Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 6.19.8 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
spi: qup: fix error pointer deref after DMA setup failure
The driver falls back to PIO mode if DMA setup fails during probe.
Make sure to the clear the DMA channel pointers on setup failure to
avoid dereferencing an error pointer (or attempting to release a channel
a second time) on later probe errors or driver unbind.
This issue was flagged by Sashiko when reviewing a devres allocation
conversion patch.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: SVM: Disable AVIC IPI virtualization on Hygon Family 18h (erratum #1235)
Hygon Family 18h CPUs are derived from AMD Family 17h (Zen1) silicon and
share the same erratum #1235: hardware may read a stale IsRunning=1 bit
during ICR write emulation and silently fail to generate an
AVIC_IPI_FAILURE_TARGET_NOT_RUNNING VM-Exit on the sending vCPU.
The absence of the VM-Exit causes KVM to miss the required wakeup of
blocking target vCPUs, leading to hung vCPUs and unbounded delays in
guest execution.
Extend the existing AMD Family 17h erratum #1235 workaround to also cover
Hygon Family 18h. With IPI virtualization disabled, KVM never sets
IsRunning=1 in the Physical ID table, so every non-self IPI generates a
VM-Exit and is correctly emulated.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: Do not call map->ops->elt_free() if elt_alloc() fails
In paths where tracing_map_elt_alloc() failed to allocate objects,
the map->ops->elt_alloc() call was never successful. In this case,
map->ops->elt_free() should not be called.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: cfg80211: advance loop vars in cfg80211_merge_profile()
cfg80211_merge_profile() reassembles a Multi-BSSID non-transmitted BSS
profile that has been split across multiple consecutive MBSSID elements.
Its while-loop calls
cfg80211_get_profile_continuation(ie, ielen, mbssid_elem, sub_elem)
but never advances mbssid_elem or sub_elem inside the body. Each
iteration therefore searches for a continuation that follows the same
fixed pair; the helper returns the same next_mbssid; and the same
next_sub bytes are memcpy()'d into merged_ie at a growing offset until
the buffer fills.
Advance both mbssid_elem and sub_elem to the just-consumed continuation
so the next call to cfg80211_get_profile_continuation() searches for a
further continuation beyond it (or returns NULL when none exists).
A specially-crafted malicious beacon can take advantage of this bug
to cause the kernel to spend an excessive amount of time in
cfg80211_merge_profile (up to as much as 2ms per beacon received),
which could theoretically be abused in some way.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: mld: stop TX during firmware restart
When iwlwifi firmware crashes (e.g., NMI_INTERRUPT_UNKNOWN on Intel
BE201/Wi-Fi 7), iwl_mld_nic_error() sets mld->fw_status.in_hw_restart
to true. However, iwl_mld_tx_from_txq() does not check this flag before
dequeuing frames from mac80211 and pushing them to the transport layer.
Since the firmware is dead, iwl_trans_tx() returns -EIO for each frame,
which then gets freed immediately. Under high-throughput conditions
(e.g., Tailscale UDP traffic or active SSH sessions), this creates a
tight dequeue-send-fail-free loop that wastes CPU cycles and generates
rapid skb allocation churn, leading to memory pressure from slab
fragmentation.
The RX path already has this guard (iwl_mld_rx_mpdu checks
in_hw_restart at rx.c:1906), and so does the TXQ allocation worker
(iwl_mld_add_txqs_wk at tx.c:156). Add the same guard to
iwl_mld_tx_from_txq() to stop all TX during firmware restart.
Frames left in mac80211's TXQs are naturally drained after restart
completes, when queue reallocation triggers iwl_mld_tx_from_txq()
via iwl_mld_add_txq_list(), or when new upper-layer traffic invokes
wake_tx_queue.
Tested on ASUS Zenbook 14 UX3405CA with Intel BE201 (Wi-Fi 7) on
kernel 6.19.5 where the firmware crashes approximately every 10-15
minutes under Tailscale traffic.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2026-07-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix driver-set TX rates on old devices
On old devices such as 7265D, rates are still encoded in version 1
format, which doesn't use the CCK/OFDM rate index (0-3/0-7) but
rather their PLCP value (e.g. 10 for 1 Mbps CCK rate.)
While introducing v3 rates, I changed the driver from internally
handling v1 rates and converting to v2, to internally handling v3
and converting to v1 or v2 according to the firmware. I accordingly
changed the code in iwl_mvm_mac80211_idx_to_hwrate() to no longer
have different values for different APIs. This was correct.
However, I later reverted this part of the change, because it was
reported that I had broken beacon rates, causing a FW assert/crash.
This caused TX_CMD rates to be set incorrectly, potentially causing
a warning when reported back from the device as having been used.
Fix this (hopefully correctly now) by handling beacon rates in the
TX_CMD that's embedded in the beacon template command separately.
Restore iwl_mvm_mac80211_idx_to_hwrate() to return only the rate
index, not PLCP value, fixing the real TX_CMD.
CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-07-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
phonet/pep: disable BH around forwarded sk_receive_skb()
The networking receive path is usually run from softirq context, but
protocols that take the socket lock may have packets stored in the
backlog and processed later from process context. In that case
release_sock() -> __release_sock() drops the slock with spin_unlock_bh()
and then calls sk->sk_backlog_rcv() with bottom halves enabled.
Typical sk_backlog_rcv handlers process the socket whose backlog is
being drained, so the BH state at entry is irrelevant for the slocks
they touch. pep_do_rcv() is different: when the inbound skb targets an
existing PEP pipe, it forwards the skb to a different *child* socket
via sk_receive_skb(). That helper takes the child slock with
bh_lock_sock_nested(), which is just spin_lock_nested() and assumes BH
is already off. The same child slock therefore ends up acquired with
BH on (process path) and with BH off (softirq path):
process context softirq context
--------------- ---------------
release_sock(listener) __netif_receive_skb()
__release_sock() phonet_rcv()
spin_unlock_bh() __sk_receive_skb(listener)
[BH now ENABLED] [BH already disabled]
sk_backlog_rcv: sk_backlog_rcv:
pep_do_rcv() pep_do_rcv()
sk_receive_skb(child) sk_receive_skb(child)
bh_lock_sock_nested(child) bh_lock_sock_nested(child)
=> SOFTIRQ-ON-W => IN-SOFTIRQ-W
Lockdep flags this as inconsistent lock state, and it can become a real
self-deadlock if a softirq on the same CPU tries to receive to the same
child socket while its slock is held in the BH-enabled path:
WARNING: inconsistent lock state
inconsistent {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} -> {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} usage.
(slock-AF_PHONET/1){+.?.}-{3:3}, at: __sk_receive_skb+0x1cf/0x900
__sk_receive_skb net/core/sock.c:563
sk_receive_skb include/net/sock.h:2022 [inline]
pep_do_rcv net/phonet/pep.c:675
sk_backlog_rcv include/net/sock.h:1190
__release_sock net/core/sock.c:3216
release_sock net/core/sock.c:3815
pep_sock_accept net/phonet/pep.c:879
Wrap the forwarded sk_receive_skb() in local_bh_disable() /
local_bh_enable() so the child slock is always acquired with BH off.
local_bh_disable() nests safely on the softirq path.
Discovered via in-house syzkaller fuzzing; the same root cause also
on the linux-6.1.y syzbot dashboard as extid 44f0626dd6284f02663c.
Reproduced under KASAN + LOCKDEP + PROVE_LOCKING, reproducer:
https://pastebin.com/A3t8xzCR
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ti: icssm-prueth: fix eth_ports_node leak in probe
The error path on of_property_read_u32() failure inside
icssm_prueth_probe() returns without putting eth_ports_node,
which was acquired before the for_each_child_of_node() loop.
Drop it before returning.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
idpf: fix read_dev_clk_lock spinlock init in idpf_ptp_init()
In idpf_ptp_init(), read_dev_clk_lock is initialized after
ptp_schedule_worker() had already been called (and after
idpf_ptp_settime64() could reach the lock). The PTP aux worker
fires immediately upon scheduling and can call into
idpf_ptp_read_src_clk_reg_direct(), which takes
spin_lock(&ptp->read_dev_clk_lock) on an uninitialized lock, triggering
the lockdep "non-static key" warning:
[12973.796587] idpf 0000:83:00.0: Device HW Reset initiated
[12974.094507] INFO: trying to register non-static key.
...
[12974.097208] Call Trace:
[12974.097213] <TASK>
[12974.097218] dump_stack_lvl+0x93/0xe0
[12974.097234] register_lock_class+0x4c4/0x4e0
[12974.097249] ? __lock_acquire+0x427/0x2290
[12974.097259] __lock_acquire+0x98/0x2290
[12974.097272] lock_acquire+0xc6/0x310
[12974.097281] ? idpf_ptp_read_src_clk_reg+0xb7/0x150 [idpf]
[12974.097311] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xde/0x190
[12974.097318] ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0xd2/0x350
[12974.097330] ? __pfx_ptp_aux_kworker+0x10/0x10 [ptp]
[12974.097343] _raw_spin_lock+0x30/0x40
[12974.097353] ? idpf_ptp_read_src_clk_reg+0xb7/0x150 [idpf]
[12974.097373] idpf_ptp_read_src_clk_reg+0xb7/0x150 [idpf]
[12974.097391] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x88/0x3d0
[12974.097404] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x4e/0x3d0
[12974.097411] idpf_ptp_update_cached_phctime+0x26/0x120 [idpf]
[12974.097428] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x28/0x50
[12974.097436] idpf_ptp_do_aux_work+0x15/0x20 [idpf]
[12974.097454] ptp_aux_kworker+0x20/0x40 [ptp]
[12974.097464] kthread_worker_fn+0xd5/0x3d0
[12974.097474] ? __pfx_kthread_worker_fn+0x10/0x10
[12974.097482] kthread+0xf4/0x130
[12974.097489] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[12974.097498] ret_from_fork+0x32c/0x410
[12974.097512] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[12974.097519] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[12974.097540] </TASK>
Move the call to spin_lock_init() up a bit to make sure read_dev_clk_lock
is not touched before it's been initialized.
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2026-07-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
test_kprobes: clear kprobes between test runs
Running the kprobes sanity tests twice makes all tests fail and
eventually crashes the kernel.
[root@martin-riscv-1 ~]# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/kunit/kprobes_test/run
...
# Totals: pass:5 fail:0 skip:0 total:5
ok 1 kprobes_test
[root@martin-riscv-1 ~]# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/kunit/kprobes_test/run
...
# test_kprobe: EXPECTATION FAILED at lib/tests/test_kprobes.c:64
Expected 0 == register_kprobe(&kp), but
register_kprobe(&kp) == -22 (0xffffffffffffffea)
...
Unable to handle kernel paging request ...
The testsuite defines several kprobes and kretprobes as static variables
that are preserved across test runs.
After register_kprobe and unregister_kprobe, a kprobe contains some
leftover data that must be cleared before the kprobe can be registered
again. The tests are setting symbol_name to define the probe location.
Address and flags must be cleared.
The existing code clears some of the probes between subsequent tests, but
not between two test runs. The leftover data from a previous test run
makes the registrations fail in the next run.
Move the cleanups for all kprobes into kprobes_test_init, this function
is called before each single test (including the first test of a test
run).
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-19