Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/slab: do not wake up kswapd in __kfree_rcu_sheaf()
Since kfree_rcu() can be called under pi_lock (a raw spinlock in the
scheduler), kfree_rcu() itself should never allocate memory with
__GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM as waking up kswapd ends up acquiring pi_lock,
which leads to a deadlock.
Reproducing the issue even intentionally was not straightforward.
The set_cpus_allowed_force() path that is called under pi_lock is
exercised very rarely, and competing tasks that allocate memory will
most likely wake kswapd up.
Therefore the existence of the deadlock was verified with a modified
kernel that has a lockdep map for waking up kswapd:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
7.2.0-rc1-slab-for-next+ #10 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
git/6660 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff8e524533c550 (&p->pi_lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x12/0x20
but task is already holding lock:
ffff8e57bffff1a0 (&pgdat->kswapd_wait){....}-{3:3}, at: _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x12/0x20
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #2 (&pgdat->kswapd_wait){....}-{3:3}:
__lock_acquire+0x5a4/0xc50
lock_acquire.part.0+0xb7/0x240
lock_acquire+0x70/0x170
__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x44/0x80
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x12/0x20
__wake_up_common_lock+0x31/0xa0
__wake_up+0x20/0x40
kswapd_wakeup_wake+0x7e/0x110
wakeup_kswapd+0x295/0x320
wake_all_kswapds+0xac/0x1a0
__alloc_pages_slowpath.constprop.0+0x282/0xf80
__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x32a/0x360
alloc_slab_page+0x2e/0x160
allocate_slab+0x82/0x420
new_slab+0x52/0xb0
refill_objects+0x13d/0x190
refill_sheaf+0x5d/0xd0
__pcs_replace_empty_main+0x230/0xb10
[...]
-> #1 (kswapd_wakeup){-.-.}-{0:0}:
__lock_acquire+0x5a4/0xc50
lock_sync.part.0+0x75/0x100
lock_sync+0x36/0x70
might_wakeup_kswapd+0x61/0xa0
__kfree_rcu_sheaf+0x33/0xd90
kvfree_call_rcu+0x1d4/0x3b0
set_cpus_allowed_force+0x163/0x220
cpuset_cpus_allowed_fallback+0x18b/0x240
select_fallback_rq+0x1e6/0x250
[...]
-> #0 (&p->pi_lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:
check_prev_add+0xe6/0xe00
validate_chain+0x51e/0x6e0
__lock_acquire+0x5a4/0xc50
lock_acquire.part.0+0xb7/0x240
lock_acquire+0x70/0x170
__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x44/0x80
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x12/0x20
try_to_wake_up+0x77/0xa90
default_wake_function+0x27/0x60
autoremove_wake_function+0x23/0xb0
__wake_up_common+0xb8/0x170
__wake_up_common_lock+0x51/0xa0
__wake_up+0x20/0x40
kswapd_wakeup_wake+0x7e/0x110
wakeup_kswapd+0x295/0x320
wake_all_kswapds+0xac/0x1a0
__alloc_pages_slowpath.constprop.0+0x282/0xf80
__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x32a/0x360
alloc_slab_page+0x2e/0x160
allocate_slab+0x82/0x420
new_slab+0x52/0xb0
refill_objects+0x13d/0x190
refill_sheaf+0x5d/0xd0
__pcs_replace_empty_main+0x230/0xb10
[...]
other info that might help us debug this:
Chain exists of:
&p->pi_lock --> kswapd_wakeup --> &pgdat->kswapd_wait
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock(&pgdat->kswapd_wait);
lock(kswapd_wakeup);
lock(&pgdat->kswapd_wait);
lock(&p->pi_lock);
*** DEADLOCK ***
3 locks held by git/6660:
#0: ffff8e519f0e9e20 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#6){++++}-{4:4}, at: lookup_slow+0x2d/0x60
#1: ffffffff8a31c460 (kswapd_wakeup){-.-.}-
---truncated---
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: SDCA: Add better pm_runtime error handling in func probe
Add a common error path in probe that balances the runtime PM reference.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix overflow of jump offset in constant blinding
bpf_jit_blind_insn() rewrites 'if rX op imm goto off' into:
AX = imm ^ rnd
AX ^= rnd
if rX op AX goto off
and subtracts 2 from off when the jump is backward. off is s16, so
-32767 and -32768 wrap and the jump goes 32767 insns forward, past the
end of the prog. The jump is inside the patch, hence bpf_adj_branches()
doesn't check it. The kernel crashes when such prog runs with
bpf_jit_harden=2.
Return -ERANGE in such case. bpf_jit_blind_constants() fails the same
way when blinding of other insns moves a jump out of range.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nvme: fix cdev lifetime
Sashiko bot reported a potential problem for the cdev lifetime in [0]
- the code there is heavily based on the NVMe code.
Currently the NS head .open and .release file_operations methods take and
put a reference to the nvme_ns_head to ensure that this structure does not
disappear while we open fds for that cdev.
In multipath mode, when we teardown the NS head, we call nvme_cdev_del() ->
cdev_device_del() -> cdev_del(). However after cdev_del() returns, cdevs
already open will remain and their fops will still be callable. As such,
we can still reference the cdev after the nvme_ns_head reference count
drops to 0 (and is freed).
This can be shown with an application which delays between opening the cdev
and issuing the ioctl while the NS head is being torn down:
# ./ioctl_file /dev/ng1n1 &
# waiting 10 seconds ....
# ./ini_nvme_teardown.sh
[ 21.221718] nvme nvme1: Removing ctrl: NQN "nvme-test-target"
[ 21.274609] nvme nvme2: Removing ctrl: NQN "nvme-test-target"
# now going to issue ioctl ....
[ 26.549285] ==================================================================
[ 26.550841] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in cdev_put.part.0+0x3d/0x40
[ 26.552352] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88811e7fa170 by task ioctl_file/237
[ 26.553805]
[ 26.554227] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 237 Comm: ioctl_file Not tainted 7.2.0-rc1-00004-g6852a10e32d4 #921 PREEMPT(lazy)
[ 26.554236] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[ 26.554241] Call Trace:
[ 26.554245] <TASK>
[ 26.554248] dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0xa0
[ 26.554266] print_report+0x10d/0x5d0
[ 26.554276] ? __virt_addr_valid+0x21d/0x3f0
[ 26.554287] ? cdev_put.part.0+0x3d/0x40
[ 26.554292] kasan_report+0x96/0xd0
[ 26.554300] ? cdev_put.part.0+0x3d/0x40
[ 26.554307] cdev_put.part.0+0x3d/0x40
[ 26.554313] __fput+0x7bc/0xa70
[ 26.554322] fput_close_sync+0xd8/0x190
[ 26.554328] ? __pfx_fput_close_sync+0x10/0x10
[ 26.554337] __x64_sys_close+0x79/0xd0
[ 26.554344] do_syscall_64+0x117/0x6b0
[ 26.554351] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
[ 26.554358] RIP: 0033:0x7f938c067727
[ 26.554364] Code: 48 89 fa 4c 89 df e8 28 ad 00 00 8b 93 08 03 00 00 59 5e 48 83 f8 fc 74 1a 5b c3 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8b 44 24 10 0f 05 <5bf
[ 26.554369] RSP: 002b:00007fff49f05980 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000003
[ 26.554376] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f938bfd7780 RCX: 00007f938c067727
[ 26.554380] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003
[ 26.554383] RBP: 00007fff49f05a10 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 26.554386] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000000
[ 26.554389] R13: 00007fff49f05b40 R14: 00007f938c207000 R15: 000055c148471d78
[ 26.554397] </TASK>
[ 26.554399]
[ 26.575612] Allocated by task 100:
[ 26.575871] kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50
[ 26.576157] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
[ 26.576418] __kasan_kmalloc+0x7f/0x90
[ 26.576668] __kmalloc_noprof+0x281/0x6c0
[ 26.576938] nvme_alloc_ns+0x7f7/0x3170
[ 26.577206] nvme_scan_ns+0x508/0x880
[ 26.577449] async_run_entry_fn+0x8c/0x350
[ 26.577723] process_scheduled_works+0xb6f/0x1a00
[ 26.578034] worker_thread+0x4ad/0xb40
[ 26.578283] kthread+0x34f/0x450
[ 26.578501] ret_from_fork+0x563/0x800
[ 26.578752] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 26.579012]
[ 26.579124] Freed by task 237:
[ 26.579335] kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50
[ 26.579596] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
[ 26.579855] kasan_save_free_info+0x3a/0x60
[ 26.580131] __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70
[ 26.580388] kfree+0x321/0x500
[ 26.580591] nvme_ns_head_chr_release+0x39/0x50
[ 26.580883] __fput+0x352/0xa70
[ 26.581095] fput_close_sync+0xd8/0x190
[ 26.581350] __x64_sys_close+0x79/0xd0
[ 26.581595] do_syscall_64+0x117/0x6b0
[ 26.581842] entry_SYSCAL
---truncated---
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nvme: fix command effects log lifetime for multipath heads
KASAN reported a use-after-free when an I/O passthrough command was sent
through a multipath namespace head after the controller path that first
created the head had been removed:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nvme_command_effects+0x192/0x200 [nvme_core]
Read of size 4 at addr ffff888141b14400 by task nvme/19811
nvme_command_effects+0x192/0x200 [nvme_core]
nvme_cmd_allowed+0x7e/0x1b0 [nvme_core]
nvme_user_cmd.constprop.0+0x1b5/0x450 [nvme_core]
nvme_ns_head_chr_ioctl+0xf4/0x2a0 [nvme_core]
Move the log cache to the subsystem, with one entry per command set. Both
controllers and namespace heads hold subsystem references, keeping their
log pointers valid until subsystem release.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Hold map BTF for the memory allocator destructor record
bpf_ma_set_dtor() duplicates map->record so that the bpf_mem_alloc
destructor can release the special fields of hash and rhash map elements
once the allocator frees them for good. btf_record_dup() only acquires
references on kernel and module BTF. Fields whose types live in the map
BTF keep pointing into it: a kptr to a local type refers to map->btf,
and a list_head or rb_root field carries a value_rec owned by the struct
meta table of map->btf.
That borrowed state can outlive the map. When RCU callbacks are still in
flight, bpf_mem_alloc_destroy() copies the allocator and defers the final
drain, together with the destructor context, to a workqueue.
bpf_map_free() then frees map->record and drops the map's BTF reference
as soon as map_free() returns. Once the program that loaded the BTF is
gone as well, the BTF is freed while the worker still uses the
duplicate. The worker dereferences it through btf_is_kernel() and
btf_find_struct_meta() in bpf_obj_free_fields() when destroying elements
that were freed under RCU, and through btf_is_kernel() in
btf_record_free() when releasing the context itself:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in btf_is_kernel+0x19/0x30
Read of size 1 at addr ffff88811505dce8 by task kworker/u16:2/50
Workqueue: events_unbound free_mem_alloc_deferred
Call Trace:
btf_is_kernel+0x19/0x30
btf_record_free+0xc7/0xf0
htab_dtor_ctx_free+0x1a/0x30
free_mem_alloc_no_barrier+0x39/0x230
free_mem_alloc_deferred+0x2a/0x40
process_scheduled_works+0x5ce/0x9d0
worker_thread+0x42a/0x5e0
kthread+0x1f5/0x230
ret_from_fork+0x1dd/0x390
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
Allocated by task 358:
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x287/0x510
btf_new_fd+0xf7/0x3d0
__sys_bpf+0x487/0x840
Freed by task 0:
kfree+0x186/0x560
rcu_core+0x6f6/0xd40
Freeing a map that still holds more elements than the allocator's high
watermark is enough to get there, because the bulk free during teardown
queues the RCU callback that makes bpf_mem_alloc_destroy() defer.
Non-preallocated hash maps and resizable hash maps both register the
destructor and are affected alike.
Keep one reference on the map BTF in the destructor context. Every
non-kernel pointer in the duplicated record is either map->btf or memory
owned by it, so a single reference covers kptrs, list heads, and rb
roots, and mirrors what bpf_map_meta_alloc() does for the duplicated
record of an inner map. Release it only after the duplicated record has
been freed: the worker is preemptible and not in an RCU read-side
critical section, so dropping the last reference first would let the
BTF be freed while btf_record_free() still reads its fields.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mctp: publish the mctp_dev only after it is initialised
mctp_add_dev() links the new mctp_dev into dev->mctp_ptr before mdev->dev
is assigned, so a reader that picks the device up in that window
dereferences a net_device pointer that is still NULL:
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000000b0-0x00000000000000b7]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? __pfx_mctp_sendmsg (./include/linux/sockptr.h:49)
? __pfx_mctp_dst_output (net/mctp/route.c:41)
? selinux_socket_sendmsg (security/selinux/hooks.c:5278)
____sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:775 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:790
(discriminator 1) net/socket.c:2684 (discriminator 1))
? __pfx_____sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:1131)
? __pfx_copy_msghdr_from_user (net/socket.c:2590)
? update_cfs_rq_load_avg (kernel/sched/fair.c:5478)
___sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2738)
? __pfx____sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2625)
? perf_event_task_tick (./include/linux/rcupdate.h:838)
? sched_tick (kernel/sched/core.c:5818)
? clockevents_program_event (kernel/time/clockevents.c:372)
? fdget (./include/linux/rcupdate.h:873 fs/file.c:1100)
__sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2770)
? __pfx___sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2751)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)
</TASK>
Fix by publishing only once the object is fully initialised:
__mctp_dev_get() runs under rcu_read_lock() only and hands
this object to readers as soon as mctp_ptr is assigned, so
they must never observe mdev->dev == NULL.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: cls_api: reclaim an empty proto on the error path
Two racing tc filter add requests on the same chain/prio of an
unlocked classifier both run change() on the shared proto and both
can fail: the winner's tcf_chain_tp_delete_empty() attempt gives up
because the loser's handle is still in the idr, and the loser's
error path drops only its own reference without a second reclamation
attempt. The empty proto stays linked in the chain, holding the
chain reference, a block reference and the classifier module
reference until the chain or block is torn down.
Reclaim the proto on the error path of any failed request that holds
a proto reference. The reclamation is emptiness-gated:
tcf_chain_tp_delete_empty() unlinks the proto only when
delete_empty() admits it is empty, so a live shared proto is never
unlinked. A proto the request created is reclaimed unconditionally -
it is the only owner, so marking it for deletion is safe even without
a delete_empty callback. Classifiers without one (the check marks the
proto unconditionally) are rtnl-serialized, so the raced window this
guard closes cannot arise for them.
This is a follow-up to commit d4e359b3608a ("net/sched: cls_api: fix
teardown of an adopted proto on insert-race loss"), which stopped the
loser of the insert race from unlinking the winner's live proto but
left the empty-proto residual in place.
Conditions to recreate:
- CONFIG_NET_CLS_FLOWER=y; veth pair
- tc qdisc add dev veth0 ingress
- two concurrent `tc filter add dev veth0 ingress protocol ip pref 1
flower skip_sw ... action drop` (both fail in fl_hw_replace_filter
after publishing their handle in the idr); repeat in a loop
- an empty flower tp stays linked after both requests fail; visible
as a bare `filter protocol ip pref 1 flower chain 0` header in
`tc filter show` with no filter entries
- CAP_NET_ADMIN (namespace-local via unshare -Urn suffices)
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in ieee80211_monitor_select_queue()
ieee80211_monitor_select_queue() validates the skb length using skb->len
before dereferencing pointers into skb->data to access the 802.11 header.
However, skb->len includes data in both the linear head buffer and
non-linear fragments/pages. When AF_PACKET sends a packet large enough to
become non-linear, the 802.11 header at skb->data + len_rthdr may extend
past the linear head buffer even though skb->len appears sufficient.
This leads to a slab-out-of-bounds read when accessing hdr->frame_control,
as the kernel reads beyond the allocated skb head buffer:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ieee80211_monitor_select_queue+0x1ed/0x220
syzbot has hit the same issues.
Fix this by checking skb_headlen(skb) (which gives the length of the
linear data region) instead of skb->len before dereferencing skb->data
pointers. This ensures the required bytes are actually present in the
linear portion of the skb.
Apply the same fix to ieee80211_validate_radiotap_len() which has the
same class of bug: it uses skb->len to validate accesses to skb->data,
and to the corresponding checks in ieee80211_monitor_start_xmit(): for
drivers advertising NETIF_F_SG the skb is not linearized before
ndo_start_xmit, so the 802.11 header can be read past the linear
buffer there as well.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: hci_sync: don't drain cmd_sync backlog on unregister
hci_unregister_dev() disables cmd_work and cmd_timer, then calls
hci_cmd_sync_clear(), whose cancel_work_sync() waits for
hci_cmd_sync_work() to return. That worker dequeues and runs every
entry on cmd_sync_work_list. With cmd_work disabled nothing reaches
the controller, so each queued HCI command waits the full
HCI_CMD_TIMEOUT (2s).
The backlog has no bound. Userspace can keep queuing MGMT commands
such as MGMT_OP_GET_CLOCK_INFO against a controller that doesn't
answer. Closing /dev/vhci then blocks in vhci_release() for
backlog * 2s:
INFO: task syz-executor:5749 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
cancel_work_sync
hci_cmd_sync_clear
hci_unregister_dev
vhci_release
In a local reproduction the backlog held more than 5000 entries,
which comes to hours of hang.
Stop the worker from taking new entries once HCI_UNREGISTER is set,
and wake any request still waiting with -ENODEV before cancelling
the work. The entries left over are destroyed with -ECANCELED by the
existing sweep in hci_cmd_sync_clear(). They stay on the list until
the work has stopped, so hci_cmd_sync_dequeue() and friends still see
them. A callback already running may still issue another command,
which delays unregister by at most one timeout per remaining command,
not by the whole backlog.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: systemport: Fix buffer overflow in bcm_sysport_get_stats()
When running on SYSTEMPORT Lite, certain statistics are unsupported and
skipped during bcm_sysport_get_stats(). The variable 'j' tracks the
compacted index into the destination data buffer, whereas 'i' iterates
over all elements in bcm_sysport_gstrings_stats.
Because the buffer allocated by ethtool is sized only according to
bcm_sysport_get_sset_count(), storing values at data[i] instead of
data[j] writes past the allocated array bounds, leading to memory
corruption.
Fix this by writing to data[j] instead of data[i].
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5: Fix slab-out-of-bounds when handling team device events
The mlx5_handle_changeupper_event() and mlx5_handle_changeinfodata_event()
functions check for LAG masters (which includes both bonding and team
devices) but only call bonding-specific APIs. When processing team device
events, calling bond_slave_get_rcu() and bond_is_slave_inactive() on
team_port structures causes KASAN to detect an out-of-bounds memory access
since team_port is smaller than bond slave.
Fix this by wrapping the bond-specific API calls with a check for bonding
devices. This allows the function to still process LAG events for both
bonding and teams but only calls bond-specific functions when dealing with
actual bonding devices.
For mlx5_handle_changeinfodata_event(), keep the explicit bond check as
mlx5 doesn't handle state information for team ports anyway.
Tested with Mellanox ConnectX-5 on Linux 7.2.0-rc6:
- Bonding: PASS (no regressions)
- Team device: PASS (no KASAN errors)
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
octeontx2-pf: Fix aura BPID assignment when CONFIG_DCB is enabled
Previously, BPID assignment under CONFIG_DCB assumed
`queue_to_pfc_map` was always initialized. For SDP VFs this leads to
invalid memory access as it was not initialized.
This patch adds a NULL check for `queue_to_pfc_map` before
dereferencing it. Also, simplifies the logic by always assigning a
default BPID first, then conditionally overriding it if CONFIG_DCB is
enabled and the map exists.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tipc: prevent GCM nonce reuse on peer key changes
TIPC can encrypt traffic between nodes using a different transmit key
for each node. In this mode, the AES-GCM nonce for a packet sent to a
known peer consists of a 32-bit prefix (a per-key salt XOR the peer's
address) followed by a 64-bit counter. That counter is stored in the
peer's RX crypto object. When the peer reports a change in which key
it uses to receive packets, TIPC resets this counter. The sender can
still be using the same TX key and salt, so subsequent packets reuse
earlier nonces. This nonce reuse breaks confidentiality and exposes
GCM's authentication key. This makes forgeries trivial: an attacker
can exploit CTR malleability to alter captured ciphertexts and use the
recovered authentication key to compute a valid tag for the modified
ciphertext, under the same key and nonce.
Use the TX key's existing aead->seqno counter instead. All encryptions
using that key object share the same atomic counter, so concurrent
encryptions get distinct nonce counter values. The counter survives
key activation and peer reconnection, and peer key-status reports
cannot reset it. This prevents those transitions from causing nonce
reuse while the same TX key remains installed.
The nonce format is unchanged, and receivers do not require consecutive
counter values, so sharing the counter across peers remains compatible
with existing receivers. A pre-existing check still invokes key
revocation in the unlikely event that the counter wraps to zero.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: page_pool: fix use-after-free in page_pool_recycle_ring_bulk()
With CONFIG_PAGE_POOL_STATS=y, page_pool_recycle_ring_bulk() updates
the recycle stats after dropping the producer lock. If it just recycled
the last inflight netmems of a pool being destroyed, page_pool_release()
can pass its producer-lock barrier and free the pool before
recycle_stat_add() runs.
Commit fcc680a647ba7 ("page_pool: allow mixing PPs within one bulk")
moved this stat update after the unlock. Commit 271683bb2cf32
("page_pool: Fix use-after-free in page_pool_recycle_in_ring") later
added the barrier, but only fixed page_pool_recycle_in_ring(). Move
the update back under the lock.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: stmmac: fix rx Scatter-Gather support
When a received frame is larger than dma_buf_sz, the DMA scatters it
across multiple RX descriptors (rx Scatter-Gather). The secondary RX
buffer (sec_page) was only allocated and programmed when split-header
(SPH) was active, so for regular frames buffer2 was neither allocated
nor backed by a valid mapping. As soon as an incoming frame overflowed
buffer1, the DMA wrote the overflow into the unmapped secondary-buffer
address, triggering an SMMU translation fault on IOMMU-based platforms:
arm-smmu 15000000.iommu: Unhandled context fault: fsr=0x402, iova=0x00000000, fsynr=0x7f0011, cbfrsynra=0x1c90, cb=11
arm-smmu 15000000.iommu: FSR = 00000402 [Format=2 TF], SID=0x1c90
arm-smmu 15000000.iommu: FSYNR0 = 007f0011 [S1CBNDX=127 WNR PLVL=1]
Enable scatter-gather for non-SPH frames on cores that can program an
independent secondary RX buffer (GMAC4/XGMAC): allocate and mark buffer2
as valid in stmmac_init_rx_buffers() and stmmac_rx_refill(), and account
for it in the buffer length computation. Legacy cores have no set_sec_addr
op, so they keep buffer2 disabled.
Since buffer2 is handed to the DMA at page offset 0, the page pool sync
window is widened to cover both buffers in every mode: offset is set to 0
and max_len to dma_buf_sz + stmmac_rx_offset().
The FCS can straddle the buffer1/buffer2 boundary and a descriptor
boundary, so it is now stripped from the tail of the assembled frame with
pskb_trim() instead of from a single buffer, avoiding an unsigned underflow
for frames that overflow a buffer by 1..3 bytes. For single-buffer frames
the XDP program must not see the FCS, so it is removed from the XDP buffer
before the program runs.
Native XDP currently only supports single-buffer (linear) frames. An
oversized frame accepted by the MAC (jumbo enabled) is received via
buffer2; the XDP program only sees buffer1, so on a TX/REDIRECT verdict
the frame is forwarded truncated. XDP multi-buffer support to handle
this case is planned as a follow-up.
AF_XDP zero-copy RX is not covered by this change: a ZC queue still
programs buffer2 at DMA address 0 (and XGMAC has no buffer2-valid bit),
so an oversized frame overflowing buffer1 can still trigger the same
SMMU translation fault. Handling is planned as a follow-up.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
seg6: ensure packet data is writable before modifying SRH and IPv6 DA
advance_nextseg() modifies the SRH Segments Left field and the IPv6
destination address without ensuring the packet data is writable.
seg6_next_csid_advance_arg() has the same problem when it advances the
NEXT-C-SID argument in the destination address.
The skb may be cloned, for example by an AF_PACKET socket receiving on
the ingress device. advance_nextseg() and seg6_next_csid_advance_arg()
then write into the packet data shared with the clone. A read from that
socket can return the modified packet instead of the received one. The
simplified path below shows this for advance_nextseg():
__netif_receive_skb_one_core
__netif_receive_skb_core
deliver_skb [orig: users=2, cloned=0]
packet_rcv
skb_clone clone queued to the AF_PACKET socket
consume_skb(orig) [orig: users=1, cloned=1]
ipv6_rcv
ip6_rcv_core skb_share_check: no-op [orig: users=1]
[...]
input_action_end_core
advance_nextseg writes into the data shared with the clone
Call skb_ensure_writable() in advance_nextseg() and in
seg6_next_csid_advance_arg() before they modify the packet data.
skb_ensure_writable() may reallocate skb->head, which invalidates the
pointers into the packet data taken before the call.
advance_nextseg() now returns a valid SRH pointer, or NULL if
skb_ensure_writable() fails.
seg6_next_csid_advance_arg() takes the pointer to the destination
address from the skb after skb_ensure_writable().
On failure, the callers drop the packet with SKB_DROP_REASON_NOMEM.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: restrict SO_RESERVE_MEM to TCP sockets and cap max value
Commit 2bb2f5fb21b0 ("net: add new socket option SO_RESERVE_MEM") and
commit d00c8ee31729 ("net: fix possible NULL deref in sock_reserve_memory")
only checked sk_has_account(sk), which is true for both TCP and UDP
sockets.
However, SO_RESERVE_MEM and sk_unused_reserved_mem() are currently only
supported by TCP:
- On UDP sockets, sk->sk_forward_alloc is protected by
sk->sk_receive_queue.lock, whereas sock_reserve_memory() and
sock_release_reserved_memory() only acquire lock_sock(sk). Concurrent
UDP packet reception/release and setsockopt(SO_RESERVE_MEM) corrupt
sk_forward_alloc and memcg accounting.
- udp_rmem_release() reclaims excess sk_forward_alloc without
accounting for sk_unused_reserved_mem(sk).
Restrict sock_reserve_memory() to TCP sockets (sk_is_tcp(sk)) for now.
Supporting SO_RESERVE_MEM for UDP (acquiring sk_receive_queue.lock and
honoring sk_unused_reserved_mem() in udp_rmem_release()) can be done in
a future net-next series if needed.
In addition, reject val > SZ_1G with -EINVAL in
sk_setsockopt(SO_RESERVE_MEM). Without an upper bound, values near
INT_MAX cause sk_mem_pages(delta) and (pages << PAGE_SHIFT) to overflow
32-bit signed int, corrupting sk->sk_forward_alloc and
sk->sk_reserved_mem. Using a page-aligned cap (SZ_1G) ensures that the
page-rounded sk->sk_reserved_mem reported by getsockopt(SO_RESERVE_MEM)
can always be passed back to setsockopt(SO_RESERVE_MEM).
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Wait for an RCU tasks grace period before freeing trampoline progs
When a prog is detached from a trampoline, it is freed after an RCU
grace period, or an RCU tasks trace one if it is sleepable. This covers
the tasks that are running the prog, since the prog's enter helper takes
the matching read lock before the prog is called. On a preemptible
kernel, it doesn't cover a task that was preempted in the trampoline
just before the enter helper. That task holds no lock yet, and it calls
the prog after it was freed:
BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in __bpf_prog_enter_recur+0x3a5/0x3f0
Read of size 8 at addr ffffc90000055040 by task candidate/110
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 110 Comm: candidate Not tainted 7.3.0-rc2-00014-g15071f2a1263-dirty #2 PREEMPT(full)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__bpf_prog_enter_recur+0x3a5/0x3f0
bpf_trampoline_6442509193+0x37/0xf1
__x64_sys_futex+0x9/0x410
do_syscall_64+0xb0/0x530
...
Wait for an RCU tasks grace period before the existing one when freeing
a prog that was linked to a trampoline. An RCU tasks grace period only
ends once the tasks that were preempted have run again, and
bpf_tramp_image_put() already relies on it to free the image. It doesn't
wait for tasks that sleep in the trampoline, the next commit takes care
of those.
Only progs that were linked to a trampoline can be called this way, so
bpf_trampoline_add_prog() marks them and other progs are still freed as
before.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Skip detached progs in trampoline images that are still in use
bpf_tramp_image_put() makes sure a trampoline image is not freed while
a task may still be running in it, but nothing similar is done for the
progs called by that image. Detach drops the last prog reference right
away and the prog is freed after grace periods, on the basis that a
task still in the traced function skips the fexit progs once the nop at
ip_after_call is patched to a jump.
That leaves out a task sleeping in a sleepable prog that runs before
the detached one, which no grace period waits for:
CPU 0 CPU 1
in image I, sleeping in prog S
detach P from I's trampoline
-> new image, bpf_tramp_image_put(I)
bpf_prog_put(P), last ref
grace periods, P freed
back from S
__bpf_prog_enter(P)
call P->bpf_func
If S and P are fexit progs the task is already past the patched jump,
and fentry only images don't have one. On x86 this is an int3 in
poisoned bpf_prog_pack memory:
Oops: int3: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
CPU: 18 UID: 0 PID: 94573 Comm: x169 Not tainted 6.18.44 #1 PREEMPT(lazy)
RIP: 0010:0xffffffffc0601d8d
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? bpf_trampoline_6442515411+0x1a4/0x21b
bpf_lsm_bprm_committed_creds+0x5/0x10
security_bprm_committed_creds+0x5f/0x70
begin_new_exec+0x2d6/0x410
...
We hit this in production when progs attached through trampolines got
detached while their hooks were busy, and it was independently found
with a fuzzer and KASAN.
Have the JITs emit a patchable nop in front of each prog call sequence
and record it in the image. When a prog is detached, patch its nop to a
jump over the call sequence. Progs that stay attached keep running for
the tasks that are in the image, and ip_after_call isn't needed anymore.
The task can be in any image that isn't freed yet, not only in the
current one. It sleeps in image I1 that calls S, P and Q, then P is
detached and the trampoline moves to image I2, then Q is detached and
its call is still in I1. So the trampoline keeps a list of its images
until they are freed, and detaching a prog patches its nop in all of
them. Images hold a reference on the trampoline for that long.
On riscv and loongarch a jump of any range takes several instructions,
and a task preempted in the middle of them could resume into half of the
new sequence. The nop is a single instruction there, patched to a near
branch through arch_bpf_trampoline_skip().
With the extra nops, BPF_MAX_TRAMP_LINKS progs no longer fit in a page
on x86 and arm64 (and already didn't on powerpc), so lower the limit
there like s390 does.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: bcmgenet: fix NULL dereference in set_coalesce before first open
The Rx ring priv and index are only set in bcmgenet_init_rx_ring(),
which runs at open. Setting the Rx coalescing parameters on an interface
that was never opened, e.g. "ethtool -C eth0 rx-usecs 50", dereferences
a NULL ring->priv. The oops happens with RTNL held, so networking
stays stuck until a reboot:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000000002788
pc : bcmgenet_set_rx_coalesce.isra.0+0x10/0x88
lr : bcmgenet_set_coalesce+0xe8/0x180
Call trace:
bcmgenet_set_rx_coalesce.isra.0+0x10/0x88 (P)
__ethnl_set_coalesce.isra.0+0x490/0x570
ethnl_set_coalesce+0x48/0xc0
ethnl_default_set_doit+0xf4/0x230
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xe8/0x160
genl_rcv_msg+0x220/0x2a0
netlink_rcv_skb+0x68/0x140
genl_rcv+0x40/0x60
netlink_unicast+0x338/0x3c0
netlink_sendmsg+0x19c/0x3f8
__sock_sendmsg+0x64/0xc0
__sys_sendto+0x124/0x198
__arm64_sys_sendto+0x30/0x48
Set priv and index at probe. Writing the registers while the interface
is down is harmless because open resets the MAC and
bcmgenet_init_rx_coalesce() reapplies the stored values.
It was observed on a Raspberry Pi CM4, but should apply to all other
genet devices.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: cap skb->queue_mapping when the tx queue is picked
skbedit can set skb->queue_mapping and raise the per-CPU skip_txqueue
flag so __dev_queue_xmit() honours the mapping. __dev_queue_xmit()
cleared the flag before sch_handle_egress() and only read it afterwards,
so the flag was not confined to the xmit that set it: a nested xmit
(mirred redirect or mirror, or a drop after skbedit) could set the flag
and the outer xmit would consume it for an skb that never went through
skbedit.
A forwarded packet still carries the ingress NIC's rx_queue + 1 in
skb->queue_mapping, so the outer device then indexes its tx queue state
with that stale value. Taprio's child array q->qdiscs[] is sized to the
device's queue count, so taprio_enqueue() indexes past its allocation
and dereferences the result as a struct Qdisc *.
We (ab)use the skb->nf_skip_egress which means "skip netfilter egress
for this packet" to tag to "am I in tc egress?". Despite the overload
I dont see it as a conflict since the marker is set only around the
single sch_handle_egress() call and ingress path is guarded by
tc_at_ingress.
I will send a followup(net-next) patch once this hits net-next to
rename the skb->nf_skip_egress bit/flag to skb->skip_egress
Arm the flag only from the egress classifier that can use it: raise
skip_txqueue from tcf_skbedit_act() only when it runs inside
sch_handle_egress(), thanks to skb->nf_skip_egress. An egress qdisc
classifier runs in q->enqueue(), after the tx queue has been picked,
so a mapping it sets cannot affect the current packet; arming the flag
there only pollutes it for a later xmit. Then own the flag for the xmit
frame the egress hook runs in: save the incoming value and clear it just
before sch_handle_egress(), and restore it after the hook - on the
consumed (drop) path, or, in the same call that reads it, on the
surviving path. The save and the restores stay inside the
egress_needed_key static branch, so a packet pays for them only when
egress hooks are active (2f1e85b1aee4).
Store the value netdev_cap_txqueue() selected back into skb->queue_mapping
in netdev_tx_queue_mapping(), as netdev_core_pick_tx() already does, so
the skip_txqueue path never hands a later reader on the xmit path a
mapping the device cannot serve. A store made still later in the same
frame, by a tc BPF program attached to a transmit qdisc, is outside this
path and is not re-capped; a separate followup will resolve that path.
netdev_xmit_skip_txqueue() returns the previous flag value so the
save-and-clear is one call, and a no-op stub is provided when
CONFIG_NET_EGRESS is disabled. skb->nf_skip_egress is compiled under
CONFIG_NET_EGRESS rather than CONFIG_NETFILTER_SKIP_EGRESS, so
skb_at_tc_egress() is valid whenever the egress path is built.
A local user in a network namespace can redirect a packet from a device
with more TX queues to one with fewer after setting a mapping valid only
on the larger device. That reaches these reads and, under KASAN, faults
with "slab-out-of-bounds in taprio_enqueue".
Conditions to recreate the bug: the report's own trigger is a local user
with CAP_NET_ADMIN in a network namespace, so no eBPF program is needed.
With CONFIG_NET_SCH_TAPRIO=y, CONFIG_NET_ACT_SKBEDIT=y,
CONFIG_NET_ACT_MIRRED=y, CONFIG_NET_CLS_MATCHALL=y,
CONFIG_NET_SCH_PRIO=y and KASAN enabled, create qa (3 queues), qb
(2 queues) and qc (1 queue) as dummy devices; put a taprio root on qb
(num_tc 1, queues 2@0) and clsact on all three; then add an egress
matchall filter on every device. On qa: "action skbedit queue_mapping 2
pipe action mirred egress redirect dev qb". On qb: "action mirred egress
mirror dev qc". On qc: "action skbedit queue_mapping 0 pipe". Send one
packet out qa. qc's skbedit sets the flag while qb's outer xmit is in
flight; without the fix qb consumes it and reads its two-entry taprio
child array with the forwarded packet's stale mapping. A qc whose
skb
---truncated---
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: allocate dummy netdev sooner
The RX rings and the shared NAPI are carried by an internal "dummy" netdev
(eth->dummy_dev). mtk_probe() creates that dummy device, and adds the
shared tx/rx NAPI to it, only after the MAC netdevs have been registered.
That order has been there since the MT7623 support was added and leaves a
window in which the netdevs are visible to the network core before the
shared NAPI and the dummy device exist.
If anything brings the first netdev up during that window (e.g. netifd
opening the WAN link the instant the interface is registered), the
first-open path runs without them. On NETSYS v2 and later SoCs
mtk_rx_alloc() -> __xdp_rxq_info_reg() then dereferences eth->dummy_dev ==
NULL:
WARNING: CPU: ... Missing net_device from driver
in net/core/xdp.c and mtk_open() fails with -ENODEV. On NETSYS v1 SoCs
(MT7621/MT7622/MT7623/MT7629) there is no page pool, so the same open
instead calls napi_enable() on a napi_struct that netif_napi_add() has not
initialised yet and dereferences a NULL napi->dev.
Allocate the dummy netdev and add the shared tx/rx NAPI to it before the
register_netdev() loop. Both the dummy-allocation failure and a
register_netdev() failure now unwind through mtk_unreg_dev(), which
unregisters the net_device notifiers and the netdevs registered so far,
stopping a concurrently-opened netdev (ndo_stop) and its NAPI before the
dummy carrier is freed.
A netdev that opened during the window can also have queued the
frame-engine reset worker (via the tx watchdog or phylink), so the probe
error path now cancels eth->pending_work before freeing the shared state,
as mtk_cleanup() already does on remove.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: sparx5: skip ptp deinit if init was skipped
sparx5_ptp_init() returns early on the base lan969x variants
because they do not have the SPX5_FEATURE_PTP flag. It also returns early
when no "ptp" interrupt is described. Unbinding the driver then causes a
NULL pointer dereference when cleaning up uninitialized tx_skbs queues:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
0000000000000008
Call trace:
skb_queue_purge_reason+0x68/0x120 (P)
sparx5_ptp_deinit+0x64/0xc0
mchp_sparx5_remove+0x38/0x70
platform_remove+0x20/0x30
device_remove+0x4c/0x80
Before per-port tx_skbs were added, a NULL dereference would have happened
when calling ptp_clock_unregister() on the never-registered PTP clocks.
Fix by returning early in sparx5_ptp_deinit() if PTP is not used.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipvs: filter some flags received in the backup server
While the IPVS SYNC protocol is not secure by design
we can still protect the backup server from messages that
can wreak havoc.
This commit addresses problems from received connection flags
or their combinations. We now drop messages as follows:
1. the NO_CPORT+TEMPLATE combination allows lookups for normal
connections to hit template which can break in many ways.
While the master does not sync connections with NO_CPORT flag,
i.e. before they are established, we still accept NO_CPORT
without TEMPLATE.
2. ONE_PACKET: it is not sent by master, so we do not
expect it in backup. Before now it was ignored by
IP_VS_CONN_F_BACKUP_MASK for protocol v1 while protocol
v0 created connections that are not hashed and dropped
immediately. Better to apply the IP_VS_CONN_F_BACKUP_MASK
also to the flags from v0 messages for consistency with v1.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: bpf: reject invalid NAT manipulation types
As bpf_ct_set_nat_info() is not validating the NAT manipulation type a
wrong value can be passed directly to nf_nat_setup_info(). This triggers
the WARN_ON() at nf_nat_setup_info() and if panic_on_warn isn't set,
then IPS_SRC_NAT_DONE is set without adding nat_bysource and conntrack
cleanup tries to unlink an uninitialized hlist node.
Fix this by checking that NAT manipulation type is correct before
calling nf_nat_setup_info(). In addition, if the WARN_ON is hit, return
NF_DROP instead of continuing with the processing to avoid similar
situations in the future.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: flowtable: generalize pending status bit
Rename NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING to NF_FLOW_PENDING and use it to inhibit the
flowtable GC worker until pending hw offload work has been completed.
Apparently, nf_flow_offload_stats() can schedule work to retrieve stats
while the flow is being removed by GC.
And this bit can also be used in a follow up patch to disable GC until
the flow has been fully added in both directions.
Revert the reordering done in commit d644b23afe1e ("netfilter:
flowtable: publish HW_DEAD after worker is done") to prevent a race
between GC and hw offload handler.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: Fix AF_XDP TX timestamp teardown NULL dereference
During XSK TX queue teardown, outstanding descriptors are completed
without a CQE. If one requested a TX timestamp, the completion path
passes that NULL CQE to mlx5e_xsk_fill_timestamp(), which dereferences
it.
Return zero when no CQE is available, indicating that teardown did not
produce a TX timestamp.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf: Fix race between perf_event_exit_task() and perf_pending_task()
A race condition exists between perf_event_exit_task() and
perf_pending_task() during begin_new_exec().
During begin_new_exec(), perf_event_exit_task() may be called, and the
PF_EXITING flag is not set on task. So perf_sigtrap() continues to execute
and triggers WARN_ON_ONCE(event->ctx->task != current).
Since both task exit and exec paths can call perf_event_exit_task() which
sets ctx->task to TASK_TOMBSTONE, fix this by explicitly checking if
event->ctx->task equals TASK_TOMBSTONE and dropping the redundant
PF_EXITING check.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix objects stuck in free_by_rcu_ttrace
do_call_rcu_ttrace() returns early when call_rcu_ttrace_in_progress is set
and leaves the objects in free_by_rcu_ttrace. __free_rcu() frees
waiting_for_gp_ttrace only and clears the flag. Hence the objects that
free_bulk() or __free_by_rcu() added while RCU tasks trace GP was in flight
stay in free_by_rcu_ttrace until free_bulk() or alloc_bulk() is called for
the same bpf_mem_cache again, which may never happen. The number of such
objects is not bounded.
Turn call_rcu_ttrace_in_progress into three states:
0 - idle
1 - __free_rcu() is queued
2 - __free_rcu() is queued and free_by_rcu_ttrace got more objects since
do_call_rcu_ttrace() sets 2. __free_rcu() does cmpxchg(1 -> 0) and starts
the next GP when it fails. It cannot clear the flag first and check
free_by_rcu_ttrace later, since bpf_mem_alloc_destroy() frees bpf_mem_cache
without waiting for RCU callbacks when the flag is zero.
Now __free_rcu() queues itself, so the one that didn't see 'draining' may
do call_rcu_tasks_trace() after rcu_barrier_tasks_trace() in
free_mem_alloc(). Queue it under rcu_read_lock() and do synchronize_rcu()
before the barriers. Calling rcu_barrier_tasks_trace() twice works too, but
creating and destroying hash maps in a loop on many cpus slows down to one
free_mem_alloc() per GP and kworkers pile up.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
futex: Fix private hash use-after-free on resize
poll_state_synchronize_rcu(mm->futex.phash.batches) is used by
futex_ref_drop() to check that a grace period has passed since the
current hash was published. This relies on batches referencing a grace
period which started after the hash pointer was assigned.
__futex_pivot_hash() sets mmph->batches before it replaces mmph->hash:
scoped_guard(rcu) {
mmph->batches = get_state_synchronize_rcu();
rcu_assign_pointer(mmph->hash, new);
}
The scoped_guard(rcu) doesn't stop new grace periods from starting, and
if one starts between those two assignments, futex_ref_drop() can move
forward while a reader still holds a pointer to the old hash.
Fix things by setting mmph->batches after assigning mmph->hash. The
scoped_guard(rcu) isn't needed, so let's drop that as well.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix missing migration protection in __rhtab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch()
bpf_mem_cache_free_rcu() uses this_cpu_ptr() which requires migration
to be disabled. All callers of rhtab_delete_elem() disable migration
except __rhtab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch(), which calls it under
rcu_read_lock() only.
On CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU, rcu_read_lock() does not disable preemption or
migration, so the task can migrate between CPUs during the delete loop,
causing this_cpu_ptr() to trigger:
BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code
Fix by wrapping the delete loop in migrate_disable()/migrate_enable()
in __rhtab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch(), matching the migration
protection that the other callers already provide.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: guard dc_sink dereferences in MST mode validation
dm_dp_mst_is_port_support_mode() reads
aconnector->dc_sink->dsc_caps... for the DSC branch-throughput check,
and get_conv_frl_bw()'s HDMI-PCON FRL-bandwidth path reads
aconnector->dc_sink->edid_caps.max_frl_rate, both without a NULL
check. dc_sink is cleared asynchronously on MST unplug, and both
functions run from paths that the driver's own comments document as
racing that teardown: the connector probe worker's ->mode_valid
callback and a compositor's atomic check, neither of which holds the
MST manager lock that the teardown path uses. The former does have an
existing dsc_aux NULL check, but dsc_aux isn't reliably cleared in
every path that clears dc_sink, so it doesn't cover this.
Fail the port-support check and skip the FRL conversion path when the
sink is already gone.
(cherry picked from commit 7c3db8da4e039698ae198c870712428644e965c7)
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: check dc_state_create_copy() for NULL in dm_suspend
dc_state_create_copy() can return NULL on allocation failure.
dm_suspend() only conditionally skips dm_gpureset_toggle_interrupts()
and continues execution, returning success. dm_resume() then
dereferences the NULL cached_dc_state in link_enc_cfg_copy() and the
following dc_state->stream_count loop, crashing during GPU reset
recovery.
Return -ENOMEM immediately if the copy fails, so the caller aborts
suspend instead of leaving a NULL cached state for resume.
(cherry picked from commit 84b6d7932fdd2857795a257f9f258562a3cddcab)
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu/gfx6: fix firmware leak on teardown
The firmware requested in gfx_v6_0_init_microcode() is not released
when the GFX block is torn down, leaking the firmware resources.
Add gfx_v6_0_free_microcode() and call it from gfx_v6_0_sw_fini()
to release the PFP, ME, CE and RLC firmware.
(cherry picked from commit 386e81346f95ab0be5a82c5535de932e7a456924)
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/mediatek: Add missing IS_ERR check for ovl_adaptor platform device
platform_device_register_data() can fail and return an ERR_PTR, but the
return value is used without checking, leading to an invalid pointer
being stored in ddp_comp[].dev and passed to component_match_add() and
mtk_ddp_comp_init(), which could result in a kernel crash.
Add an IS_ERR() check to jump to the error handling path on failure.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/mediatek: Fix ovl adaptor platform device leak
mtk_drm_probe() creates an OVL adaptor platform device with
platform_device_register_data() when the display pipeline requires the
OVL adaptor.
If a later initialization step fails, the probe error path releases
the DRM resources without unregistering the already registered OVL
adaptor device. The normal remove path likewise leaves the device
registered after the DRM driver is unbound.
Keep track of whether the OVL adaptor was successfully registered and
unregister it on probe failure. Also recover the platform device from
the stored DDP component device and unregister it during normal
removal.
The issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and
confirmed by manual review.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/mediatek: Fix pdev reference leak in mtk_drm_bind()
When the device is not the mmsys master, mtk_drm_bind() returns early
after taking a reference on the disp-mutex device via
of_find_device_by_node(), without ever dropping it: mtk_drm_unbind()
only puts mutex_dev for the master. Drop the reference before returning
from the non-master path.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu: fix IP instance memory leak on kobject add failure
amdgpu_discovery_sysfs_ips() allocates ip_hw_instance with
kzalloc_flex() and initializes its embedded kobject before calling
kobject_add().
If kobject_add() fails, the return value is ignored and execution
continues without dropping the initial kobject reference. The failed
kobject is not retained in the kset list, so the normal sysfs teardown
path cannot find it. As a result, ip_hw_instance_release() is never
called and the ip_hw_instance allocation is leaked.
Call kobject_put() when kobject_add() fails so the initial reference is
dropped and ip_hw_instance_release() can free the allocation. Keep the
existing best-effort sysfs behavior by continuing with the remaining IP
entries after the failed registration.
The issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and
confirmed by manual review.
(cherry picked from commit 5c75fbcca8af1096d8d9415b91d8ea6212c22ee1)
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu: fix ACP MFD device leak on init failure
acp_hw_init() registers ACP child devices with mfd_add_devices() before
attaching them to the ACP power domain and initializing the hardware.
If attaching a child to the power domain fails, or if the ACP reset or
clock enable operation times out, the failure path frees only the
source cell, resource, and platform-data allocations. The child
platform devices already registered by mfd_add_devices() remain
registered and are never released.
Remove the children from the power domain and unregister the MFD
devices on failures that occur after mfd_add_devices() succeeds. Keep
mfd_add_devices() failures on the existing cleanup path since the MFD
core already rolls back partially registered children itself.
The issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and
confirmed by manual review.
(cherry picked from commit 63da68d6a2279ec945581c990c5a59a5ae8b5560)
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
binder: fix is_failure flag for superseded transaction cleanup
When a TF_UPDATE_TXN transaction supersedes a pending async transaction,
binder_release_entire_buffer() is called with is_failure=false. Since the
superseded transaction was never delivered, binder_apply_fd_fixups() was
never called and no fds were installed in the target process.
With is_failure=false, the BINDER_TYPE_FDA cleanup handler interprets
stale buffer contents as installed fd numbers and passes them to
binder_deferred_fd_close(), closing unrelated file descriptors.
Pass is_failure=true since the transaction was never delivered to the
target, matching the semantics of all other undelivered-transaction
cleanup paths.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
binder: fix leaked fd fixups on TF_UPDATE_TXN supersede
When a TF_UPDATE_TXN transaction supersedes a pending async transaction
in a frozen process, the outdated transaction is freed with kfree()
directly. This skips binder_free_txn_fixups(), leaking all
binder_txn_fd_fixup entries and their fget()'d struct file references.
The leaked file refcounts never reach zero, so the struct file objects
are permanently pinned in memory. They survive process exit and
accumulate across invocations until file-max exhaustion.
Every other transaction cleanup path (binder_free_transaction(),
binder_transaction() error paths, binder_release_work()) correctly
calls binder_free_txn_fixups(). Add the missing call before kfree()
in the t_outdated cleanup block.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
binderfs: fix UAF write in binder_add_device
binderfs_binder_device_create() publishes the new dentry with
d_make_persistent() and then calls simple_done_creating(), which drops
the parent directory lock and the creator's dentry reference. It then
calls binder_add_device() to register the device in the global
binder_devices list.
After simple_done_creating() releases the parent directory lock, a
concurrent unlinkat() can remove the new device entry. Dropping the
creator's dentry reference can then trigger binderfs_evict_inode(),
freeing the device. binder_add_device() later accesses the freed
object, causing UAF write.
Found by a modified Syzkaller:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hlist_add_head include/linux/list.h:1073 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in binder_add_device+0xa9/0xc0 drivers/android/binder.c:7068
Write of size 8 at addr ffff88805b340c00 by task syz.1.532/11389
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 11389 Comm: syz.1.532 Not tainted 7.2.0 #4 PREEMPT(full)
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
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x10e/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0xf7/0x600 mm/kasan/report.c:482
kasan_report+0xe4/0x120 mm/kasan/report.c:595
hlist_add_head include/linux/list.h:1073 [inline]
binder_add_device+0xa9/0xc0 drivers/android/binder.c:7068
binderfs_binder_device_create.isra.0+0x724/0x990 drivers/android/binderfs.c:196
binder_ctl_ioctl+0x186/0x1b0 drivers/android/binderfs.c:241
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x116/0x800 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7ff9027a833d
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ff903674018 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ff902a35fa0 RCX: 00007ff9027a833d
RDX: 0000200000000500 RSI: 00000000c1086201 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007ff902850733 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007ff902a36038 R14: 00007ff902a35fa0 R15: 00007ffd7166bfa0
</TASK>
Allocated by task 11389:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:57
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:78
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:415
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x2e4/0x6f0 mm/slub.c:5489
_kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:988 [inline]
_kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1309 [inline]
binderfs_binder_device_create.isra.0+0x17a/0x990 drivers/android/binderfs.c:148
binder_ctl_ioctl+0x186/0x1b0 drivers/android/binderfs.c:241
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x116/0x800 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Freed by task 11389:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:57
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:78
kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline]
__kasan_slab_free+0x5f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:285
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2677 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:6377 [inline]
kfree+0x2fc/0x6e0 mm/slub.c:6692
binderf
---truncated---
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nitro_enclaves: fix use-after-free on SLOT_ALLOC failure
When ne_create_vm_ioctl() fails the SLOT_ALLOC request after
anon_inode_getfile() has succeeded, the error path calls
fput(enclave_file) and then frees ne_enclave.
In normal userspace context, fput() defers the final __fput() via
task_work. ne_enclave_release() therefore runs after ne_enclave has
already been freed and dereferences ne_enclave->slot_uid, causing a
use-after-free: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ne_enclave_release.
The enclave has no slot allocated and is not yet linked into the
enclaves list on this error path, so ne_enclave_release() is expected
to return early when slot_uid is zero. However, reading slot_uid
already accesses the freed object.
Clear enclave_file->private_data before fput() on the error path.
ne_enclave_release() then returns immediately when private_data is
NULL, leaving the ioctl error path as the sole owner of ne_enclave.
This is safe because the file has not been fd_install()'d yet.
Tested on an AWS EC2 m5.2xlarge with CONFIG_KASAN=y. Without the
patch, the reproducer triggers a KASAN slab-use-after-free on every
SLOT_ALLOC failure. With the patch, no KASAN report is produced and
the SLOT_ALLOC error is still returned. Normal enclave creation and
teardown are unaffected.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rust_binder: cancel deferred work items in thread exit
If there are deferred work items on the thread todo list, then they are
not cleaned up in the Thread::release() method. Thus, update the code to
clean up the work items even if they are deferred.
This can happen if the thread dies while it has an active outgoing
transaction.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
USB: cdc-acm: skip URB restart in port_shutdown if disconnected
acm_port_shutdown() is called from the tty-port machinery whenever the
last user closes the port. acm_disconnect() sets acm->disconnected and
calls tty_port_tty_vhangup(), which eventually triggers port_shutdown().
At that point acm_disconnect() has already called acm_poison_urbs() and
is about to free the control and read URBs.
However, acm_port_shutdown() unconditionally calls acm_unpoison_urbs()
and, when the ALWAYS_POLL_CTRL quirk is set, immediately re-submits the
ctrlurb and all read URBs. If the concurrent acm_disconnect() then
frees those URBs and their DMA buffers while they are in-flight, the
result is a use-after-free in acm_ctrl_irq() or acm_read_bulk_callback()
accessing the freed DMA memory.
Fix by checking acm->disconnected after draining the delayed anchor and
returning early: if we are in a disconnect path the URBs must remain
poisoned and must not be resubmitted.
The early return is placed after the delayed-anchor drain loop because
that loop only cancels write-side accounting (wb->use = false and
autopm counter) and does not touch the hardware path.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
USB: serial: fix port tear down use-after-free
Some drivers for multiport devices access port driver data from
completion handlers of shared URBs submitted at attach() or first open()
and stopped at disconnect() or last close(), respectively.
A simple NULL check before accessing the driver data makes sure that a
port state container has at least been allocated, but a completion
handler can still race with port tear down.
Reorder the disconnect handling so that ports are not deregistered (and
their driver data freed) until after all ports have been hung up and the
driver disconnect() callback has run so that all I/O has been stopped.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: storage: sierra_ms: reject short SWoC info transfers
sierra_get_swoc_info() requests sizeof(struct swoc_info) (60) bytes
from the device via usb_control_msg(), but its callers only treat a
negative return value as failure. A device that answers the
vendor-specific GetSwocInfo request with a short IN transfer is
therefore accepted, leaving the tail of the freshly allocated
(kmalloc(), non-zeroing) swoc_info buffer uninitialized.
truinst_show() subsequently prints swocInfo->rev, swocInfo->LinuxSKU
and swocInfo->LinuxVer from that buffer into the world-readable
(0444) "truinst" sysfs attribute. An emulated/malicious USB device
(VID 0x1199, PID 0x0fff) can exploit this to disclose up to 5 bytes
of stale kernel heap memory (kmalloc-64) to unprivileged userspace,
once per sysfs read, indefinitely. On kernels built without
init_on_alloc this leaks recently freed heap contents.
Only accept the transfer when the full structure was received.
sierra_ms_init() already retries failed queries, so well-behaved
devices are unaffected.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: gadget: midi2: Fix the jack descriptor array sizes
The jack in/out descriptor arrays in struct f_midi2_usb_config have
the size of MAX_CABLES, which look reasonable -- but it turned out to
be incorrect. Namely, the entries for those arrays are added from
both inputs and outputs, hence for each loop cycle, it adds two, ended
up with as twice as the expected size. This inconsistency may result
in potential OOB when a large number of jacks are set up via configfs,
although the max number of cables (the loop count) is limited to
MAX_CABLES.
For addressing it, correct the jack_ins & jack_outs array sizes to
twice, MAX_CABLES * 2.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
Unknown · CVSS Not scored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: gadget: f_uac1_legacy: validate bRequest index in generic_{set,get}_cmd
generic_set_cmd() and generic_get_cmd() use the low nibble of
ctrl->bRequest as an index into con->data[]:
u8 cmd = (ctrl->bRequest & 0x0F); /* 0 .. 15 */
...
con->data[cmd] = value; /* OOB when cmd >= 5 */
struct usb_audio_control (include/linux/usb/audio.h) declares data as
a 5-element array, so indices 5 through 15 write (or read) up to 44
bytes past the end of the array on the heap.
A malicious USB host can craft a class-specific SET_CUR / GET_CUR
request with an arbitrary bRequest value, triggering the out-of-bounds
access from an IRQ completion handler with no further preconditions.
Add an ARRAY_SIZE() guard to both functions.
Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026
