Security Vulnerabilities - CVEs Published In May 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
power: supply: pf1550: Fix use-after-free in power_supply_changed()
Using the `devm_` variant for requesting IRQ _before_ the `devm_`
variant for allocating/registering the `power_supply` handle, means that
the `power_supply` handle will be deallocated/unregistered _before_ the
interrupt handler (since `devm_` naturally deallocates in reverse
allocation order). This means that during removal, there is a race
condition where an interrupt can fire just _after_ the `power_supply`
handle has been freed, *but* just _before_ the corresponding
unregistration of the IRQ handler has run.
This will lead to the IRQ handler calling `power_supply_changed()` with
a freed `power_supply` handle. Which usually crashes the system or
otherwise silently corrupts the memory...
Note that there is a similar situation which can also happen during
`probe()`; the possibility of an interrupt firing _before_ registering
the `power_supply` handle. This would then lead to the nasty situation
of using the `power_supply` handle *uninitialized* in
`power_supply_changed()`.
Fix this racy use-after-free by making sure the IRQ is requested _after_
the registration of the `power_supply` handle.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: Fix deadlocks between devlink and netdev instance locks
In the mentioned "Fixes" commit, various work tasks triggering devlink
health reporter recovery were switched to use netdev_trylock to protect
against concurrent tear down of the channels being recovered. But this
had the side effect of introducing potential deadlocks because of
incorrect lock ordering.
The correct lock order is described by the init flow:
probe_one -> mlx5_init_one (acquires devlink lock)
-> mlx5_init_one_devl_locked -> mlx5_register_device
-> mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked -...-> mlx5e_probe -> _mlx5e_probe
-> register_netdev (acquires rtnl lock)
-> register_netdevice (acquires netdev lock)
=> devlink lock -> rtnl lock -> netdev lock.
But in the current recovery flow, the order is wrong:
mlx5e_tx_err_cqe_work (acquires netdev lock)
-> mlx5e_reporter_tx_err_cqe -> mlx5e_health_report
-> devlink_health_report (acquires devlink lock => boom!)
-> devlink_health_reporter_recover
-> mlx5e_tx_reporter_recover -> mlx5e_tx_reporter_recover_from_ctx
-> mlx5e_tx_reporter_err_cqe_recover
The same pattern exists in:
mlx5e_reporter_rx_timeout
mlx5e_reporter_tx_ptpsq_unhealthy
mlx5e_reporter_tx_timeout
Fix these by moving the netdev_trylock calls from the work handlers
lower in the call stack, in the respective recovery functions, where
they are actually necessary.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
accel/amdxdna: Fix memory leak in amdxdna_ubuf_map
The amdxdna_ubuf_map() function allocates memory for sg and
internal sg table structures, but it fails to free them if subsequent
operations (sg_alloc_table_from_pages or dma_map_sgtable) fail.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
clk: mediatek: Drop __initconst from gates
Since commit 8ceff24a754a ("clk: mediatek: clk-gate: Refactor
mtk_clk_register_gate to use mtk_gate struct") the mtk_gate structs
are no longer just used for initialization/registration, but also at
runtime. So drop __initconst annotations.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/rxe: Fix race condition in QP timer handlers
I encontered the following warning:
WARNING: drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_task.c:249 at rxe_sched_task+0x1c8/0x238 [rdma_rxe], CPU#0: swapper/0/0
...
libsha1 [last unloaded: ip6_udp_tunnel]
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G C 6.19.0-rc5-64k-v8+ #37 PREEMPT
Tainted: [C]=CRAP
Hardware name: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2
Call trace:
rxe_sched_task+0x1c8/0x238 [rdma_rxe] (P)
retransmit_timer+0x130/0x188 [rdma_rxe]
call_timer_fn+0x68/0x4d0
__run_timers+0x630/0x888
...
WARNING: drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_task.c:38 at rxe_sched_task+0x1c0/0x238 [rdma_rxe], CPU#0: swapper/0/0
...
WARNING: drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_task.c:111 at do_work+0x488/0x5c8 [rdma_rxe], CPU#3: kworker/u17:4/93400
...
refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.
WARNING: lib/refcount.c:28 at refcount_warn_saturate+0x138/0x1a0, CPU#3: kworker/u17:4/93400
The issue is caused by a race condition between retransmit_timer() and
rxe_destroy_qp, leading to the Queue Pair's (QP) reference count dropping
to zero during timer handler execution.
It seems this warning is harmless because rxe_qp_do_cleanup() will flush
all pending timers and requests.
Example of flow causing the issue:
CPU0 CPU1
retransmit_timer() {
spin_lock_irqsave
rxe_destroy_qp()
__rxe_cleanup()
__rxe_put() // qp->ref_count decrease to 0
rxe_qp_do_cleanup() {
if (qp->valid) {
rxe_sched_task() {
WARN_ON(rxe_read(task->qp) <= 0);
}
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore
}
spin_lock_irqsave
qp->valid = 0
spin_unlock_irqrestore
}
Ensure the QP's reference count is maintained and its validity is checked
within the timer callbacks by adding calls to rxe_get(qp) and corresponding
rxe_put(qp) after use.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: cdns3: fix role switching during resume
If the role change while we are suspended, the cdns3 driver switches to the
new mode during resume. However, switching to host mode in this context
causes a NULL pointer dereference.
The host role's start() operation registers a xhci-hcd device, but its
probe is deferred while we are in the resume path. The host role's resume()
operation assumes the xhci-hcd device is already probed, which is not the
case, leading to the dereference. Since the start() operation of the new
role is already called, the resume operation can be skipped.
So skip the resume operation for the new role if a role switch occurs
during resume. Once the resume sequence is complete, the xhci-hcd device
can be probed in case of host mode.
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000208
Mem abort info:
...
Data abort info:
...
[0000000000000208] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 146 Comm: sh Not tainted
6.19.0-rc7-00013-g6e64f4aabfae-dirty #135 PREEMPT
Hardware name: Texas Instruments J7200 EVM (DT)
pstate: 20000005 (nzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : usb_hcd_is_primary_hcd+0x0/0x1c
lr : cdns_host_resume+0x24/0x5c
...
Call trace:
usb_hcd_is_primary_hcd+0x0/0x1c (P)
cdns_resume+0x6c/0xbc
cdns3_controller_resume.isra.0+0xe8/0x17c
cdns3_plat_resume+0x18/0x24
platform_pm_resume+0x2c/0x68
dpm_run_callback+0x90/0x248
device_resume+0x100/0x24c
dpm_resume+0x190/0x2ec
dpm_resume_end+0x18/0x34
suspend_devices_and_enter+0x2b0/0xa44
pm_suspend+0x16c/0x5fc
state_store+0x80/0xec
kobj_attr_store+0x18/0x2c
sysfs_kf_write+0x7c/0x94
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x130/0x1dc
vfs_write+0x240/0x370
ksys_write+0x70/0x108
__arm64_sys_write+0x1c/0x28
invoke_syscall+0x48/0x10c
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x40/0xe0
do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
el0_svc+0x34/0x108
el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe4
el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c
Code: 52800003 f9407ca5 d63f00a0 17ffffe4 (f9410401)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: don't cache extent during splitting extent
Caching extents during the splitting process is risky, as it may result
in stale extents remaining in the status tree. Moreover, in most cases,
the corresponding extent block entries are likely already cached before
the split happens, making caching here not particularly useful.
Assume we have an unwritten extent, and then DIO writes the first half.
[UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU] on-disk extent U: unwritten extent
[UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU] extent status tree
|<- ->| ----> dio write this range
First, when ext4_split_extent_at() splits this extent, it truncates the
existing extent and then inserts a new one. During this process, this
extent status entry may be shrunk, and calls to ext4_find_extent() and
ext4_cache_extents() may occur, which could potentially insert the
truncated range as a hole into the extent status tree. After the split
is completed, this hole is not replaced with the correct status.
[UUUUUUU|UUUUUUUU] on-disk extent U: unwritten extent
[UUUUUUU|HHHHHHHH] extent status tree H: hole
Then, the outer calling functions will not correct this remaining hole
extent either. Finally, if we perform a delayed buffer write on this
latter part, it will re-insert the delayed extent and cause an error in
space accounting.
In adition, if the unwritten extent cache is not shrunk during the
splitting, ext4_cache_extents() also conflicts with existing extents
when caching extents. In the future, we will add checks when caching
extents, which will trigger a warning. Therefore, Do not cache extents
that are being split.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/iwcm: Fix workqueue list corruption by removing work_list
The commit e1168f0 ("RDMA/iwcm: Simplify cm_event_handler()")
changed the work submission logic to unconditionally call
queue_work() with the expectation that queue_work() would
have no effect if work was already pending. The problem is
that a free list of struct iwcm_work is used (for which
struct work_struct is embedded), so each call to queue_work()
is basically unique and therefore does indeed queue the work.
This causes a problem in the work handler which walks the work_list
until it's empty to process entries. This means that a single
run of the work handler could process item N+1 and release it
back to the free list while the actual workqueue entry is still
queued. It could then get reused (INIT_WORK...) and lead to
list corruption in the workqueue logic.
Fix this by just removing the work_list. The workqueue already
does this for us.
This fixes the following error that was observed when stress
testing with ucmatose on an Intel E830 in iWARP mode:
[ 151.465780] list_del corruption. next->prev should be ffff9f0915c69c08, but was ffff9f0a1116be08. (next=ffff9f0a15b11c08)
[ 151.466639] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 151.466986] kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:67!
[ 151.467349] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[ 151.467753] CPU: 14 UID: 0 PID: 2306 Comm: kworker/u64:18 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc4+ #1 PREEMPT(voluntary)
[ 151.468466] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[ 151.469192] Workqueue: 0x0 (iw_cm_wq)
[ 151.469478] RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0xf0/0x100
[ 151.469942] Code: c7 58 5f 4c b2 e8 10 50 aa ff 0f 0b 48 89 ef e8 36 57 cb ff 48 8b 55 08 48 89 e9 48 89 de 48 c7 c7 a8 5f 4c b2 e8 f0 4f aa ff <0f> 0b 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90
[ 151.471323] RSP: 0000:ffffb15644e7bd68 EFLAGS: 00010046
[ 151.471712] RAX: 000000000000006d RBX: ffff9f0915c69c08 RCX: 0000000000000027
[ 151.472243] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff9f0a37d9c600
[ 151.472768] RBP: ffff9f0a15b11c08 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: c0000000ffff7fff
[ 151.473294] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffffb15644e7bba8 R12: ffff9f092339ee68
[ 151.473817] R13: ffff9f0900059c28 R14: ffff9f092339ee78 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 151.474344] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9f0a847b5000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 151.474934] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 151.475362] CR2: 0000559e233a9088 CR3: 000000020296b004 CR4: 0000000000770ef0
[ 151.475895] PKRU: 55555554
[ 151.476118] Call Trace:
[ 151.476331] <TASK>
[ 151.476497] move_linked_works+0x49/0xa0
[ 151.476792] __pwq_activate_work.isra.46+0x2f/0xa0
[ 151.477151] pwq_dec_nr_in_flight+0x1e0/0x2f0
[ 151.477479] process_scheduled_works+0x1c8/0x410
[ 151.477823] worker_thread+0x125/0x260
[ 151.478108] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[ 151.478430] kthread+0xfe/0x240
[ 151.478671] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 151.478955] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 151.479240] ret_from_fork+0x208/0x270
[ 151.479523] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 151.479806] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 151.480103] </TASK>
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.005
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: drop extent cache when splitting extent fails
When the split extent fails, we might leave some extents still being
processed and return an error directly, which will result in stale
extent entries remaining in the extent status tree. So drop all of the
remaining potentially stale extents if the splitting fails.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: caam - fix netdev memory leak in dpaa2_caam_probe
When commit 0e1a4d427f58 ("crypto: caam: Unembed net_dev structure in
dpaa2") converted embedded net_device to dynamically allocated pointers,
it added cleanup in dpaa2_dpseci_disable() but missed adding cleanup in
dpaa2_dpseci_free() for error paths.
This causes memory leaks when dpaa2_dpseci_dpio_setup() fails during probe
due to DPIO devices not being ready yet. The kernel's deferred probe
mechanism handles the retry successfully, but the netdevs allocated during
the failed probe attempt are never freed, resulting in kmemleak reports
showing multiple leaked netdev-related allocations all traced back to
dpaa2_caam_probe().
Fix this by preserving the CPU mask of allocated netdevs during setup and
using it for cleanup in dpaa2_dpseci_free(). This approach ensures that
only the CPUs that actually had netdevs allocated will be cleaned up,
avoiding potential issues with CPU hotplug scenarios.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-05-27