Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 6.6.142 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: gadget: net2280: Fix double free in probe error path
usb_initialize_gadget() installs gadget_release() as the release
callback for the embedded gadget device. The struct net2280 instance is
therefore released through gadget_release() when the gadget device's last
reference is dropped.
The probe error path calls net2280_remove(), which tears down the
partially initialized device and drops the gadget reference with
usb_put_gadget(). Calling kfree(dev) afterwards can free the same object
again.
Drop the explicit kfree() and let the gadget device release callback
handle the final free. This issue was found by a static analysis tool
I am developing.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: gadget: uvc: hold opts->lock across XU walks in uvc_function_bind
uvc_function_bind() walks &opts->extension_units twice without holding
opts->lock:
- directly, for the iExtension string-descriptor fixup loop;
- indirectly, four times via uvc_copy_descriptors() (once per speed),
where the helper iterates uvc->desc.extension_units (which aliases
&opts->extension_units) to size and emit XU descriptors.
The configfs side (uvcg_extension_make / uvcg_extension_drop, in
drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_configfs.c) takes opts->lock around its
list_add_tail / list_del operations. A privileged userspace process
that holds the configfs subtree open and writes the gadget UDC name
to bind the function while concurrently rmdir()'ing an extensions
subdir can race uvcg_extension_drop() against the bind-time list walks
and dereference a freed struct uvcg_extension.
Hold opts->lock from the start of the XU string-descriptor fixup
through the last uvc_copy_descriptors() call, releasing on the
descriptor-error path via a new error_unlock label that drops the
lock before falling through to the existing error label. This
matches the locking discipline of the configfs callbacks and removes
the only remaining unsynchronised reader of the XU list during bind.
Reachability: only privileged processes that can mount configfs and
write to gadget UDC files can trigger the race, so this is a
correctness fix rather than a security boundary.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tty: serial: pch_uart: add check for dma_alloc_coherent()
Add a check for dma_alloc_coherent() failure to prevent a potential
NULL pointer dereference in dma_handle_rx(). Properly release DMA
channels and the PCI device reference using a goto ladder if the
allocation fails.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Input: elan_i2c - validate firmware size before use
Ensure that the firmware file is large enough to contain the expected
number of pages and the signature (which resides at the end of the
firmware blob) before accessing them to prevent potential out-of-bounds
reads.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
octeontx2-af: CGX: add bounds check to cgx_speed_mbps index
cgx_speed_mbps has 13 elements but RESP_LINKSTAT_SPEED can yield values
0-15. If it returns a value >= 13, this causes an out-of-bounds array
access. Add a bounds check and default to speed 0 if the index is out of
range.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
octeontx2-pf: avoid double free of pool->stack on AQ init failure
otx2_pool_aq_init() frees pool->stack when mailbox sync or retry
allocation fails, but leaves the pointer unchanged. Later,
otx2_sq_aura_pool_init() unwinds the partial setup through
otx2_aura_pool_free(), which frees pool->stack again. The CN20K-specific
cn20k_pool_aq_init() implementation has the same bug in
its corresponding error path.
Set pool->stack to NULL immediately after the local free so the shared
cleanup path does not free the same stack again while cleaning up
partially initialized pool state.
The bug was first flagged by an experimental analysis tool we are
developing for kernel memory-management bugs while analyzing
v6.13-rc1. The tool is still under development and is not yet publicly
available. Manual inspection confirms that the bug is still present in
v7.1-rc3.
Runtime validation was not performed because reproducing this path
requires OcteonTX2/CN20K hardware.
CVSS Score
7.0
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:
net: team: fix NULL pointer dereference in team_xmit during mode change
__team_change_mode() clears team->ops with memset() before restoring
safe dummy handlers via team_adjust_ops(). A concurrent team_xmit()
running under RCU on another CPU can read team->ops.transmit during
this window and call a NULL function pointer, crashing the kernel.
The race requires a mode change (CAP_NET_ADMIN) concurrent with
transmit on the team device.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
RIP: 0010:0x0
Call Trace:
team_xmit (drivers/net/team/team_core.c:1853)
dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3904)
__dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4871)
packet_sendmsg (net/packet/af_packet.c:3109)
__sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2265)
The original code assumed that no ports means no traffic, so mode
changes could freely memset()/memcpy() the ops. AF_PACKET with
forced carrier breaks that assumption.
Prevent the race instead of making it safe: replace memset()/memcpy()
with per-field updates that never touch transmit or receive. Those
two handlers are managed solely by team_adjust_ops(), which already
installs dummies when tx_en_port_count == 0 (always true during mode
change since no ports are present). WRITE_ONCE/READ_ONCE prevent
store/load tearing on the handler pointers.
synchronize_net() before exit_op() drains in-flight readers that may
still reference old mode state from before port removal switched the
handlers to dummies.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-07-20