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CVE-2024-41045 — bpf: Defer work in bpf_timer_cancel_and_free

2026-10-15T02:11:25.764071+00:00

Affected: Linux

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Defer work in bpf_timer_cancel_and_free

Currently, the same case as previous patch (two timer callbacks trying to cancel each other) can be invoked through bpf_map_update_elem as well, or more precisely, freeing map elements containing timers. Since this relies on hrtimer_cancel as well, it is prone to the same deadlock situation as the previous patch.

It would be sufficient to use hrtimer_try_to_cancel to fix this problem, as the timer cannot be enqueued after async_cancel_and_free. Once async_cancel_and_free has been done, the timer must be reinitialized before it can be armed again. The callback running in parallel trying to arm the timer will fail, and freeing bpf_hrtimer without waiting is sufficient (given kfree_rcu), and bpf_timer_cb will return HRTIMER_NORESTART, preventing the timer from being rearmed again.

However, there exists a UAF scenario where the callback arms the timer before entering this function, such that if cancellation fails (due to timer callback invoking this routine, or the target timer callback running concurrently). In such a case, if the timer expiration is significantly far in the future, the RCU grace period expiration happening before it will free the bpf_hrtimer state and along with it the struct hrtimer, that is enqueued.

Hence, it is clear cancellation needs to occur after async_cancel_and_free, and yet it cannot be done inline due to deadlock issues. We thus mod…

USN-7089-1 — linux, linux-gcp-6.8, linux-hwe-6.8 vulnerabilities

2026-10-15T02:11:25.764189+00:00

Affected: Ubuntu:22.04:LTS: linux-gcp-6.8, Ubuntu:22.04:LTS: linux-hwe-6.8, Ubuntu:24.04:LTS: linux

Chenyuan Yang discovered that the USB Gadget subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly check for the device to be enabled before writing. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-25741)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - ARM32 architecture; - MIPS architecture; - PA-RISC architecture; - PowerPC architecture; - RISC-V architecture; - S390 architecture; - x86 architecture; - Cryptographic API; - Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers; - Null block device driver; - Bluetooth drivers; - Cdrom driver; - Clock framework and drivers; - Hardware crypto device drivers; - CXL (Compute Express Link) drivers; - Cirrus firmware drivers; - GPIO subsystem; - GPU drivers; - I2C subsystem; - IIO subsystem; - InfiniBand drivers; - ISDN/mISDN subsystem; - LED subsystem; - Multiple devices driver; - Media drivers; - Fastrpc Driver; - Network drivers; - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver; - Near Field Communication (NFC) drivers; - NVME drivers; - NVMEM (Non Volatile Memory) drivers; - PCI subsystem; - Pin controllers subsystem; - x86 platform drivers; - S/390 drivers; - SCSI drivers; - Thermal drivers; - TTY drivers; - UFS subsystem; - USB DSL drivers; - USB core drivers; - DesignWare USB3 driver; - USB Gadget dr…