Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.6.15 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/mbcache: cancel shrink work before destroying the cache
mb_cache_destroy() calls shrinker_free() and then frees all cache
entries and the cache itself, but it does not cancel the pending
c_shrink_work work item first.
If mb_cache_entry_create() schedules c_shrink_work via schedule_work()
and the work item is still pending or running when mb_cache_destroy()
runs, mb_cache_shrink_worker() will access the cache after its memory
has been freed, causing a use-after-free.
This is only reachable by a privileged user (root or CAP_SYS_ADMIN)
who can trigger the last put of a mounted ext2/ext4/ocfs2 filesystem.
Cancel the work item with cancel_work_sync() before calling
shrinker_free(), ensuring the worker has finished and will not be
rescheduled before the cache is torn down.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/omfs: reject s_sys_blocksize smaller than OMFS_DIR_START
omfs_fill_super() rejects oversized s_sys_blocksize values (> PAGE_SIZE),
but it does not reject values smaller than OMFS_DIR_START (0x1b8 = 440).
Later, omfs_make_empty() uses
sbi->s_sys_blocksize - OMFS_DIR_START
as the length argument to memset(). Since s_sys_blocksize is u32,
a crafted filesystem image with s_sys_blocksize < OMFS_DIR_START causes
an unsigned underflow there, wrapping to a value near 2^32. That drives
a ~4 GiB memset() from bh->b_data + OMFS_DIR_START and overwrites kernel
memory far beyond the backing block buffer.
Add the corresponding lower-bound check alongside the existing upper-bound
check in omfs_fill_super(), so that malformed images are rejected during
superblock validation before any filesystem data is processed.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
s390/cio: use generic driver_override infrastructure
When a driver is probed through __driver_attach(), the bus' match()
callback is called without the device lock held, thus accessing the
driver_override field without a lock, which can cause a UAF.
Fix this by using the driver-core driver_override infrastructure taking
care of proper locking internally.
Note that calling match() from __driver_attach() without the device lock
held is intentional. [1]
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI: use generic driver_override infrastructure
When a driver is probed through __driver_attach(), the bus' match()
callback is called without the device lock held, thus accessing the
driver_override field without a lock, which can cause a UAF.
Fix this by using the driver-core driver_override infrastructure taking
care of proper locking internally.
Note that calling match() from __driver_attach() without the device lock
held is intentional. [1]
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: test_run: Fix the null pointer dereference issue in bpf_lwt_xmit_push_encap
The bpf_lwt_xmit_push_encap helper needs to access skb_dst(skb)->dev to
calculate the needed headroom:
err = skb_cow_head(skb,
len + LL_RESERVED_SPACE(skb_dst(skb)->dev));
But skb->_skb_refdst may not be initialized when the skb is set up by
bpf_prog_test_run_skb function. Executing bpf_lwt_push_ip_encap function
in this scenario will trigger null pointer dereference, causing a kernel
crash as Yinhao reported:
[ 105.186365] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
[ 105.186382] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 105.186388] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 105.186393] PGD 121d3d067 P4D 121d3d067 PUD 106c83067 PMD 0
[ 105.186404] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ 105.186412] CPU: 3 PID: 3250 Comm: poc Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.19.0-rc5 #1
[ 105.186423] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[ 105.186427] RIP: 0010:bpf_lwt_push_ip_encap+0x1eb/0x520
[ 105.186443] Code: 0f 84 de 01 00 00 0f b7 4a 04 66 85 c9 0f 85 47 01 00 00 31 c0 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e c3 cc cc cc cc 48 8b 73 58 48 83 e6 fe <48> 8b 36 0f b7 be ec 00 00 00 0f b7 b6 e6 00 00 00 01 fe 83 e6 f0
[ 105.186449] RSP: 0018:ffffbb0e0387bc50 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 105.186455] RAX: 000000000000004e RBX: ffff94c74e036500 RCX: ffff94c74874da00
[ 105.186460] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff94c74e036500
[ 105.186463] RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 105.186467] R10: ffffbb0e0387bd50 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffbb0e0387bc98
[ 105.186471] R13: 0000000000000014 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000002
[ 105.186484] FS: 00007f166aa4d680(0000) GS:ffff94c8b7780000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 105.186490] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 105.186494] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000015eade001 CR4: 0000000000770ee0
[ 105.186499] PKRU: 55555554
[ 105.186502] Call Trace:
[ 105.186507] <TASK>
[ 105.186513] bpf_lwt_xmit_push_encap+0x2b/0x40
[ 105.186522] bpf_prog_a75eaad51e517912+0x41/0x49
[ 105.186536] ? kvm_clock_get_cycles+0x18/0x30
[ 105.186547] ? ktime_get+0x3c/0xa0
[ 105.186554] bpf_test_run+0x195/0x320
[ 105.186563] ? bpf_test_run+0x10f/0x320
[ 105.186579] bpf_prog_test_run_skb+0x2f5/0x4f0
[ 105.186590] __sys_bpf+0x69c/0xa40
[ 105.186603] __x64_sys_bpf+0x1e/0x30
[ 105.186611] do_syscall_64+0x59/0x110
[ 105.186620] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0xe0
[ 105.186649] RIP: 0033:0x7f166a97455d
Temporarily add the setting of skb->_skb_refdst before bpf_test_run to resolve the issue.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtlwifi: pci: fix possible use-after-free caused by unfinished irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet
The irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet is initialized in rtl_pci_init() and
scheduled when RTL_IMR_BCNINT interrupt is triggered by hardware.
But it is never killed in rtl_pci_deinit(). When the rtlwifi card
probe fails or is being detached, the ieee80211_hw is deallocated.
However, irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet may still be running or pending,
leading to use-after-free when the freed ieee80211_hw is accessed
in _rtl_pci_prepare_bcn_tasklet().
Similar to irq_tasklet, add tasklet_kill() in rtl_pci_deinit() to
ensure that irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet is properly terminated before
the ieee80211_hw is released.
The issue was identified through static analysis.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix use-after-free in offloaded map/prog info fill
When querying info for an offloaded BPF map or program,
bpf_map_offload_info_fill_ns() and bpf_prog_offload_info_fill_ns()
obtain the network namespace with get_net(dev_net(offmap->netdev)).
However, the associated netdev's netns may be racing with teardown
during netns destruction. If the netns refcount has already reached 0,
get_net() performs a refcount_t increment on 0, triggering:
refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.
Although rtnl_lock and bpf_devs_lock ensure the netdev pointer remains
valid, they cannot prevent the netns refcount from reaching zero.
Fix this by using maybe_get_net() instead of get_net(). maybe_get_net()
uses refcount_inc_not_zero() and returns NULL if the refcount is already
zero, which causes ns_get_path_cb() to fail and the caller to return
-ENOENT -- the correct behavior when the netns is being destroyed.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: pull headers in qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init()
Most ndo_start_xmit() methods expects headers of gso packets
to be already in skb->head.
net/core/tso.c users are particularly at risk, because tso_build_hdr()
does a memcpy(hdr, skb->data, hdr_len);
qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init() already does a dissection of gso packets.
Use pskb_may_pull() instead of skb_header_pointer() to make
sure drivers do not have to reimplement this.
Some malicious packets could be fed, detect them so that we can
drop them sooner with a new SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_BAD_GSO drop_reason.
CVSS Score
8.4
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: brcmfmac: Fix error pointer dereference
The function brcmf_chip_add_core() can return an error pointer and is
not checked. Add checks for error pointer.
Detected by Smatch:
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/chip.c:1010 brcmf_chip_recognition() error:
'core' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/chip.c:1013 brcmf_chip_recognition() error:
'core' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/chip.c:1016 brcmf_chip_recognition() error:
'core' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/chip.c:1019 brcmf_chip_recognition() error:
'core' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/chip.c:1022 brcmf_chip_recognition() error:
'core' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
[add missing wifi: prefix]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: cls_fw: fix NULL dereference of "old" filters before change()
Like pointed out by Sashiko [1], since commit ed76f5edccc9 ("net: sched:
protect filter_chain list with filter_chain_lock mutex") TC filters are
added to a shared block and published to datapath before their ->change()
function is called. This is a problem for cls_fw: an invalid filter
created with the "old" method can still classify some packets before it
is destroyed by the validation logic added by Xiang.
Therefore, insisting with repeated runs of the following script:
# ip link add dev crash0 type dummy
# ip link set dev crash0 up
# mausezahn crash0 -c 100000 -P 10 \
> -A 4.3.2.1 -B 1.2.3.4 -t udp "dp=1234" -q &
# sleep 1
# tc qdisc add dev crash0 egress_block 1 clsact
# tc filter add block 1 protocol ip prio 1 matchall \
> action skbedit mark 65536 continue
# tc filter add block 1 protocol ip prio 2 fw
# ip link del dev crash0
can still make fw_classify() hit the WARN_ON() in [2]:
WARNING: ./include/net/pkt_cls.h:88 at fw_classify+0x244/0x250 [cls_fw], CPU#18: mausezahn/1399
Modules linked in: cls_fw(E) act_skbedit(E)
CPU: 18 UID: 0 PID: 1399 Comm: mausezahn Tainted: G E 7.0.0-rc6-virtme #17 PREEMPT(full)
Tainted: [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.16.3-2.el9 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:fw_classify+0x244/0x250 [cls_fw]
Code: 5c 49 c7 45 00 00 00 00 00 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc 5b b8 ff ff ff ff 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb a0 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffd1b7026bf8a8 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: ffff8c5ac9c60800 RBX: ffff8c5ac99322c0 RCX: 0000000000000004
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffff8c5b74d7a000 RDI: ffff8c5ac8284f40
RBP: ffffd1b7026bf8d0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffd1b7026bf9b0
R10: 00000000ffffffff R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000010000
R13: ffffd1b7026bf930 R14: ffff8c5ac8284f40 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 00007fca40c37740(0000) GS:ffff8c5b74d7a000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fca40e822a0 CR3: 0000000005ca0001 CR4: 0000000000172ef0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
tcf_classify+0x17d/0x5c0
tc_run+0x9d/0x150
__dev_queue_xmit+0x2ab/0x14d0
ip_finish_output2+0x340/0x8f0
ip_output+0xa4/0x250
raw_sendmsg+0x147d/0x14b0
__sys_sendto+0x1cc/0x1f0
__x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30
do_syscall_64+0x126/0xf80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fca40e822ba
Code: d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b8 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 41 89 ca 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 15 b8 2c 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 7e c3 0f 1f 44 00 00 41 54 48 83 ec 30 44 89
RSP: 002b:00007ffc248a42c8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055ef233289d0 RCX: 00007fca40e822ba
RDX: 000000000000001e RSI: 000055ef23328c30 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 000055ef233289d0 R08: 00007ffc248a42d0 R09: 0000000000000010
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000000001e
R13: 00000000000186a0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00007fca41043000
</TASK>
irq event stamp: 1045778
hardirqs last enabled at (1045784): [<ffffffff864ec042>] __up_console_sem+0x52/0x60
hardirqs last disabled at (1045789): [<ffffffff864ec027>] __up_console_sem+0x37/0x60
softirqs last enabled at (1045426): [<ffffffff874d48c7>] __alloc_skb+0x207/0x260
softirqs last disabled at (1045434): [<ffffffff874fe8f8>] __dev_queue_xmit+0x78/0x14d0
Then, because of the value in the packet's mark, dereference on 'q->handle'
with NULL 'q' occurs:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000038
[...]
RIP: 0010:fw_classify+0x1fe/0x250 [cls_fw]
[...]
Skip "old-style" classification on shared blocks, so that the NULL
dereference is fixed and WARN_ON() is not hit anymore in the short
lifetime of invalid cls_fw "old-style" filters.
[1] https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/2
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CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24