() don't free the rss_key. Fix that by
freeing it in error path along with wx->mac_table.
Also change the label to which execution jumps when txgbe_sw_init()
fails, because otherwise, it could lead to a double free for rss_key,
when the mac_table allocation fails in wx_sw_init().
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
eth: bnxt: fix missing ring index trim on error path
Commit under Fixes converted tx_prod to be free running but missed
masking it on the Tx error path. This crashes on error conditions,
for example when DMA mapping fails.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ngbe: fix memory leak in ngbe_probe() error path
When ngbe_sw_init() is called, memory is allocated for wx->rss_key
in wx_init_rss_key(). However, in ngbe_probe() function, the subsequent
error paths after ngbe_sw_init() don't free the rss_key. Fix that by
freeing it in error path along with wx->mac_table.
Also change the label to which execution jumps when ngbe_sw_init()
fails, because otherwise, it could lead to a double free for rss_key,
when the mac_table allocation fails in wx_sw_init().
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
igc: fix PTM cycle trigger logic
Writing to clear the PTM status 'valid' bit while the PTM cycle is
triggered results in unreliable PTM operation. To fix this, clear the
PTM 'trigger' and status after each PTM transaction.
The issue can be reproduced with the following:
$ sudo phc2sys -R 1000 -O 0 -i tsn0 -m
Note: 1000 Hz (-R 1000) is unrealistically large, but provides a way to
quickly reproduce the issue.
PHC2SYS exits with:
"ioctl PTP_OFFSET_PRECISE: Connection timed out" when the PTM transaction
fails
This patch also fixes a hang in igc_probe() when loading the igc
driver in the kdump kernel on systems supporting PTM.
The igc driver running in the base kernel enables PTM trigger in
igc_probe(). Therefore the driver is always in PTM trigger mode,
except in brief periods when manually triggering a PTM cycle.
When a crash occurs, the NIC is reset while PTM trigger is enabled.
Due to a hardware problem, the NIC is subsequently in a bad busmaster
state and doesn't handle register reads/writes. When running
igc_probe() in the kdump kernel, the first register access to a NIC
register hangs driver probing and ultimately breaks kdump.
With this patch, igc has PTM trigger disabled most of the time,
and the trigger is only enabled for very brief (10 - 100 us) periods
when manually triggering a PTM cycle. Chances that a crash occurs
during a PTM trigger are not 0, but extremely reduced.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfs: Only create /proc/fs/netfs with CONFIG_PROC_FS
When testing a special config:
CONFIG_NETFS_SUPPORTS=y
CONFIG_PROC_FS=n
The system crashes with something like:
[ 3.766197] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 3.766484] kernel BUG at mm/mempool.c:560!
[ 3.766789] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[ 3.767123] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W
[ 3.767777] Tainted: [W]=WARN
[ 3.767968] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996),
[ 3.768523] RIP: 0010:mempool_alloc_slab.cold+0x17/0x19
[ 3.768847] Code: 50 fe ff 58 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f e9 93 95 13 00
[ 3.769977] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000013998 EFLAGS: 00010286
[ 3.770315] RAX: 000000000000002f RBX: ffff888100ba8640 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 3.770749] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000003 RDI: 00000000ffffffff
[ 3.771217] RBP: 0000000000092880 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffc90000013828
[ 3.771664] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00000000ffffffea R12: 0000000000092cc0
[ 3.772117] R13: 0000000000000400 R14: ffff8881004b1620 R15: ffffea0004ef7e40
[ 3.772554] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881b5f3c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 3.773061] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 3.773443] CR2: ffffffff830901b4 CR3: 0000000004296001 CR4: 0000000000770ef0
[ 3.773884] PKRU: 55555554
[ 3.774058] Call Trace:
[ 3.774232] <TASK>
[ 3.774371] mempool_alloc_noprof+0x6a/0x190
[ 3.774649] ? _printk+0x57/0x80
[ 3.774862] netfs_alloc_request+0x85/0x2ce
[ 3.775147] netfs_readahead+0x28/0x170
[ 3.775395] read_pages+0x6c/0x350
[ 3.775623] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ 3.775928] page_cache_ra_unbounded+0x1bd/0x2a0
[ 3.776247] filemap_get_pages+0x139/0x970
[ 3.776510] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ 3.776820] filemap_read+0xf9/0x580
[ 3.777054] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ 3.777368] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ 3.777674] ? find_held_lock+0x32/0x90
[ 3.777929] ? netfs_start_io_read+0x19/0x70
[ 3.778221] ? netfs_start_io_read+0x19/0x70
[ 3.778489] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ 3.778800] ? lock_acquired+0x1e6/0x450
[ 3.779054] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ 3.779379] netfs_buffered_read_iter+0x57/0x80
[ 3.779670] __kernel_read+0x158/0x2c0
[ 3.779927] bprm_execve+0x300/0x7a0
[ 3.780185] kernel_execve+0x10c/0x140
[ 3.780423] ? __pfx_kernel_init+0x10/0x10
[ 3.780690] kernel_init+0xd5/0x150
[ 3.780910] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50
[ 3.781156] ? __pfx_kernel_init+0x10/0x10
[ 3.781414] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 3.781677] </TASK>
[ 3.781823] Modules linked in:
[ 3.782065] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
This is caused by the following error path in netfs_init():
if (!proc_mkdir("fs/netfs", NULL))
goto error_proc;
Fix this by adding ifdef in netfs_main(), so that /proc/fs/netfs is only
created with CONFIG_PROC_FS.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu: Clear iommu-dma ops on cleanup
If iommu_device_register() encounters an error, it can end up tearing
down already-configured groups and default domains, however this
currently still leaves devices hooked up to iommu-dma (and even
historically the behaviour in this area was at best inconsistent across
architectures/drivers...) Although in the case that an IOMMU is present
whose driver has failed to probe, users cannot necessarily expect DMA to
work anyway, it's still arguable that we should do our best to put
things back as if the IOMMU driver was never there at all, and certainly
the potential for crashing in iommu-dma itself is undesirable. Make sure
we clean up the dev->dma_iommu flag along with everything else.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-05-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: mpi3mr: Synchronous access b/w reset and tm thread for reply queue
When the task management thread processes reply queues while the reset
thread resets them, the task management thread accesses an invalid queue ID
(0xFFFF), set by the reset thread, which points to unallocated memory,
causing a crash.
Add flag 'io_admin_reset_sync' to synchronize access between the reset,
I/O, and admin threads. Before a reset, the reset handler sets this flag to
block I/O and admin processing threads. If any thread bypasses the initial
check, the reset thread waits up to 10 seconds for processing to finish. If
the wait exceeds 10 seconds, the controller is marked as unrecoverable.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-05-09