Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 4.14.169 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: restrict implied bcc[0] exemption to responses without data area
smb2_check_message() has a long-standing quirk that accepts a response
whose calculated length is one byte larger than the bytes actually
received ("server can return one byte more due to implied bcc[0]").
This was introduced to accommodate servers that omit the trailing bcc[0]
overlap byte when no data area is present.
However, the exemption is applied unconditionally, regardless of whether
the command actually carries a data area (has_smb2_data_area[]). When a
response with a data area is subject to the +1 exemption, the reported
data can extend one byte beyond the bytes actually received, yet
smb2_check_message() still accepts it. The subsequent decoder then reads
past the end of the receive buffer. This is reachable during NEGOTIATE
and SESSION_SETUP, before the session is established.
The resulting out-of-bounds reads are visible under KASAN when mounting
against a non-conforming server; both the SPNEGO/negTokenInit and the
NTLMSSP challenge decoders are affected:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in asn1_ber_decoder+0x16a7/0x1b00
Read of size 1 at addr ffff8880084d67c0 by task mount.cifs/81
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 81 Comm: mount.cifs Not tainted 7.1.0-rc6 #1
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x4e/0x70
print_report+0x157/0x4c9
kasan_report+0xce/0x100
asn1_ber_decoder+0x16a7/0x1b00
decode_negTokenInit+0x19/0x30
SMB2_negotiate+0x31d9/0x4c90
cifs_negotiate_protocol+0x1f2/0x3f0
cifs_get_smb_ses+0x93f/0x17e0
cifs_mount_get_session+0x7f/0x3a0
cifs_mount+0xb4/0xcf0
cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x23a/0x1500
smb3_get_tree+0x3b0/0x630
vfs_get_tree+0x82/0x2d0
fc_mount+0x10/0x1b0
path_mount+0x50d/0x1de0
__x64_sys_mount+0x20b/0x270
do_syscall_64+0xee/0x590
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>
Allocated by task 85:
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x106/0x380
mempool_alloc_noprof+0x116/0x1e0
cifs_small_buf_get+0x31/0x80
allocate_buffers+0x10d/0x2b0
cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x1d5/0x1d50
kthread+0x2c6/0x390
ret_from_fork+0x36e/0x5a0
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
allocated 448-byte region [ffff8880084d6600, ffff8880084d67c0)
which belongs to the cache cifs_small_rq of size 448
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in kmemdup_noprof+0x36/0x50
Read of size 329 at addr ffff88800726c678 by task mount.cifs/89
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 89 Comm: mount.cifs Tainted: G B 7.1.0-rc6 #1
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x4e/0x70
print_report+0x157/0x4c9
kasan_report+0xce/0x100
kasan_check_range+0x10f/0x1e0
__asan_memcpy+0x23/0x60
kmemdup_noprof+0x36/0x50
decode_ntlmssp_challenge+0x457/0x680
SMB2_sess_auth_rawntlmssp_negotiate+0x6f0/0xcb0
SMB2_sess_setup+0x219/0x4f0
cifs_setup_session+0x248/0xaf0
cifs_get_smb_ses+0xf79/0x17e0
cifs_mount_get_session+0x7f/0x3a0
cifs_mount+0xb4/0xcf0
cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x23a/0x1500
smb3_get_tree+0x3b0/0x630
vfs_get_tree+0x82/0x2d0
fc_mount+0x10/0x1b0
path_mount+0x50d/0x1de0
__x64_sys_mount+0x20b/0x270
do_syscall_64+0xee/0x590
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>
Allocated by task 93:
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x106/0x380
mempool_alloc_noprof+0x116/0x1e0
cifs_small_buf_get+0x31/0x80
allocate_buffers+0x10d/0x2b0
cifs_demultiplex_thread+0x1d5/0x1d50
kthread+0x2c6/0x390
ret_from_fork+0x36e/0x5a0
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
The buggy address is located 120 bytes inside of
allocated 448-byte region [ffff88800726c600, ffff88800726c7c0)
which belongs to the cache cifs_small_rq of size 448
Restrict the +1 exemption to responses that have no data area, so that
it still covers the bcc[0] omission it was meant for. When a data area
is present, the +1 discrepancy instead means the reported data length
overruns the
---truncated---
CVSS Score
8.2
EPSS Score
0.006
Published
2026-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
staging: vme_user: bound slave read/write to the kern_buf size
The SLAVE-path helpers buffer_to_user() and buffer_from_user() copy
'count' bytes into/out of the fixed-size kern_buf (size_buf ==
PCI_BUF_SIZE == 0x20000, 128 KiB) using *ppos as the offset, without
bounding *ppos + count against size_buf.
vme_user_write()/vme_user_read() only clamp count to the VME window size
(image_size = vme_get_size(resource)), which VME_SET_SLAVE sets from the
user-supplied slave.size -- validated against the VME address space (up
to VME_A32_MAX = 4 GiB), not against PCI_BUF_SIZE. When the window
exceeds 128 KiB, a write()/read() copies past the kern_buf allocation.
Clamp count against size_buf in both helpers, with an early return when
*ppos is already at/after the buffer end. *ppos is >= 0 here (the caller
rejects negative offsets), so size_buf - *ppos cannot wrap. This mirrors
the existing clamp in the MASTER-path helpers resource_to_user() /
resource_from_user(), and matches the read()/write() convention of a
short transfer at end-of-buffer.
Found by static analysis (CodeQL taint tracking + CBMC bounded model
checking) and confirmed dynamically under KASAN with the vme_fake bridge:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in _copy_from_user+0x2d/0x80
Write of size 262144 at addr ffff888004100000 by task trigger/68
_copy_from_user+0x2d/0x80
vme_user_write+0x13e/0x240 [vme_user]
vfs_write+0x1b8/0x7a0
ksys_write+0xb8/0x150
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: af_key: initialize alg_key_len for IPComp states
pfkey_msg2xfrm_state() handles the IPComp (SADB_X_SATYPE_IPCOMP) case by
allocating x->calg and copying only the algorithm name:
x->calg = kmalloc_obj(*x->calg);
if (!x->calg) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
}
strcpy(x->calg->alg_name, a->name);
x->props.calgo = sa->sadb_sa_encrypt;
Unlike the authentication (x->aalg) and encryption (x->ealg) branches of
the same function, the compression branch never initializes
calg->alg_key_len. IPComp carries no key and the allocation only
reserves sizeof(struct xfrm_algo) (i.e. no room for a key), so the field
is left containing uninitialized slab data.
calg->alg_key_len is later used as a length by xfrm_algo_clone() when an
IPComp state is cloned during XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE:
xfrm_state_migrate()
xfrm_state_clone_and_setup()
x->calg = xfrm_algo_clone(orig->calg);
kmemdup(orig, xfrm_alg_len(orig));
where xfrm_alg_len() returns sizeof(*alg) + (alg_key_len + 7) / 8. With
a non-zero garbage alg_key_len, kmemdup() reads past the end of the
68-byte calg object. Adding an IPComp SA via PF_KEY and then migrating
it triggers (net-next, KASAN, init_on_alloc=0):
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in kmemdup_noprof+0x44/0x60
Read of size 4164 at addr ff11000025a74980 by task diag2/9287
CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 9287 Comm: diag2 7.1.0-rc6-g903db046d557 #1
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x10e/0x1f0
print_report+0xf7/0x600
kasan_report+0xe4/0x120
kasan_check_range+0x105/0x1b0
__asan_memcpy+0x23/0x60
kmemdup_noprof+0x44/0x60
xfrm_state_migrate+0x70a/0x1da0
xfrm_migrate+0x753/0x18a0
xfrm_do_migrate+0xb47/0xf10
xfrm_user_rcv_msg+0x411/0xb50
netlink_rcv_skb+0x158/0x420
xfrm_netlink_rcv+0x71/0x90
netlink_unicast+0x584/0x850
netlink_sendmsg+0x8b0/0xdc0
____sys_sendmsg+0x9f7/0xb90
___sys_sendmsg+0x134/0x1d0
__sys_sendmsg+0x16d/0x220
do_syscall_64+0x116/0x7d0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>
Allocated by task 9287:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
__kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0
pfkey_add+0x2652/0x2ea0
pfkey_process+0x6d0/0x830
pfkey_sendmsg+0x42c/0x850
__sys_sendto+0x461/0x4b0
__x64_sys_sendto+0xe0/0x1c0
do_syscall_64+0x116/0x7d0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
The buggy address belongs to the object at ff11000025a74980
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-96 of size 96
The buggy address is located 0 bytes inside of
allocated 68-byte region [ff11000025a74980, ff11000025a749c4)
Depending on the uninitialized value the same field can instead request
an oversized kmemdup() allocation and make the migration clone fail.
The XFRM netlink path is not affected: verify_one_alg() rejects an
XFRMA_ALG_COMP attribute shorter than xfrm_alg_len(), so a calg added via
XFRM_MSG_NEWSA is always self-consistent.
Initialize calg->alg_key_len to 0, matching the aalg/ealg branches.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: qat - fix VF2PF work teardown race in adf_disable_sriov()
The VF2PF interrupt handler queues PF-side response work that stores a
raw pointer to per-VF state (struct adf_accel_vf_info). Currently,
adf_disable_sriov() destroys per-VF mutexes and frees vf_info without
stopping new VF2PF work or waiting for in-flight workers to complete. A
concurrently scheduled or already queued worker can then dereference
freed memory.
This manifests as a use-after-free when KASAN is enabled:
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in mutex_lock+0x76/0xe0
Write of size 8 at addr 0000000000000260 by task kworker/24:2/...
Workqueue: qat_pf2vf_resp_wq adf_iov_send_resp [intel_qat]
Call Trace:
kasan_report+0x119/0x140
mutex_lock+0x76/0xe0
adf_gen4_pfvf_send+0xd4/0x1f0 [intel_qat]
adf_recv_and_handle_vf2pf_msg+0x290/0x360 [intel_qat]
adf_iov_send_resp+0x8c/0xe0 [intel_qat]
process_one_work+0x6ac/0xfd0
worker_thread+0x4dd/0xd30
kthread+0x326/0x410
ret_from_fork+0x33b/0x670
Add a PF-local flag, vf2pf_disabled, that gates work queueing, worker
processing, and interrupt re-enabling during teardown. Set this flag
atomically with the hardware interrupt mask inside
adf_disable_all_vf2pf_interrupts(). After masking, synchronize the AE
cluster MSI-X interrupt and flush the PF response workqueue before
tearing down per-VF locks and state so all in-flight work completes
before vf_info is destroyed.
Introduce adf_enable_all_vf2pf_interrupts() to clear the flag and
unmask all VF2PF interrupts under the same lock when SR-IOV is
re-enabled. This ensures the software flag and hardware state transition
atomically on both the enable and disable paths.
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB write in HT_caps_handler()
HT_caps_handler() iterates pIE->length bytes and writes into
HT_caps.u.HT_cap[], which is a fixed 26-byte array (sizeof struct
HT_caps_element). Because pIE->length is a raw u8 from an over-the-air
802.11 AssocResponse frame and is never validated, a malicious AP can
set it up to 255, causing up to 229 bytes of out-of-bounds writes into
adjacent fields of struct mlme_ext_info.
Truncate the iteration count to the size of HT_caps.u.HT_cap using
umin() so that data from a longer-than-expected IE is silently ignored
rather than written out of bounds, preserving interoperability with APs
that pad the element. An early return on oversized IEs was considered
but rejected: it would bypass the pmlmeinfo->HT_caps_enable = 1
assignment that precedes the loop, silently disabling HT mode for APs
that append extra bytes to the HT Capabilities IE.
CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2026-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in rtw_get_sec_ie(), rtw_get_wapi_ie(), and rtw_get_wps_attr()
Three IE/attribute parsing functions have missing bounds checks.
rtw_get_sec_ie() and rtw_get_wapi_ie() iterate over a raw IE buffer
without verifying that the header bytes (tag + length) are within the
remaining buffer before reading them. Additionally, rtw_get_sec_ie()
compares the 4-byte WPA OUI at cnt+2 without checking that at least
6 bytes remain, and rtw_get_wapi_ie() compares a 4-byte WAPI OUI at
cnt+6 without checking that at least 10 bytes remain.
rtw_get_wps_attr() reads wps_ie[0] and wps_ie+2 unconditionally at
entry, before verifying that wps_ielen is large enough to contain
the 6-byte WPS IE header (element_id + length + 4-byte OUI). Inside
the attribute loop, get_unaligned_be16() is called on attr_ptr and
attr_ptr+2 without checking that 4 bytes remain in the buffer.
Add a cnt+2 bounds check before each loop body in rtw_get_sec_ie()
and rtw_get_wapi_ie(), guard each multi-byte comparison with a minimum
IE length requirement, add a wps_ielen < 6 early return in
rtw_get_wps_attr(), and add a 4-byte bounds check in its inner loop.
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2026-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in IE loops in issue_assocreq() and join_cmd_hdl()
Two IE parsing loops are missing the header bounds checks before they
dereference pIE->length:
- issue_assocreq() walks pmlmeinfo->network.ies to build the
association request. If the stored IE data ends with only an
element_id byte and no length byte, pIE->length is read one byte
past the end of the buffer.
- join_cmd_hdl() walks pnetwork->ies during station join and has
the same problem under the same conditions.
Both buffers are filled from AP beacon and probe-response frames, so a
malicious AP that sends a truncated final IE can trigger the issue.
Apply the two-guard pattern established in update_beacon_info():
1. Break if fewer than sizeof(*pIE) bytes remain.
2. Break if the IE's declared data extends past the buffer end.
CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2026-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in update_beacon_info() IE loop
The IE parsing loop in update_beacon_info() advances by
(pIE->length + 2) each iteration but only guards on i < len.
When a malicious AP sends a Beacon whose last IE has only one byte
remaining in the frame (the element_id byte lands at len-1), the loop
reads pIE->length from one byte past the allocated receive buffer.
Additionally, even when the header bytes are in bounds, pIE->length
itself can extend the data window beyond len, passing a truncated IE
to the handler functions.
Add two guards at the top of the loop body:
1. Break if fewer than sizeof(*pIE) bytes remain (can't read header).
2. Break if the IE's declared data extends past len.
Also replace i += (pIE->length + 2) with i += sizeof(*pIE) + pIE->length
for consistency with the sizeof(*pIE) guards added above.
CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2026-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
audit: Fix data races of skb_queue_len() readers on audit_queue
Multiple readers access audit_queue.qlen via skb_queue_len() without
holding the queue lock or using READ_ONCE(), while kauditd writes to
this field via the skb_dequeue() → __skb_unlink() path with WRITE_ONCE()
protected by a spinlock. This constitutes data races.
All affected skb_queue_len(&audit_queue) call sites:
- kauditd_thread() wait_event_freezable() condition
- audit_receive_msg() AUDIT_GET handler (s.backlog assignment)
- audit_receive() backlog check
- audit_log_start() backlog check and pr_warn()
KCSAN reports the following conflicting access pattern (one example):
==================================================================
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in audit_log_start / skb_dequeue
write (marked) to 0xffffffff8512ee20 of 4 bytes by task 661 on cpu 57:
skb_dequeue+0x70/0xf0
kauditd_send_queue+0x71/0x220
kauditd_thread+0x1cb/0x430
kthread+0x1c2/0x210
ret_from_fork+0x162/0x1a0
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
read to 0xffffffff8512ee20 of 4 bytes by task 36586 on cpu 1:
audit_log_start+0x2a0/0x6b0
audit_core_dumps+0x64/0xa0
do_coredump+0x14b/0x1260
get_signal+0xeb2/0xf70
arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x41/0x170
exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xa2/0x1c0
do_syscall_64+0x1a3/0x1c0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0xe0
value changed: 0x00000001 -> 0x00000000
==================================================================
Resolve the race by switching to lockless helper skb_queue_len_lockless(),
which internally uses READ_ONCE() and properly pairs with the WRITE_ONCE()
write accesses already present on the writer side.
[PM: line length tweak]
CVSS Score
8.2
EPSS Score
0.005
Published
2026-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ipv4: bound TCP reordering sysctl writes and MTU probe sizes
Reject invalid `net.ipv4.tcp_reordering` values before they reach TCP
socket state. The sysctl is stored as an `int` but copied into the
`u32` `tp->reordering` field for new sockets, so negative writes wrap
to large values.
With `tcp_mtu_probing=2`, the wrapped value can overflow the
`tcp_mtu_probe()` size calculation and drive the MTU probing path into
an out-of-bounds read. Route `tcp_reordering` writes through
`proc_dointvec_minmax()` and require it to be at least 1. Also require
`tcp_max_reordering` to be at least 1 so the configured maximum cannot
become negative either.
When registering the table for a non-init network namespace, relocate
`extra2` pointers that refer into `init_net.ipv4` so the
`tcp_reordering` upper bound follows that namespace's
`tcp_max_reordering`.
Harden `tcp_mtu_probe()` itself by computing `size_needed` as `u64`.
This keeps the send queue and window checks from being bypassed through
signed integer overflow.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-07-25