Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.10.259 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Input: iforce - bound the device-reported force-feedback effect index
iforce_process_packet() handles a status report (packet id 0x02) by
taking a force-feedback effect index straight from the device wire and
using it to address the per-effect state array:
i = data[1] & 0x7f;
if (data[1] & 0x80) {
if (!test_and_set_bit(FF_CORE_IS_PLAYED,
iforce->core_effects[i].flags))
...
} else if (test_and_clear_bit(FF_CORE_IS_PLAYED,
iforce->core_effects[i].flags)) {
...
}
The index is masked only with 0x7f, so it ranges 0..127, but
core_effects[] holds only IFORCE_EFFECTS_MAX (32) entries. For an index
of 32..127 the test_and_set_bit()/test_and_clear_bit() is an
out-of-bounds single-bit read-modify-write past the array. core_effects[]
is the second-to-last member of struct iforce, so the write lands in the
trailing members and beyond the embedding kzalloc()'d iforce_serio /
iforce_usb object.
data[1] is unvalidated device payload on both transports (the USB
interrupt endpoint and serio), and the status path is not gated on force
feedback being present, so a malicious or counterfeit device can set or
clear a bit at an attacker-chosen offset past the object.
Reject an out-of-range index instead of indexing with it. Bound against
the array dimension IFORCE_EFFECTS_MAX rather than dev->ff->max_effects so
the check guarantees memory safety regardless of how many effects the
device registered. A legitimate "effect started/stopped" status always
carries an index below IFORCE_EFFECTS_MAX, so well-formed devices are
unaffected; the neighbouring mark_core_as_ready() loop is already bounded
and is left untouched.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Input: goodix - clamp the device-reported contact count
goodix_ts_read_input_report() copies the number of touch points reported
by the device into an on-stack buffer
u8 point_data[2 + GOODIX_MAX_CONTACT_SIZE * GOODIX_MAX_CONTACTS];
which is sized for at most GOODIX_MAX_CONTACTS (10) contacts. The only
runtime check bounds the per-interrupt count against ts->max_touch_num,
but that value is taken verbatim from a 4-bit field of the device
configuration block and is never clamped:
ts->max_touch_num = ts->config[MAX_CONTACTS_LOC] & 0x0f;
The nibble can be 0..15, so a malfunctioning, malicious or counterfeit
controller (or an attacker tampering with the I2C bus) can advertise up
to 15 contacts. goodix_ts_read_input_report() then accepts a touch_num
of up to 15 and the second goodix_i2c_read() writes
ts->contact_size * (touch_num - 1) bytes past the one-contact header into
point_data - up to 30 bytes (45 with the 9-byte report format) beyond the
92-byte buffer: a stack out-of-bounds write.
Clamp max_touch_num to GOODIX_MAX_CONTACTS, the number of contacts
point_data[] is sized for, when reading it from the configuration.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Input: elan_i2c - prevent division by zero and arithmetic underflow
The Elan I2C touchpad driver queries the device for its physical
dimensions and trace counts to calculate the device resolution and width.
However, if the device firmware or device tree provides invalid zero
values for x_traces or y_traces, it results in a fatal division-by-zero
exception leading to a kernel panic during device probe.
Add checks to ensure these parameters are non-zero before performing
the division. If invalid trace values are detected, fall back to a safe
default of 1.
Additionally, prevent an arithmetic underflow in the touch reporting
logic. Previously, if the calculated or fallback width was smaller than
ETP_FWIDTH_REDUCE (90), the subtraction would underflow, resulting in a
massive unsigned integer being reported to userspace. Clamp the adjusted
width to a minimum of 0 to safely handle small physical dimensions and
fallback scenarios.
Completing the probe with safe fallback values ensures the sysfs nodes
are created, keeping the firmware update path intact so a recovery
firmware can be flashed to the device.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fuse: re-lock request before returning from fuse_ref_folio()
fuse_ref_folio() unlocks the request but does not re-lock it before
returning. fuse_chan_abort() can end the request and the async end
callback (eg fuse_writepage_free()) can free the args while the
subsequent copy chain logic after fuse_ref_folio() accesses them,
leading to use-after-free issues.
Fix this by locking the request in fuse_ref_folio() before returning.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fpga: region: fix use-after-free in child_regions_with_firmware()
Move of_node_put(child_region) after the error print to avoid accessing
freed memory when pr_err() references child_region.
[ Yilun: Fix the Fixes tag ]
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
MIPS: DEC: Prevent initial console buffer from landing in XKPHYS
In 64-bit configurations calling the initial console output handler from
a kernel thread other than the initial one will result in a situation
where the stack has been placed in the XKPHYS 64-bit memory segment and
consequently so has been the buffer allocated there that is used as the
argument corresponding to the `%s' output conversion specifier for the
firmware's printf() entry point.
This 64-bit address will then be truncated by 32-bit firmware, resulting
in an attempt to access the wrong memory location, which in turn will
cause all kinds of unpredictable behaviour, such as a kernel crash:
Console: colour dummy device 160x64
Calibrating delay loop... 49.36 BogoMIPS (lpj=192512)
pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
CPU 0 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 000000000203bd00, epc == ffffffffbfc08364, ra == ffffffffbfc08800
Oops[#1]:
CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 5.18.0-rc2-00254-gfb649bda6f56-dirty #121
$ 0 : 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 0000000000000023 ffffffff80684ba0
$ 4 : 000000000203bd00 ffffffffbfc0f3b4 ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000073
$ 8 : 0a303d7469000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000073 ffffffffbfc0f473
$12 : 0000000000000002 0000000000000000 ffffffff80684c1c 0000000000000000
$16 : 0000000000000000 ffffffff80596dc9 0000000000000000 ffffffffbfc09240
$20 : ffffffff80684c40 ffffffffbfc0f400 000000000000002d 000000000000002b
$24 : ffffffffffffffbf 000000000203bd00
$28 : ffffffff805f0000 ffffffff80684b58 0000000000000030 ffffffffbfc08800
Hi : 0000000000000000
Lo : 0000000000000aa8
epc : ffffffffbfc08364 0xffffffffbfc08364
ra : ffffffffbfc08800 0xffffffffbfc08800
Status: 140120e2 KX SX UX KERNEL EXL
Cause : 00000008 (ExcCode 02)
BadVA : 000000000203bd00
PrId : 00000430 (R4000SC)
Modules linked in:
Process swapper (pid: 0, threadinfo=(____ptrval____), task=(____ptrval____), tls=0000000000000000)
Stack : 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000004d0000004d
80684cc0806a2a40 80596dc80000004d 8061000000000000 bfc0850c80684c38
0000000000000000 000000000203bd00 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
0000000000000000 00000000bfc0f3b4 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
0000002500000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 802c1a7400000000
0203bd0080596dc8 0203bd4d69000000 6c61632000000018 5f746567646e6172
6c616320625f6d6f 5f736e5f6d6f7266 206361323778302b 303d74696e726320
806a0a38806b0000 806a0a38806b0000 00000000806b0000 80683c58806b0000
...
Call Trace:
Code: a082ffff 03e00008 00601021 <80820000> 00001821 10400005 24840001 80820000 24630001
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
KN04 V2.1k (PC: 0xa0026768, SP: 0x806848e8)
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In this case the pointer in $4 was truncated from 0x980000000203bd00 to
0x000000000203bd00.
This may happen when no final console driver has been enabled in the
configuration and consequently the initial console continues being used
late into bootstrap or with an upcoming change that will switch the zs
driver to use a platform device, which in turn will make the console
handover happen only after other kernel threads have already been
started.
Fix the issue by making the buffer static and initdata, and therefore
placed in the CKSEG0 32-bit compatibility segment, observing that the
console output handler is called with the console lock held, implying
no need for this code to be reentrant. Add an assertion to verify the
buffer actually has been placed in a compatibility segment.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix unlocked writing to ICOSQ
During napi poll, when the affinity changes and there's still XSK work
to be done, we trigger an ICOSQ interrupt on the new CPU. However, this
triggering on the ICOSQ is done unprotected.
There are 2 such races:
A) mlx5e_trigger_irq() is called while mlx5e_xsk_alloc_rx_mpwqe() is
running from a different CPU due to affinity change. This can happen
because IRQ triggering is done after napi_complete_done(). At this point
the NAPI can be scheduled on a different CPU. Like this:
CPU A (old affinity, NAPI tail) CPU B (new affinity, fresh NAPI)
------------------------------- --------------------------------
napi_complete_done() clears SCHED
mlx5e_cq_arm(...)
napi_schedule_prep() sets SCHED
mlx5e_napi_poll()
mlx5e_xsk_alloc_rx_mpwqe()
mlx5e_icosq_sync_lock() // noop
memcpy 640 B UMR body
advance sq->pc by 10
mlx5e_trigger_irq(&c->icosq)
wqe_info[pi] = {NOP, 1}
mlx5e_post_nop() advances sq->pc
B) mlx5e_trigger_irq() is called on the ICOSQ when
mlx5e_trigger_napi_icosq() is running.
The obvious fix would be to lock the ICOSQ. But ICOSQ has an optimized
locking scheme that doesn't work for this scenario. Kick the async ICOSQ
instead which is always locked.
This issue was noticed in the wild with the following splat:
netdevice: ge-0-0-1: Bad OP in ICOSQ CQE: 0xd
WARNING: drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c:826 [...]
[...]
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
mlx5e_napi_poll+0x11d/0x7f0 [mlx5_core]
__napi_poll+0x30/0x200
? skb_defer_free_flush+0x9c/0xc0
net_rx_action+0x2fe/0x3f0
handle_softirqs+0xd8/0x340
__irq_exit_rcu+0xbc/0xe0
common_interrupt+0x85/0xa0
</IRQ>
<TASK>
asm_common_interrupt+0x26/0x40
[...]
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
mlx5_core 0000:08:00.0 ge-0-0-1: Error cqe on cqn 0x548, ci 0x2022, qn 0x8f4,
opcode 0xd, syndrome 0x2, vendor syndrome 0x68
00000000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00000010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00000020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00000030: 00 00 00 00 01 00 68 02 01 00 08 f4 de 14 59 d2
WQE DUMP: WQ size 16384 WQ cur size 0, WQE index 0x1e14, len: 64
00000000: 00 00 00 01 d9 ed 80 02 00 00 00 01 d9 ed 90 02
00000010: 00 00 00 01 d9 ed a0 02 00 00 00 01 d9 ed b0 02
00000020: 00 00 00 01 d9 ed c0 02 00 00 00 01 d9 ed d0 02
00000030: 00 00 00 01 d9 ed e0 02 00 00 00 01 d9 ed f0 02
mlx5_core 0000:08:00.0 ge-0-0-1: Error cqe on cqn 0x548, ci 0x2023, qn 0x8f4,
opcode 0xd, syndrome 0x5, vendor syndrome 0xf9
00000000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00000010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00000020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00000030: 00 00 00 00 01 00 f9 05 01 00 08 f4 de 15 cf d2
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2026-07-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: mld: don't dereference a pointer before NULL checking it
In iwl_mld_remove_link, the link->fw_id is saved at the beginning of the
function so we have it after we freed the link.
But the link pointer can be NULL, and is not checked when the fw_id is
stored.
Fix it by simply freeing the link at the end of the function.
fFixes: 0e66a39f4f0e ("wifi: iwlwifi: fix potential use after free in iwl_mld_remove_link()")
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hwmon: (lm90) Add lock protection to lm90_alert
Sashiko reports:
lm90_alert() executes in the smbus alert context and calls
lm90_update_confreg() to disable the hardware alert line, without
acquiring hwmon_lock.
Concurrently, sysfs write operations (such as lm90_write_convrate) hold
the hwmon_lock, temporarily modify data->config, and then restore it.
If an alert interrupt occurs concurrently with a sysfs write, the sysfs
path will overwrite the alert handler's modifications to data->config
and the hardware register.
This unintentionally re-enables the hardware alert line while the alarm is
still active, causing an interrupt storm.
Add the missing lock to lm90_alert() to solve the problem.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfs: resample the data fork mapping after cycling ILOCK
xfs_reflink_fill_{cow_hole,delalloc} are both presented with an inode,
a data fork mapping, and a cow fork mapping. Unfortunately, these two
helpers cycle the ILOCK to grab a transaction, which means that the
mappings are stale as soon as we reacquire the ILOCK. Currently we
refresh the cow fork mapping by re-calling xfs_find_trim_cow_extent, but
we don't refresh the data fork mapping beforehand, which means that the
xfs_bmap_trim_cow in that function queries the refcount btree about the
wrong physical blocks and returns an inaccurate value in *shared.
If *shared is now false, the directio write proceeds with a stale data
fork mapping. Fix this by querying the data fork mapping if the
sequence counter changes across the ILOCK cycle.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.005
Published
2026-07-23