Security Vulnerabilities
- CVEs Published In May 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
misc: microchip: pci1xxxx: Fix Kernel panic during IRQ handler registration
Resolve kernel panic while accessing IRQ handler associated with the
generated IRQ. This is done by acquiring the spinlock and storing the
current interrupt state before handling the interrupt request using
generic_handle_irq.
A previous fix patch was submitted where 'generic_handle_irq' was
replaced with 'handle_nested_irq'. However, this change also causes
the kernel panic where after determining which GPIO triggered the
interrupt and attempting to call handle_nested_irq with the mapped
IRQ number, leads to a failure in locating the registered handler.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mei: vsc: Fix fortify-panic caused by invalid counted_by() use
gcc 15 honors the __counted_by(len) attribute on vsc_tp_packet.buf[]
and the vsc-tp.c code is using this in a wrong way. len does not contain
the available size in the buffer, it contains the actual packet length
*without* the crc. So as soon as vsc_tp_xfer() tries to add the crc to
buf[] the fortify-panic handler gets triggered:
[ 80.842193] memcpy: detected buffer overflow: 4 byte write of buffer size 0
[ 80.842243] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 272 at lib/string_helpers.c:1032 __fortify_report+0x45/0x50
...
[ 80.843175] __fortify_panic+0x9/0xb
[ 80.843186] vsc_tp_xfer.cold+0x67/0x67 [mei_vsc_hw]
[ 80.843210] ? seqcount_lockdep_reader_access.constprop.0+0x82/0x90
[ 80.843229] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x7c/0x110
[ 80.843250] mei_vsc_hw_start+0x98/0x120 [mei_vsc]
[ 80.843270] mei_reset+0x11d/0x420 [mei]
The easiest fix would be to just drop the counted-by but with the exception
of the ack buffer in vsc_tp_xfer_helper() which only contains enough room
for the packet-header, all other uses of vsc_tp_packet always use a buffer
of VSC_TP_MAX_XFER_SIZE bytes for the packet.
Instead of just dropping the counted-by, split the vsc_tp_packet struct
definition into a header and a full-packet definition and use a fixed
size buf[] in the packet definition, this way fortify-source buffer
overrun checking still works when enabled.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mcb: fix a double free bug in chameleon_parse_gdd()
In chameleon_parse_gdd(), if mcb_device_register() fails, 'mdev'
would be released in mcb_device_register() via put_device().
Thus, goto 'err' label and free 'mdev' again causes a double free.
Just return if mcb_device_register() fails.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
spi: spi-imx: Add check for spi_imx_setupxfer()
Add check for the return value of spi_imx_setupxfer().
spi_imx->rx and spi_imx->tx function pointer can be NULL when
spi_imx_setupxfer() return error, and make NULL pointer dereference.
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
Call trace:
0x0
spi_imx_pio_transfer+0x50/0xd8
spi_imx_transfer_one+0x18c/0x858
spi_transfer_one_message+0x43c/0x790
__spi_pump_transfer_message+0x238/0x5d4
__spi_sync+0x2b0/0x454
spi_write_then_read+0x11c/0x200
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: fix WARNING "do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING"
wait_event_timeout() will set the state of the current
task to TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, before doing the condition check. This
means that ksmbd_durable_scavenger_alive() will try to acquire the mutex
while already in a sleeping state. The scheduler warns us by giving
the following warning:
do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING; state=2 set at
[<0000000061515a6f>] prepare_to_wait_event+0x9f/0x6c0
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 4147 at kernel/sched/core.c:10099 __might_sleep+0x12f/0x160
mutex lock is not needed in ksmbd_durable_scavenger_alive().
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
udmabuf: fix a buf size overflow issue during udmabuf creation
by casting size_limit_mb to u64 when calculate pglimit.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sound/virtio: Fix cancel_sync warnings on uninitialized work_structs
Betty reported hitting the following warning:
[ 8.709131][ T221] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 221 at kernel/workqueue.c:4182
...
[ 8.713282][ T221] Call trace:
[ 8.713365][ T221] __flush_work+0x8d0/0x914
[ 8.713468][ T221] __cancel_work_sync+0xac/0xfc
[ 8.713570][ T221] cancel_work_sync+0x24/0x34
[ 8.713667][ T221] virtsnd_remove+0xa8/0xf8 [virtio_snd ab15f34d0dd772f6d11327e08a81d46dc9c36276]
[ 8.713868][ T221] virtsnd_probe+0x48c/0x664 [virtio_snd ab15f34d0dd772f6d11327e08a81d46dc9c36276]
[ 8.714035][ T221] virtio_dev_probe+0x28c/0x390
[ 8.714139][ T221] really_probe+0x1bc/0x4c8
...
It seems we're hitting the error path in virtsnd_probe(), which
triggers a virtsnd_remove() which iterates over the substreams
calling cancel_work_sync() on the elapsed_period work_struct.
Looking at the code, from earlier in:
virtsnd_probe()->virtsnd_build_devs()->virtsnd_pcm_parse_cfg()
We set snd->nsubstreams, allocate the snd->substreams, and if
we then hit an error on the info allocation or something in
virtsnd_ctl_query_info() fails, we will exit without having
initialized the elapsed_period work_struct.
When that error path unwinds we then call virtsnd_remove()
which as long as the substreams array is allocated, will iterate
through calling cancel_work_sync() on the uninitialized work
struct hitting this warning.
Takashi Iwai suggested this fix, which initializes the substreams
structure right after allocation, so that if we hit the error
paths we avoid trying to cleanup uninitialized data.
Note: I have not yet managed to reproduce the issue myself, so
this patch has had limited testing.
Feedback or thoughts would be appreciated!
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/ntfs3: Keep write operations atomic
syzbot reported a NULL pointer dereference in __generic_file_write_iter. [1]
Before the write operation is completed, the user executes ioctl[2] to clear
the compress flag of the file, which causes the is_compressed() judgment to
return 0, further causing the program to enter the wrong process and call the
wrong ops ntfs_aops_cmpr, which triggers the null pointer dereference of
write_begin.
Use inode lock to synchronize ioctl and write to avoid this case.
[1]
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x0000000086000006
EC = 0x21: IABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault
user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=000000011896d000
[0000000000000000] pgd=0800000118b44403, p4d=0800000118b44403, pud=0800000117517403, pmd=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 0000000086000006 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6427 Comm: syz-executor347 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc3-syzkaller-g573067a5a685 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024
pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : 0x0
lr : generic_perform_write+0x29c/0x868 mm/filemap.c:4055
sp : ffff80009d4978a0
x29: ffff80009d4979c0 x28: dfff800000000000 x27: ffff80009d497bc8
x26: 0000000000000000 x25: ffff80009d497960 x24: ffff80008ba71c68
x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffff0000c655dac0 x21: 0000000000001000
x20: 000000000000000c x19: 1ffff00013a92f2c x18: ffff0000e183aa1c
x17: 0004060000000014 x16: ffff800083275834 x15: 0000000000000001
x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000001 x12: ffff0000c655dac0
x11: 0000000000ff0100 x10: 0000000000ff0100 x9 : 0000000000000000
x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : ffff80009d497980 x4 : ffff80009d497960 x3 : 0000000000001000
x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff0000e183a928 x0 : ffff0000d60b0fc0
Call trace:
0x0 (P)
__generic_file_write_iter+0xfc/0x204 mm/filemap.c:4156
ntfs_file_write_iter+0x54c/0x630 fs/ntfs3/file.c:1267
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:586 [inline]
vfs_write+0x920/0xcf4 fs/read_write.c:679
ksys_write+0x15c/0x26c fs/read_write.c:731
__do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:742 [inline]
__se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:739 [inline]
__arm64_sys_write+0x7c/0x90 fs/read_write.c:739
__invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2b8 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
el0_svc_common+0x130/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
el0_svc+0x54/0x168 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:744
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0x108 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:762
[2]
ioctl$FS_IOC_SETFLAGS(r0, 0x40086602, &(0x7f00000000c0)=0x20)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix kmemleak warning for percpu hashmap
Vlad Poenaru reported the following kmemleak issue:
unreferenced object 0x606fd7c44ac8 (size 32):
backtrace (crc 0):
pcpu_alloc_noprof+0x730/0xeb0
bpf_map_alloc_percpu+0x69/0xc0
prealloc_init+0x9d/0x1b0
htab_map_alloc+0x363/0x510
map_create+0x215/0x3a0
__sys_bpf+0x16b/0x3e0
__x64_sys_bpf+0x18/0x20
do_syscall_64+0x7b/0x150
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
Further investigation shows the reason is due to not 8-byte aligned
store of percpu pointer in htab_elem_set_ptr():
*(void __percpu **)(l->key + key_size) = pptr;
Note that the whole htab_elem alignment is 8 (for x86_64). If the key_size
is 4, that means pptr is stored in a location which is 4 byte aligned but
not 8 byte aligned. In mm/kmemleak.c, scan_block() scans the memory based
on 8 byte stride, so it won't detect above pptr, hence reporting the memory
leak.
In htab_map_alloc(), we already have
htab->elem_size = sizeof(struct htab_elem) +
round_up(htab->map.key_size, 8);
if (percpu)
htab->elem_size += sizeof(void *);
else
htab->elem_size += round_up(htab->map.value_size, 8);
So storing pptr with 8-byte alignment won't cause any problem and can fix
kmemleak too.
The issue can be reproduced with bpf selftest as well:
1. Enable CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK config
2. Add a getchar() before skel destroy in test_hash_map() in prog_tests/for_each.c.
The purpose is to keep map available so kmemleak can be detected.
3. run './test_progs -t for_each/hash_map &' and a kmemleak should be reported.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: null - Use spin lock instead of mutex
As the null algorithm may be freed in softirq context through
af_alg, use spin locks instead of mutexes to protect the default
null algorithm.