Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.16.0 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
clk: qcom: gfx3d: add parent to parent request map
After commit d228ece36345 ("clk: divider: remove round_rate() in favor
of determine_rate()") determining GFX3D clock rate crashes, because the
passed parent map doesn't provide the expected best_parent_hw clock
(with the roundd_rate path before the offending commit the
best_parent_hw was ignored).
Set the field in parent_req in addition to setting it in the req,
fixing the crash.
clk_hw_round_rate (drivers/clk/clk.c:1764) (P)
clk_divider_bestdiv (drivers/clk/clk-divider.c:336)
divider_determine_rate (drivers/clk/clk-divider.c:358)
clk_alpha_pll_postdiv_determine_rate (drivers/clk/qcom/clk-alpha-pll.c:1275)
clk_core_determine_round_nolock (drivers/clk/clk.c:1606)
clk_core_round_rate_nolock (drivers/clk/clk.c:1701)
__clk_determine_rate (drivers/clk/clk.c:1741)
clk_gfx3d_determine_rate (drivers/clk/qcom/clk-rcg2.c:1268)
clk_core_determine_round_nolock (drivers/clk/clk.c:1606)
clk_core_round_rate_nolock (drivers/clk/clk.c:1701)
clk_core_round_rate_nolock (drivers/clk/clk.c:1710)
clk_round_rate (drivers/clk/clk.c:1804)
dev_pm_opp_set_rate (drivers/opp/core.c:1440 (discriminator 1))
msm_devfreq_target (drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu_devfreq.c:51)
devfreq_set_target (drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c:360)
devfreq_update_target (drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c:426)
devfreq_monitor (drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c:458)
process_one_work (arch/arm64/include/asm/jump_label.h:36 include/trace/events/workqueue.h:110 kernel/workqueue.c:3284)
worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3356 (discriminator 2) kernel/workqueue.c:3443 (discriminator 2))
kthread (kernel/kthread.c:467)
ret_from_fork (arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:861)
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI: endpoint: Add missing NULL check for alloc_workqueue()
alloc_workqueue() can return NULL on memory allocation failure. Without
proper error checking, this may lead to a NULL pointer dereference when
queue_work() is later called with the NULL workqueue pointer in
epf_ntb_epc_init().
Add a NULL check immediately after alloc_workqueue() and return -ENOMEM on
failure to prevent the driver from loading with an invalid workqueue
pointer.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions
cifs.spnego key descriptions contain authority-bearing fields such as
pid, uid, creduid, and upcall_target that cifs.upcall treats as
kernel-originating inputs. However, userspace can also create keys of
this type through request_key(2) or add_key(2), allowing those fields to
be supplied without CIFS origin.
Only accept cifs.spnego descriptions while CIFS is using its private
spnego_cred to request the key.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2026-06-01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vsock: fix buffer size clamping order
In vsock_update_buffer_size(), the buffer size was being clamped to the
maximum first, and then to the minimum. If a user sets a minimum buffer
size larger than the maximum, the minimum check overrides the maximum
check, inverting the constraint.
This breaks the intended socket memory boundaries by allowing the
vsk->buffer_size to grow beyond the configured vsk->buffer_max_size.
Fix this by checking the minimum first, and then the maximum. This
ensures the buffer size never exceeds the buffer_max_size.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: saa7164: add ioremap return checks and cleanups
Add checks for ioremap return values in saa7164_dev_setup(). If
ioremap for BAR0 or BAR2 fails, release the already allocated PCI
memory regions, remove the device from the global list, decrement
the device count, and return -ENODEV.
This prevents potential null pointer dereferences and ensures proper
cleanup on memory mapping failures.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: rc: xbox_remote: heed DMA restrictions
The buffer for IO must not be part of the device structure
because that violates the DMA coherency rules.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
batman-adv: stop caching unowned originator pointers in BAT IV
BAT IV keeps the last-hop neighbor address in each neigh_node, but some
paths also cache an originator pointer derived from a temporary lookup.
That pointer is not owned by the neigh_node and may no longer refer to a
live originator entry after purge handling runs.
Stop storing the auxiliary originator pointer in the BAT IV neighbor
state. When BAT IV needs the neighbor originator data, resolve it from
the stored neighbor address and drop the reference again after use.
[sven: avoid bonding logic for outgoing OGM]
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2026-05-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
spi: mpc52xx: fix use-after-free on registration failure
Make sure to disable and free the interrupts in case controller
registration fails to avoid a potential use-after-free and resource
leak.
This issue was flagged by Sashiko when reviewing a controller
deregistration fix.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
spi: rspi: fix controller deregistration
Make sure to deregister the controller before releasing underlying
resources like DMA during driver unbind.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
spi: fsl: fix controller deregistration
Make sure to deregister the controller before releasing underlying
resources like DMA during driver unbind.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-28