Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 6.12.37 Security Vulnerabilities
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:
gpio: eic-sprd: use raw_spinlock_t in the irq startup path
sprd_eic_irq_unmask() enables the GPIO IRQ and then updates controller
state through sprd_eic_update(), which takes sprd_eic->lock with
spin_lock_irqsave(). The callback can be reached from irq_startup()
while setting up a requested IRQ. That path is not sleepable, but on
PREEMPT_RT a regular spinlock_t becomes a sleeping lock.
This issue was found by our static analysis tool and then manually
reviewed against the current tree.
The grounded PoC kept the request_threaded_irq() -> __setup_irq() ->
irq_startup() -> sprd_eic_irq_unmask() -> sprd_eic_update() carrier and
used the original spin_lock_irqsave(&sprd_eic->lock) edge. Lockdep
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context
hardirqs last disabled at ... __setup_irq.constprop.0 ... [vuln_msv]
sprd_rt_spin_lock_irqsave+0x1c/0x30 [vuln_msv]
sprd_eic_update.constprop.0+0x48/0x90 [vuln_msv]
sprd_eic_irq_unmask.constprop.0+0x35/0x50 [vuln_msv]
__setup_irq.constprop.0+0xd/0x30 [vuln_msv]
Convert the Spreadtrum EIC controller lock to raw_spinlock_t. The
locked section only serializes MMIO register updates and does not contain
sleepable operations, so keeping it non-sleeping is appropriate for the
irqchip callbacks.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
NTB: epf: Avoid calling pci_irq_vector() from hardirq context
ntb_epf_vec_isr() calls pci_irq_vector() in hardirq context to derive
the vector number. pci_irq_vector() calls msi_get_virq() that takes a
mutex and can therefore trigger "scheduling while atomic" splats:
BUG: scheduling while atomic: kworker/u33:0/55/0x00010001
...
Call trace:
...
schedule+0x38/0x110
schedule_preempt_disabled+0x28/0x50
__mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x848/0x908
__mutex_lock_slowpath+0x18/0x30
mutex_lock+0x4c/0x60
msi_domain_get_virq+0xe8/0x138
pci_irq_vector+0x2c/0x60
ntb_epf_vec_isr+0x28/0x120 [ntb_hw_epf]
__handle_irq_event_percpu+0x70/0x3a8
handle_irq_event+0x48/0x100
handle_edge_irq+0x100/0x1c8
...
Cache the Linux IRQ number for vector 0 when vectors are allocated and
use it as a base in the ISR. Running the ISR in a threaded IRQ handler
would also avoid the problem, but that would be unnecessary here.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.007
Published
2026-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/ntfs3: validate Dirty Page Table capacity in log_replay copy_lcns
In the analysis pass of $LogFile journal replay, log_replay() copies
LCNs from each action log record into an existing Dirty Page Table
(DPT) entry without bounding the destination index. A crafted NTFS
image with DPT entry lcns_follow=1 and an action log record with
lcns_follow=2 produces a kernel slab out-of-bounds write at mount
time:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in log_replay+0x654c/0xdb60
Write of size 8 at addr ffff8880095e1040 by task mount
Two attacker-controlled fields can drive j+i past the allocated
page_lcns[] array:
1. dp->lcns_follow (capacity) can be smaller than lrh->lcns_follow.
2. lrh->target_vcn may be smaller than dp->vcn, making the u64
subtraction wrap to a huge size_t.
Validate target VCN delta and per-record LCN count against the
DPT entry capacity, bail via the existing out: cleanup label with
-EINVAL.
This mirrors the bounds-check pattern added in commit b2bc7c44ed17
("fs/ntfs3: Fix slab-out-of-bounds read in DeleteIndexEntryRoot")
and commit 0ca0485e4b2e ("fs/ntfs3: validate rec->used in
journal-replay file record check").
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2026-07-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix UAF of hci_conn_params in add_device_complete
add_device_complete() runs from the hci_cmd_sync_work kworker, which
holds only hci_req_sync_lock and *not* hci_dev_lock. It calls
hci_conn_params_lookup() and then dereferences the returned object
(params->flags) without taking hci_dev_lock:
params = hci_conn_params_lookup(hdev, &cp->addr.bdaddr,
le_addr_type(cp->addr.type));
...
device_flags_changed(NULL, hdev, &cp->addr.bdaddr,
cp->addr.type, hdev->conn_flags,
params ? params->flags : 0);
hci_conn_params_lookup() walks hdev->le_conn_params and is documented to
require hdev->lock. A concurrent MGMT_OP_REMOVE_DEVICE
(remove_device()), which does run under hci_dev_lock, can call
hci_conn_params_free() to list_del() and kfree() the very object the
lookup returned, so the subsequent params->flags read touches freed
memory [0].
Hold hci_dev_lock() across the hci_conn_params_lookup() and the read of
params->flags (and the matching event emission) so the lookup result
cannot be freed by a concurrent remove_device() before it is used,
honouring the locking contract of hci_conn_params_lookup().
[0]: (trailing page/memory-state dump trimmed)
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in add_device_complete+0x358/0x3d8 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:7671
Read of size 1 at addr ffff000017ab26c1 by task kworker/u9:8/388
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 388 Comm: kworker/u9:8 Not tainted 7.0.11 #20 PREEMPT
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work
Call trace:
show_stack+0x2c/0x3c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:499 (C)
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0xb4/0xd4 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0x118/0x5d8 mm/kasan/report.c:482
kasan_report+0xb0/0xf4 mm/kasan/report.c:595
__asan_report_load1_noabort+0x20/0x2c mm/kasan/report_generic.c:378
add_device_complete+0x358/0x3d8 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:7671
hci_cmd_sync_work+0x14c/0x240 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:334
process_one_work+0x628/0xd38 kernel/workqueue.c:3289
process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3372 [inline]
worker_thread+0x7a8/0xac0 kernel/workqueue.c:3453
kthread+0x39c/0x444 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:860
Allocated by task 3401:
kasan_save_stack+0x3c/0x64 mm/kasan/common.c:57
kasan_save_track+0x20/0x3c mm/kasan/common.c:78
kasan_save_alloc_info+0x40/0x54 mm/kasan/generic.c:570
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0xd4/0xd8 mm/kasan/common.c:415
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x1b0/0x458 mm/slub.c:5385
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:950 [inline]
kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1188 [inline]
hci_conn_params_add+0x10c/0x4b0 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:2279
hci_conn_params_set net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5162 [inline]
add_device+0x5b4/0xa54 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:7755
hci_mgmt_cmd net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1721 [inline]
hci_sock_sendmsg+0x10b4/0x1dd0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1841
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0xe0/0x128 net/socket.c:742
sock_write_iter+0x250/0x390 net/socket.c:1195
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
vfs_write+0x66c/0xab0 fs/read_write.c:688
ksys_write+0x1fc/0x24c fs/read_write.c:740
__do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:751 [inline]
__se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:748 [inline]
__arm64_sys_write+0x70/0xa4 fs/read_write.c:748
__invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
invoke_syscall+0x84/0x2a8 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xe4/0x294 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
do_el0_svc+0x44/0x5c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
el0_svc+0x38/0xac arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:724
el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe4 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:743
el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:596
Freed by task 3740:
kasan_save_stack+0x3c/0x64
---truncated---
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.002
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:
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Fix use-after-free on remove
KASAN reports a slab-use-after-free in __media_entity_remove_link()
during rmmod of imx8_isi:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __media_entity_remove_link+0x608/0x650
Read of size 2 at addr ffff0000d47cb02a by task rmmod/724
Call trace:
__media_entity_remove_link+0x608/0x650
__media_entity_remove_links+0x78/0x144
__media_device_unregister_entity+0x150/0x280
media_device_unregister_entity+0x48/0x68
v4l2_device_unregister_subdev+0x158/0x300
v4l2_async_unbind_subdev_one+0x22c/0x358
v4l2_async_nf_unbind_all_subdevs+0xfc/0x1c0
v4l2_async_nf_unregister+0x5c/0x14c
mxc_isi_remove+0x124/0x2a0 [imx8_isi]
Allocated by task 249:
__kmalloc_noprof+0x27c/0x690
mxc_isi_crossbar_init+0x22c/0x560 [imx8_isi]
Freed by task 724:
kfree+0x1e4/0x5b0
mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup+0x34/0x80 [imx8_isi]
mxc_isi_remove+0x11c/0x2a0 [imx8_isi]
The problem is that mxc_isi_remove() calls mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup()
before mxc_isi_v4l2_cleanup(). The crossbar cleanup frees the media
entity pads, but the subsequent v4l2 cleanup still tries to remove
media links that reference those pads.
Fix this by calling mxc_isi_v4l2_cleanup() before
mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup() to ensure all media entities are properly
unregistered while the pads are still valid.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.002
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