Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/page_owner: use strscpy() instead of strlcpy()
current->comm[] is not a string (no guarantee for a zero byte in it).
strlcpy(s1, s2, l) is calling strlen(s2), potentially
causing out-of-bound access, as reported by syzbot:
detected buffer overflow in __fortify_strlen
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kernel BUG at lib/string_helpers.c:980!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 0 PID: 4087 Comm: dhcpcd-run-hooks Not tainted 5.18.0-rc3-syzkaller-01537-g20b87e7c29df #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
RIP: 0010:fortify_panic+0x18/0x1a lib/string_helpers.c:980
Code: 8c e8 c5 ba e1 fa e9 23 0f bf fa e8 0b 5d 8c f8 eb db 55 48 89 fd e8 e0 49 40 f8 48 89 ee 48 c7 c7 80 f5 26 8a e8 99 09 f1 ff <0f> 0b e8 ca 49 40 f8 48 8b 54 24 18 4c 89 f1 48 c7 c7 00 00 27 8a
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000074a8 EFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: 000000000000002c RBX: ffff88801226b728 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffff8880198e0000 RSI: ffffffff81600458 RDI: fffff52000000e87
RBP: ffffffff89da2aa0 R08: 000000000000002c R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffffff815fae2e R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88801226b700
R13: ffff8880198e0830 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f5876ad6ff8 CR3: 000000001a48c000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
__fortify_strlen include/linux/fortify-string.h:128 [inline]
strlcpy include/linux/fortify-string.h:143 [inline]
__set_page_owner_handle+0x2b1/0x3e0 mm/page_owner.c:171
__set_page_owner+0x3e/0x50 mm/page_owner.c:190
prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:2441 [inline]
get_page_from_freelist+0xba2/0x3e00 mm/page_alloc.c:4182
__alloc_pages+0x1b2/0x500 mm/page_alloc.c:5408
alloc_pages+0x1aa/0x310 mm/mempolicy.c:2272
alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:1799 [inline]
allocate_slab+0x26c/0x3c0 mm/slub.c:1944
new_slab mm/slub.c:2004 [inline]
___slab_alloc+0x8df/0xf20 mm/slub.c:3005
__slab_alloc.constprop.0+0x4d/0xa0 mm/slub.c:3092
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3183 [inline]
slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3225 [inline]
__kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3232 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc+0x360/0x3b0 mm/slub.c:3242
dst_alloc+0x146/0x1f0 net/core/dst.c:92
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 5.18 | 5.18.3 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 5.18.5-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 5.18.5-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | linux | 5.18.5-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 9 | bpftool | 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | RHSA-2023:2458 |
| RHEL 9 | perf +48 | 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 | RHSA-2023:2458 |
| RHEL 8 | perf +26 | 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | RHSA-2023:7077 |
Advisories 3
- WID-SEC-2025-2107 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 9, 2026
- RHSA-2023:7077 Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 17, 2026
- RHSA-2023:2458 Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 17, 2026