Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
octeontx2-pf: Fix the use of GFP_KERNEL in atomic context on rt
The commit 4af1b64f80fb ("octeontx2-pf: Fix lmtst ID used in aura
free") uses the get/put_cpu() to protect the usage of percpu pointer
in ->aura_freeptr() callback, but it also unnecessarily disable the
preemption for the blockable memory allocation. The commit 87b93b678e95
("octeontx2-pf: Avoid use of GFP_KERNEL in atomic context") tried to
fix these sleep inside atomic warnings. But it only fix the one for
the non-rt kernel. For the rt kernel, we still get the similar warnings
like below.
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:46
in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 1, name: swapper/0
preempt_count: 1, expected: 0
RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0
3 locks held by swapper/0/1:
#0: ffff800009fc5fe8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock+0x24/0x30
#1: ffff000100c276c0 (&mbox->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: otx2_init_hw_resources+0x8c/0x3a4
#2: ffffffbfef6537e0 (&cpu_rcache->lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: alloc_iova_fast+0x1ac/0x2ac
Preemption disabled at:
[<ffff800008b1908c>] otx2_rq_aura_pool_init+0x14c/0x284
CPU: 20 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W 6.2.0-rc3-rt1-yocto-preempt-rt #1
Hardware name: Marvell OcteonTX CN96XX board (DT)
Call trace:
dump_backtrace.part.0+0xe8/0xf4
show_stack+0x20/0x30
dump_stack_lvl+0x9c/0xd8
dump_stack+0x18/0x34
__might_resched+0x188/0x224
rt_spin_lock+0x64/0x110
alloc_iova_fast+0x1ac/0x2ac
iommu_dma_alloc_iova+0xd4/0x110
__iommu_dma_map+0x80/0x144
iommu_dma_map_page+0xe8/0x260
dma_map_page_attrs+0xb4/0xc0
__otx2_alloc_rbuf+0x90/0x150
otx2_rq_aura_pool_init+0x1c8/0x284
otx2_init_hw_resources+0xe4/0x3a4
otx2_open+0xf0/0x610
__dev_open+0x104/0x224
__dev_change_flags+0x1e4/0x274
dev_change_flags+0x2c/0x7c
ic_open_devs+0x124/0x2f8
ip_auto_config+0x180/0x42c
do_one_initcall+0x90/0x4dc
do_basic_setup+0x10c/0x14c
kernel_init_freeable+0x10c/0x13c
kernel_init+0x2c/0x140
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Of course, we can shuffle the get/put_cpu() to only wrap the invocation
of ->aura_freeptr() as what commit 87b93b678e95 does. But there are only
two ->aura_freeptr() callbacks, otx2_aura_freeptr() and
cn10k_aura_freeptr(). There is no usage of perpcu variable in the
otx2_aura_freeptr() at all, so the get/put_cpu() seems redundant to it.
We can move the get/put_cpu() into the corresponding callback which
really has the percpu variable usage and avoid the sprinkling of
get/put_cpu() in several places.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.0.19 – < 6.1, 5.15.87 – < 5.15.91, 6.1.5 – < 6.1.8 | 6.1 |
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 | 6.1.8-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 6.1.8-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | linux | 6.1.8-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-realtime +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux +1 | 5.15.0-70.77 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1034.38 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1036.43 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.15.0-1036.43.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1032.40 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-gke +1 | 5.15.0-1031.36 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1018.23 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1028.31 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1028.33 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1033.39 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1027.29 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +31 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-aws-5.15 | 5.15.0-1034.38~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-azure-5.15 | 5.15.0-1036.43~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gcp-5.15 | 5.15.0-1032.40~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-hwe-5.15 +1 | 5.15.0-70.77~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-intel-iotg-5.15 | 5.15.0-1030.35~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-oracle-5.15 | 5.15.0-1033.39~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-riscv-5.15 | 5.15.0-1031.35~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | 5.15.0-1024.29 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS | linux-realtime | 5.15.0-1036.39 | — |
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 |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP5 | kernel-64kb +6 | 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 |
| SLES 15 SP5 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 |
| SLES 15 SP4 | kernel-64kb +6 | 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1 |
| SLES 15 SP4 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1 |
Show 11 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 15 SP5 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 |
| SLES for SAP 15 SP5 | kernel-docs +4 | 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 |
| SLES for SAP 15 SP4 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1 |
| SLES for SAP 15 SP4 | kernel-docs +4 | 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.5 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.5 | kernel-rt +1 | 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.5 | kernel-source +1 | 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.4 | kernel-default | 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.4 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.4 | kernel-rt +1 | 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.3 | kernel-default | 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.3 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.3 | kernel-rt +1 | 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 | kernel-default | 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 | kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_25 | 1-150500.11.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 | kernel-default | 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 | kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_39 | 1-150400.9.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1 |
| SLE HPC 15 SP5 | kernel-64kb +5 | 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 |
| SLE HPC 15 SP5 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 |
| SLE HPC 15 SP4 | kernel-64kb +5 | 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1 |
| SLE HPC 15 SP4 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1 |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1 |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | kernel-syms +3 | 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1 |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1 |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | kernel-syms +2 | 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1 |
Advisories 6
- RHSA-2023:2458 Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 17, 2026
- WID-SEC-2025-0649 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Sep 3, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026