Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 6.6.143 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: fix pedit partial COW leading to page cache corruption
tcf_pedit_act() computes the COW range for skb_ensure_writable()
once before the key loop using tcfp_off_max_hint, but the hint does
not account for the runtime header offset added by typed keys. This
can leave part of the write region un-COW'd.
Fix by moving skb_ensure_writable() inside the per-key loop where
the actual write offset is known, and add overflow checking on the
offset arithmetic. For negative offsets (e.g. Ethernet header edits
at ingress), use skb_cow() to COW the headroom instead. Guard
offset_valid() against INT_MIN, where negation is undefined.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.005
Published
2026-06-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/rxe: Fix iova-to-va conversion for MR page sizes != PAGE_SIZE
The current implementation incorrectly handles memory regions (MRs) with
page sizes different from the system PAGE_SIZE. The core issue is that
rxe_set_page() is called with mr->page_size step increments, but the
page_list stores individual struct page pointers, each representing
PAGE_SIZE of memory.
ib_sg_to_page() has ensured that when i>=1 either
a) SG[i-1].dma_end and SG[i].dma_addr are contiguous
or
b) SG[i-1].dma_end and SG[i].dma_addr are mr->page_size aligned.
This leads to incorrect iova-to-va conversion in scenarios:
1) page_size < PAGE_SIZE (e.g., MR: 4K, system: 64K):
ibmr->iova = 0x181800
sg[0]: dma_addr=0x181800, len=0x800
sg[1]: dma_addr=0x173000, len=0x1000
Access iova = 0x181800 + 0x810 = 0x182010
Expected VA: 0x173010 (second SG, offset 0x10)
Before fix:
- index = (0x182010 >> 12) - (0x181800 >> 12) = 1
- page_offset = 0x182010 & 0xFFF = 0x10
- xarray[1] stores system page base 0x170000
- Resulting VA: 0x170000 + 0x10 = 0x170010 (wrong)
2) page_size > PAGE_SIZE (e.g., MR: 64K, system: 4K):
ibmr->iova = 0x18f800
sg[0]: dma_addr=0x18f800, len=0x800
sg[1]: dma_addr=0x170000, len=0x1000
Access iova = 0x18f800 + 0x810 = 0x190010
Expected VA: 0x170010 (second SG, offset 0x10)
Before fix:
- index = (0x190010 >> 16) - (0x18f800 >> 16) = 1
- page_offset = 0x190010 & 0xFFFF = 0x10
- xarray[1] stores system page for dma_addr 0x170000
- Resulting VA: system page of 0x170000 + 0x10 = 0x170010 (wrong)
Yi Zhang reported a kernel panic[1] years ago related to this defect.
Solution:
1. Replace xarray with pre-allocated rxe_mr_page array for sequential
indexing (all MR page indices are contiguous)
2. Each rxe_mr_page stores both struct page* and offset within the
system page
3. Handle MR page_size != PAGE_SIZE relationships:
- page_size > PAGE_SIZE: Split MR pages into multiple system pages
- page_size <= PAGE_SIZE: Store offset within system page
4. Add boundary checks and compatibility validation
This ensures correct iova-to-va conversion regardless of MR page size
and system PAGE_SIZE relationship, while improving performance through
array-based sequential access.
Tests on 4K and 64K PAGE_SIZE hosts:
- rdma-core/pytests
$ ./build/bin/run_tests.py --dev eth0_rxe
- blktest:
$ TIMEOUT=30 QUICK_RUN=1 USE_RXE=1 NVMET_TRTYPES=rdma ./check nvme srp rnbd
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHj4cs9XRqE25jyVw9rj9YugffLn5+f=1znaBEnu1usLOciD+g@mail.gmail.com/T/
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2026-06-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Revert "net/smc: Introduce TCP ULP support"
This reverts commit d7cd421da9da2cc7b4d25b8537f66db5c8331c40.
As reported by Al Viro, the TCP ULP support for SMC is fundamentally
broken. The implementation attempts to convert an active TCP socket
into an SMC socket by modifying the underlying `struct file`, dentry,
and inode in-place, which violates core VFS invariants that assume
these structures are immutable for an open file, creating a risk of
use after free errors and general system instability.
Given the severity of this design flaw and the fact that cleaner
alternatives (e.g., LD_PRELOAD, BPF) exist for legacy application
transparency, the correct course of action is to remove this feature
entirely.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: use list_del_rcu for netlink hooks
nft_netdev_unregister_hooks and __nft_unregister_flowtable_net_hooks need
to use list_del_rcu(), this list can be walked by concurrent dumpers.
Add a new helper and use it consistently.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-09
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/v3d: Reject empty multisync extension to prevent infinite loop
v3d_get_extensions() walks a userspace-provided singly-linked list of
ioctl extensions without any bound on the chain length. A local user
can craft a self-referential extension (ext->next == &ext) with zero
in_sync_count and out_sync_count, which bypasses the existing duplicate-
extension guard:
if (se->in_sync_count || se->out_sync_count)
return -EINVAL;
The guard never fires because v3d_get_multisync_post_deps() returns
immediately when count is zero, leaving both fields at zero on every
iteration. The result is an infinite loop in kernel context, blocking
the calling thread and pegging a CPU core indefinitely.
Fix this by rejecting a multisync extension where both in_sync_count
and out_sync_count are zero in v3d_get_multisync_submit_deps(). An
empty multisync carries no synchronization information and serves no
useful purpose, so returning -EINVAL for such an extension is the
correct defense against this attack vector.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
selinux: allow multiple opens of /sys/fs/selinux/policy
Currently there can only be a single open of /sys/fs/selinux/policy at
any time. This allows any process to block any other process from
reading the kernel policy. The original motivation seems to have been
a mix of preventing an inconsistent view of the policy size and
preventing userspace from allocating kernel memory without bound, but
this is arguably equally bad. Eliminate the policy_opened flag and
shrink the critical section that the policy mutex is held. While we
are making changes here, drop a couple of extraneous BUG_ONs.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: frequency: admv1013: fix NULL pointer dereference on str
When device_property_read_string() fails, str is left uninitialized
but the code falls through to strcmp(str, ...), dereferencing a garbage
pointer. Replace manual read/strcmp with
device_property_match_property_string() and consolidate the SE mode
enums into a single sequential enum, mapping to hardware register
values via a switch consistent with other bitfields in the driver.
Several cleanup patches have been applied to this driver recently so
this will need a manual backport.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/vkms: Convert to DRM's vblank timer
Replace vkms' vblank timer with the DRM implementation. The DRM
code is identical in concept, but differs in implementation.
Vblank timers are covered in vblank helpers and initializer macros,
so remove the corresponding hrtimer in struct vkms_output. The
vblank timer calls vkms' custom timeout code via handle_vblank_timeout
in struct drm_crtc_helper_funcs.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-08
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
coresight: tmc-etr: Fix race condition between sysfs and perf mode
When trying to run perf and sysfs mode simultaneously, the WARN_ON()
in tmc_etr_enable_hw() is triggered sometimes:
WARNING: CPU: 42 PID: 3911571 at drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c:1060 tmc_etr_enable_hw+0xc0/0xd8 [coresight_tmc]
[..snip..]
Call trace:
tmc_etr_enable_hw+0xc0/0xd8 [coresight_tmc] (P)
tmc_enable_etr_sink+0x11c/0x250 [coresight_tmc] (L)
tmc_enable_etr_sink+0x11c/0x250 [coresight_tmc]
coresight_enable_path+0x1c8/0x218 [coresight]
coresight_enable_sysfs+0xa4/0x228 [coresight]
enable_source_store+0x58/0xa8 [coresight]
dev_attr_store+0x20/0x40
sysfs_kf_write+0x4c/0x68
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x120/0x1b8
vfs_write+0x2c8/0x388
ksys_write+0x74/0x108
__arm64_sys_write+0x24/0x38
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x64/0x148
do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38
el0_svc+0x3c/0x130
el0t_64_sync_handler+0xc8/0xd0
el0t_64_sync+0x1ac/0x1b0
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Since the enablement of sysfs mode is separeted into two critical regions,
one for sysfs buffer allocation and another for hardware enablement, it's
possible to race with the perf mode. Fix this by double check whether
the perf mode's been used before enabling the hardware in sysfs mode.
mode:
[sysfs mode] [perf mode]
tmc_etr_get_sysfs_buffer()
spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock)
[sysfs buffer allocation]
spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock)
spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock)
tmc_etr_enable_hw()
drvdata->etr_buf = etr_perf->etr_buf
spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock)
spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock)
tmc_etr_enable_hw()
WARN_ON(drvdata->etr_buf) // WARN sicne etr_buf initialized at
the perf side
spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock)
With this fix, we retain the check for CS_MODE_PERF in get_etr_sysfs_buf.
This ensures we verify whether the perf mode's already running before we
actually allocate the buffer. Then we can save the time of
allocating/freeing the sysfs buffer if race with the perf mode.
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
AppArmor: Allow apparmor to handle unaligned dfa tables
The dfa tables can originate from kernel or userspace and 8-byte alignment
isn't always guaranteed and as such may trigger unaligned memory accesses
on various architectures. Resulting in the following
[ 73.901376] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 341 at security/apparmor/match.c:316 aa_dfa_unpack+0x6cc/0x720
[ 74.015867] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc evdev flash sg drm drm_panel_orientation_quirks backlight i2c_core configfs nfnetlink autofs4 ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 hid_generic usbhid sr_mod hid cdrom
sd_mod ata_generic ohci_pci ehci_pci ehci_hcd ohci_hcd pata_ali libata sym53c8xx scsi_transport_spi tg3 scsi_mod usbcore libphy scsi_common mdio_bus usb_common
[ 74.428977] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 341 Comm: apparmor_parser Not tainted 6.18.0-rc6+ #9 NONE
[ 74.536543] Call Trace:
[ 74.568561] [<0000000000434c24>] dump_stack+0x8/0x18
[ 74.633757] [<0000000000476438>] __warn+0xd8/0x100
[ 74.696664] [<00000000004296d4>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x34/0x74
[ 74.771006] [<00000000008db28c>] aa_dfa_unpack+0x6cc/0x720
[ 74.843062] [<00000000008e643c>] unpack_pdb+0xbc/0x7e0
[ 74.910545] [<00000000008e7740>] unpack_profile+0xbe0/0x1300
[ 74.984888] [<00000000008e82e0>] aa_unpack+0xe0/0x6a0
[ 75.051226] [<00000000008e3ec4>] aa_replace_profiles+0x64/0x1160
[ 75.130144] [<00000000008d4d90>] policy_update+0xf0/0x280
[ 75.201057] [<00000000008d4fc8>] profile_replace+0xa8/0x100
[ 75.274258] [<0000000000766bd0>] vfs_write+0x90/0x420
[ 75.340594] [<00000000007670cc>] ksys_write+0x4c/0xe0
[ 75.406932] [<0000000000767174>] sys_write+0x14/0x40
[ 75.472126] [<0000000000406174>] linux_sparc_syscall+0x34/0x44
[ 75.548802] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
[ 75.609503] dfa blob stream 0xfff0000008926b96 not aligned.
[ 75.682695] Kernel unaligned access at TPC[8db2a8] aa_dfa_unpack+0x6e8/0x720
Work around it by using the get_unaligned_xx() helpers.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-03