In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: restrict NL80211_ATTR_TXQ_QUANTUM values syzbot is able to trigger softlockups, setting NL80211_ATTR_TXQ_QUANTUM to 2^31. We had a similar issue in sch_fq, fixed with commit d9e15a273306 ("pkt_sched: fq: do not accept silly TCA_FQ_QUANTUM") watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 26s! [kworker/1:0:24] Modules linked in: irq event stamp: 131135 hardirqs last enabled at (131134): [] __exit_to_kernel_mode arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:85 [inline] hardirqs last enabled at (131134): [] exit_to_kernel_mode+0xdc/0x10c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:95 hardirqs last disabled at (131135): [] __el1_irq arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:533 [inline] hardirqs last disabled at (131135): [] el1_interrupt+0x24/0x68 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:551 softirqs last enabled at (125892): [] neigh_hh_init net/core/neighbour.c:1538 [inline] softirqs last enabled at (125892): [] neigh_resolve_output+0x268/0x658 net/core/neighbour.c:1553 softirqs last disabled at (125896): [] local_bh_disable+0x10/0x34 include/linux/bottom_half.h:19 CPU: 1 PID: 24 Comm: kworker/1:0 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc7-syzkaller-gfda5695d692c #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/27/2024 Workqueue: mld mld_ifc_work pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : __list_del include/linux/list.h:195 [inline] pc : __list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:218 [inline] pc : list_move_tail include/linux/list.h:310 [inline] pc : fq_tin_dequeue include/net/fq_impl.h:112 [inline] pc : ieee80211_tx_dequeue+0x6b8/0x3b4c net/mac80211/tx.c:3854 lr : __list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:218 [inline] lr : list_move_tail include/linux/list.h:310 [inline] lr : fq_tin_dequeue include/net/fq_impl.h:112 [inline] lr : ieee80211_tx_dequeue+0x67c/0x3b4c net/mac80211/tx.c:3854 sp : ffff800093d36700 x29: ffff800093d36a60 x28: ffff800093d36960 x27: dfff800000000000 x26: ffff0000d800ad50 x25: ffff0000d800abe0 x24: ffff0000d800abf0 x23: ffff0000e0032468 x22: ffff0000e00324d4 x21: ffff0000d800abf0 x20: ffff0000d800abf8 x19: ffff0000d800abf0 x18: ffff800093d363c0 x17: 000000000000d476 x16: ffff8000805519dc x15: ffff7000127a6cc8 x14: 1ffff000127a6cc8 x13: 0000000000000004 x12: ffffffffffffffff x11: ffff7000127a6cc8 x10: 0000000000ff0100 x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : ffff80009287aa08 x4 : 0000000000000008 x3 : ffff80008034c7fc x2 : ffff0000e0032468 x1 : 00000000da0e46b8 x0 : ffff0000e0032470 Call trace: __list_del include/linux/list.h:195 [inline] __list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:218 [inline] list_move_tail include/linux/list.h:310 [inline] fq_tin_dequeue include/net/fq_impl.h:112 [inline] ieee80211_tx_dequeue+0x6b8/0x3b4c net/mac80211/tx.c:3854 wake_tx_push_queue net/mac80211/util.c:294 [inline] ieee80211_handle_wake_tx_queue+0x118/0x274 net/mac80211/util.c:315 drv_wake_tx_queue net/mac80211/driver-ops.h:1350 [inline] schedule_and_wake_txq net/mac80211/driver-ops.h:1357 [inline] ieee80211_queue_skb+0x18e8/0x2244 net/mac80211/tx.c:1664 ieee80211_tx+0x260/0x400 net/mac80211/tx.c:1966 ieee80211_xmit+0x278/0x354 net/mac80211/tx.c:2062 __ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0xab8/0x122c net/mac80211/tx.c:4338 ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0xe0/0x438 net/mac80211/tx.c:4532 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4903 [inline] netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4917 [inline] xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3531 [inline] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x27c/0x938 net/core/dev.c:3547 __dev_queue_xmit+0x1678/0x33fc net/core/dev.c:4341 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3091 [inline] neigh_resolve_output+0x558/0x658 net/core/neighbour.c:1563 neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:542 [inline] ip6_fini ---truncated---

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exec: Fix ToCToU between perm check and set-uid/gid usage When opening a file for exec via do_filp_open(), permission checking is done against the file's metadata at that moment, and on success, a file pointer is passed back. Much later in the execve() code path, the file metadata (specifically mode, uid, and gid) is used to determine if/how to set the uid and gid. However, those values may have changed since the permissions check, meaning the execution may gain unintended privileges. For example, if a file could change permissions from executable and not set-id: ---------x 1 root root 16048 Aug 7 13:16 target to set-id and non-executable: ---S------ 1 root root 16048 Aug 7 13:16 target it is possible to gain root privileges when execution should have been disallowed. While this race condition is rare in real-world scenarios, it has been observed (and proven exploitable) when package managers are updating the setuid bits of installed programs. Such files start with being world-executable but then are adjusted to be group-exec with a set-uid bit. For example, "chmod o-x,u+s target" makes "target" executable only by uid "root" and gid "cdrom", while also becoming setuid-root: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root cdrom 16048 Aug 7 13:16 target becomes: -rwsr-xr-- 1 root cdrom 16048 Aug 7 13:16 target But racing the chmod means users without group "cdrom" membership can get the permission to execute "target" just before the chmod, and when the chmod finishes, the exec reaches brpm_fill_uid(), and performs the setuid to root, violating the expressed authorization of "only cdrom group members can setuid to root". Re-check that we still have execute permissions in case the metadata has changed. It would be better to keep a copy from the perm-check time, but until we can do that refactoring, the least-bad option is to do a full inode_permission() call (under inode lock). It is understood that this is safe against dead-locks, but hardly optimal.