Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 6.6.39 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: usb: aqc111: Do not perform PM inside suspend callback
syzbot reports "task hung in rpm_resume"
This is caused by aqc111_suspend calling
the PM variant of its write_cmd routine.
The simplified call trace looks like this:
rpm_suspend()
usb_suspend_both() - here udev->dev.power.runtime_status == RPM_SUSPENDING
aqc111_suspend() - called for the usb device interface
aqc111_write32_cmd()
usb_autopm_get_interface()
pm_runtime_resume_and_get()
rpm_resume() - here we call rpm_resume() on our parent
rpm_resume() - Here we wait for a status change that will never happen.
At this point we block another task which holds
rtnl_lock and locks up the whole networking stack.
Fix this by replacing the write_cmd calls with their _nopm variants
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: usb: cdc_ncm: add ndpoffset to NDP32 nframes bounds check
The same bounds-check bug fixed for NDP16 in the previous patch also
exists in cdc_ncm_rx_verify_ndp32(). The DPE array size is validated
against the total skb length without accounting for ndpoffset, allowing
out-of-bounds reads when the NDP32 is placed near the end of the NTB.
Add ndpoffset to the nframes bounds check and use struct_size_t() to
express the NDP-plus-DPE-array size more clearly.
Compile-tested only.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: add NULL checks for idev in SRv6 paths
__in6_dev_get() can return NULL when the device has no IPv6 configuration
(e.g. MTU < IPV6_MIN_MTU or after NETDEV_UNREGISTER).
Add NULL checks for idev returned by __in6_dev_get() in both
seg6_hmac_validate_skb() and ipv6_srh_rcv() to prevent potential NULL
pointer dereferences.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: always free skb on ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() failure
ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() has three error paths, but only two of them
free the skb. The first error path (ieee80211_tx_prepare() returning
TX_DROP) does not free it, while invoke_tx_handlers() failure and the
fragmentation check both do.
Add kfree_skb() to the first error path so all three are consistent,
and remove the now-redundant frees in callers (ath9k, mt76,
mac80211_hwsim) to avoid double-free.
Document the skb ownership guarantee in the function's kdoc.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: Fix race condition during IPSec ESN update
In IPSec full offload mode, the device reports an ESN (Extended
Sequence Number) wrap event to the driver. The driver validates this
event by querying the IPSec ASO and checking that the esn_event_arm
field is 0x0, which indicates an event has occurred. After handling
the event, the driver must re-arm the context by setting esn_event_arm
back to 0x1.
A race condition exists in this handling path. After validating the
event, the driver calls mlx5_accel_esp_modify_xfrm() to update the
kernel's xfrm state. This function temporarily releases and
re-acquires the xfrm state lock.
So, need to acknowledge the event first by setting esn_event_arm to
0x1. This prevents the driver from reprocessing the same ESN update if
the hardware sends events for other reason. Since the next ESN update
only occurs after nearly 2^31 packets are received, there's no risk of
missing an update, as it will happen long after this handling has
finished.
Processing the event twice causes the ESN high-order bits (esn_msb) to
be incremented incorrectly. The driver then programs the hardware with
this invalid ESN state, which leads to anti-replay failures and a
complete halt of IPSec traffic.
Fix this by re-arming the ESN event immediately after it is validated,
before calling mlx5_accel_esp_modify_xfrm(). This ensures that any
spurious, duplicate events are correctly ignored, closing the race
window.
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: Prevent concurrent access to IPSec ASO context
The query or updating IPSec offload object is through Access ASO WQE.
The driver uses a single mlx5e_ipsec_aso struct for each PF, which
contains a shared DMA-mapped context for all ASO operations.
A race condition exists because the ASO spinlock is released before
the hardware has finished processing WQE. If a second operation is
initiated immediately after, it overwrites the shared context in the
DMA area.
When the first operation's completion is processed later, it reads
this corrupted context, leading to unexpected behavior and incorrect
results.
This commit fixes the race by introducing a private context within
each IPSec offload object. The shared ASO context is now copied to
this private context while the ASO spinlock is held. Subsequent
processing uses this saved, per-object context, ensuring its integrity
is maintained.
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: mvpp2: guard flow control update with global_tx_fc in buffer switching
mvpp2_bm_switch_buffers() unconditionally calls
mvpp2_bm_pool_update_priv_fc() when switching between per-cpu and
shared buffer pool modes. This function programs CM3 flow control
registers via mvpp2_cm3_read()/mvpp2_cm3_write(), which dereference
priv->cm3_base without any NULL check.
When the CM3 SRAM resource is not present in the device tree (the
third reg entry added by commit 60523583b07c ("dts: marvell: add CM3
SRAM memory to cp11x ethernet device tree")), priv->cm3_base remains
NULL and priv->global_tx_fc is false. Any operation that triggers
mvpp2_bm_switch_buffers(), for example an MTU change that crosses
the jumbo frame threshold, will crash:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
virtual address 0000000000000000
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x0000000096000006
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
pc : readl+0x0/0x18
lr : mvpp2_cm3_read.isra.0+0x14/0x20
Call trace:
readl+0x0/0x18
mvpp2_bm_pool_update_fc+0x40/0x12c
mvpp2_bm_pool_update_priv_fc+0x94/0xd8
mvpp2_bm_switch_buffers.isra.0+0x80/0x1c0
mvpp2_change_mtu+0x140/0x380
__dev_set_mtu+0x1c/0x38
dev_set_mtu_ext+0x78/0x118
dev_set_mtu+0x48/0xa8
dev_ifsioc+0x21c/0x43c
dev_ioctl+0x2d8/0x42c
sock_ioctl+0x314/0x378
Every other flow control call site in the driver already guards
hardware access with either priv->global_tx_fc or port->tx_fc.
mvpp2_bm_switch_buffers() is the only place that omits this check.
Add the missing priv->global_tx_fc guard to both the disable and
re-enable calls in mvpp2_bm_switch_buffers(), consistent with the
rest of the driver.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
udp_tunnel: fix NULL deref caused by udp_sock_create6 when CONFIG_IPV6=n
When CONFIG_IPV6 is disabled, the udp_sock_create6() function returns 0
(success) without actually creating a socket. Callers such as
fou_create() then proceed to dereference the uninitialized socket
pointer, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference.
The captured NULL deref crash:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000018
RIP: 0010:fou_nl_add_doit (net/ipv4/fou_core.c:590 net/ipv4/fou_core.c:764)
[...]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.constprop.0 (net/netlink/genetlink.c:1114)
genl_rcv_msg (net/netlink/genetlink.c:1194 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1209)
[...]
netlink_rcv_skb (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550)
genl_rcv (net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219)
netlink_unicast (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344)
netlink_sendmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894)
__sock_sendmsg (net/socket.c:727 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:742 (discriminator 1))
__sys_sendto (./include/linux/file.h:62 (discriminator 1) ./include/linux/file.h:83 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:2183 (discriminator 1))
__x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2213 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:2209 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:2209 (discriminator 1))
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 (discriminator 1))
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (net/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)
This patch makes udp_sock_create6 return -EPFNOSUPPORT instead, so
callers correctly take their error paths. There is only one caller of
the vulnerable function and only privileged users can trigger it.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mtd: rawnand: serialize lock/unlock against other NAND operations
nand_lock() and nand_unlock() call into chip->ops.lock_area/unlock_area
without holding the NAND device lock. On controllers that implement
SET_FEATURES via multiple low-level PIO commands, these can race with
concurrent UBI/UBIFS background erase/write operations that hold the
device lock, resulting in cmd_pending conflicts on the NAND controller.
Add nand_get_device()/nand_release_device() around the lock/unlock
operations to serialize them against all other NAND controller access.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-03
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: fix use-after-free in durable v2 replay of active file handles
parse_durable_handle_context() unconditionally assigns dh_info->fp->conn
to the current connection when handling a DURABLE_REQ_V2 context with
SMB2_FLAGS_REPLAY_OPERATION. ksmbd_lookup_fd_cguid() does not filter by
fp->conn, so it returns file handles that are already actively connected.
The unconditional overwrite replaces fp->conn, and when the overwriting
connection is subsequently freed, __ksmbd_close_fd() dereferences the
stale fp->conn via spin_lock(&fp->conn->llist_lock), causing a
use-after-free.
KASAN report:
[ 7.349357] ==================================================================
[ 7.349607] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock+0x75/0xe0
[ 7.349811] Write of size 4 at addr ffff8881056ac18c by task kworker/1:2/108
[ 7.350010]
[ 7.350064] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 108 Comm: kworker/1:2 Not tainted 7.0.0-rc3+ #58 PREEMPTLAZY
[ 7.350068] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[ 7.350070] Workqueue: ksmbd-io handle_ksmbd_work
[ 7.350083] Call Trace:
[ 7.350087] <TASK>
[ 7.350087] dump_stack_lvl+0x64/0x80
[ 7.350094] print_report+0xce/0x660
[ 7.350100] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350101] ? __pfx___mod_timer+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350106] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x75/0xe0
[ 7.350108] kasan_report+0xce/0x100
[ 7.350109] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x75/0xe0
[ 7.350114] kasan_check_range+0x105/0x1b0
[ 7.350116] _raw_spin_lock+0x75/0xe0
[ 7.350118] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350119] ? __call_rcu_common.constprop.0+0x25e/0x780
[ 7.350125] ? close_id_del_oplock+0x2cc/0x4e0
[ 7.350128] __ksmbd_close_fd+0x27f/0xaf0
[ 7.350131] ksmbd_close_fd+0x135/0x1b0
[ 7.350133] smb2_close+0xb19/0x15b0
[ 7.350142] ? __pfx_smb2_close+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350143] ? xas_load+0x18/0x270
[ 7.350146] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x84/0xe0
[ 7.350148] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350150] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0xe/0x30
[ 7.350151] ? ksmbd_smb2_check_message+0xeb2/0x24c0
[ 7.350153] ? ksmbd_tree_conn_lookup+0xcd/0xf0
[ 7.350154] handle_ksmbd_work+0x40f/0x1080
[ 7.350156] process_one_work+0x5fa/0xef0
[ 7.350162] ? assign_work+0x122/0x3e0
[ 7.350163] worker_thread+0x54b/0xf70
[ 7.350165] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350166] kthread+0x346/0x470
[ 7.350170] ? recalc_sigpending+0x19b/0x230
[ 7.350176] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350178] ret_from_fork+0x4fb/0x6c0
[ 7.350183] ? __pfx_ret_from_fork+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350185] ? __switch_to+0x36c/0xbe0
[ 7.350188] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 7.350190] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 7.350197] </TASK>
[ 7.350197]
[ 7.355160] Allocated by task 123:
[ 7.355261] kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
[ 7.355373] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
[ 7.355484] __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0
[ 7.355593] ksmbd_conn_alloc+0x44/0x6d0
[ 7.355711] ksmbd_kthread_fn+0x243/0xd70
[ 7.355839] kthread+0x346/0x470
[ 7.355942] ret_from_fork+0x4fb/0x6c0
[ 7.356051] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 7.356164]
[ 7.356214] Freed by task 134:
[ 7.356305] kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
[ 7.356416] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
[ 7.356527] kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60
[ 7.356646] __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70
[ 7.356761] kfree+0x1ca/0x430
[ 7.356862] ksmbd_tcp_disconnect+0x59/0xe0
[ 7.356993] ksmbd_conn_handler_loop+0x77e/0xd40
[ 7.357138] kthread+0x346/0x470
[ 7.357240] ret_from_fork+0x4fb/0x6c0
[ 7.357350] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 7.357463]
[ 7.357513] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8881056ac000
[ 7.357513] which belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024
[ 7.357857] The buggy address is located 396 bytes inside of
[ 7.357857] freed 1024-byte region
---truncated---
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-03
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