CVE-2022-49481

The Linux Kernel, the operating system core itself.

Security Fix(es):

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

nfc: nci: add flush_workqueue to prevent uaf

Our detector found a concurrent use-after-free bug when detaching an NCI device. The main reason for this bug is the unexpected scheduling between the used delayed mechanism (timer and workqueue).

The race can be demonstrated below:

Thread-1 Thread-2 | nci_dev_up() | nci_open_device() | __nci_request(nci_reset_req) | nci_send_cmd | queue_work(cmd_work) nci_unregister_device() | nci_close_device() | ... del_timer_sync(cmd_timer)[1] | ... | Worker nci_free_device() | nci_cmd_work() kfree(ndev)[3] | mod_timer(cmd_timer)[2]

In short, the cleanup routine thought that the cmd_timer has already been detached by [1] but the mod_timer can re-attach the timer [2], even it is already released [3], resulting in UAF.

This UAF is easy to trigger, crash trace by POC is like below

[ 66.703713] ================================================================== [ 66.703974] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in enqueue_timer+0x448/0x490 [ 66.703974] Write of size 8 at addr ffff888009fb7058 by task kworker/u4:1/33 [ 66.703974] [ 66.703974] CPU: 1 PID: 33 Comm: kworker/u4:1 Not tainted 5.18.0-rc2 #5 [ 66.703974] Workqueue: nfc2_nci_cmd_wq nci_cmd_work [ 66.703974] Call Trace: [ 66.703974] <TASK> [ 66.703974] dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x7d [ 66.703974] print_report.cold+0x5e/0x5db [ 66.703974] ? enqueue_timer+0x448/0x490 [ 66.703974] kasan_report+0xbe/0x1c0 [ 66.703974] ? enqueue_timer+0x448/0x490 [ 66.703974] enqueue_timer+0x448/0x490 [ 66.703974] __mod_timer+0x5e6/0xb80 [ 66.703974] ? mark_held_locks+0x9e/0xe0 [ 66.703974] ? try_to_del_timer_sync+0xf0/0xf0 [ 66.703974] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x17b/0x410 [ 66.703974] ? queue_work_on+0x61/0x80 [ 66.703974] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0xbf/0x130 [ 66.703974] process_one_work+0x8bb/0x1510 [ 66.703974] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x410/0x410 [ 66.703974] ? pwq_dec_nr_in_flight+0x230/0x230 [ 66.703974] ? rwlock_bug.part.0+0x90/0x90 [ 66.703974] ? _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x41/0x50 [ 66.703974] worker_thread+0x575/0x1190 [ 66.703974] ? process_one_work+0x1510/0x1510 [ 66.703974] kthread+0x2a0/0x340 [ 66.703974] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 [ 66.703974] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 [ 66.703974] </TASK> [ 66.703974] [ 66.703974] Allocated by task 267: [ 66.703974] kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 [ 66.703974] __kasan_kmalloc+0x81/0xa0 [ 66.703974] nci_allocate_device+0xd3/0x390 [ 66.703974] nfcmrvl_nci_register_dev+0x183/0x2c0 [ 66.703974] nfcmrvl_nci_uart_open+0xf2/0x1dd [ 66.703974] nci_uart_tty_ioctl+0x2c3/0x4a0 [ 66.703974] tty_ioctl+0x764/0x1310 [ 66.703974] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x122/0x190 [ 66.703974] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [ 66.703974] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae [ 66.703974] [ 66.703974] Freed by task 406: [ 66.703974] kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 [ 66.703974] kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 [ 66.703974] kasan_set_free_info+0x20/0x30 [ 66.703974] __kasan_slab_free+0x108/0x170 [ 66.703974] kfree+0xb0/0x330 [ 66.703974] nfcmrvl_nci_unregister_dev+0x90/0xd0 [ 66.703974] nci_uart_tty_close+0xdf/0x180 [ 66.703974] tty_ldisc_kill+0x73/0x110 [ 66.703974] tty_ldisc_hangup+0x281/0x5b0 [ 66.703974] __tty_hangup.part.0+0x431/0x890 [ 66.703974] tty_release+0x3a8/0xc80 [ 66.703974] __fput+0x1f0/0x8c0 [ 66.703974] task_work_run+0xc9/0x170 [ 66.703974] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x194/0x1a0 [ 66.703974] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x19/0x50 [ 66.703974] …

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: regulator: pfuze100: Fix refcount leak in pfuze_parse_regulators_dt of_node_get() returns a node with refcount incremented. Calling of_node_put() to drop the reference when not needed anymore.

• rxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present
• xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags
• clk: Fix clk_hw_get_clk() when dev is NULL {CVE-2022-49187}
• x86/sgx: Add overflow check in sgx_validate_offset_length() {CVE-2022-49785}
• ext4: init quota for 'old.inode' in 'ext4_rename' {CVE-2022-50346}
• skbuff: Account for tail adjustment during pull operations {CVE-2022-50365}
• net: If sock is dead don't access sock's sk_wq in sk_stream_wait_memory {CVE-2022-50409}
• scsi: qla2xxx: Delay module unload while fabric scan in progress {CVE-2025-71235}
• HID: alps: fix NULL pointer dereference in alps_raw_event() {CVE-2026-31625}
• rxrpc: fix reference count leak in rxrpc_server_keyring() {CVE-2026-31634}
• drm/i915/gt: Check set_default_submission() before deferencing {CVE-2026-31540}
• ACPICA: ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED in acpi_db_display_objects {CVE-2023-54010}
• drm/amdgpu: fix the waring dereferencing hive {CVE-2024-46805}
• drm/amd/display: Add NULL check for function pointer in dcn20_set_output_transfer_func {CVE-2024-49911}
• tracing: Prevent bad count for tracing_cpumask_write {CVE-2024-56763}
• HID: wacom: fix when get product name maybe null pointer {CVE-2024-56629}
• thermal: int340x: Add NULL check for adev {CVE-2025-23136}
• wifi: mac80211: Purge vif txq in ieee80211_do_stop() {CVE-2025-37794}
• Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix null-ptr-deref on l2cap_sock_ready_cb {CVE-2026-31510}
• wifi: cfg80211: ocb: don't leave if not joined {CVE-2023-53992}
• mmc: core: Fix kernel panic when remove non-standard SDIO card {CVE-2022-50640}
• EDAC/i10nm: fix refcount leak in pci_get_dev_wrapper() {CVE-2022-50645}
• serial: amba-pl011: avoid SBSA UART accessing DMACR register {CVE-2022-50625}
• inet_diag: Initialize pad field in struct inet_diag_req_v2 {CVE-2024-42106}
• regulator: pfuze100: Fix refcount leak in pfuze_parse_regulators_dt {CVE-2022-49481}
• net/core: Fix ETH_P_1588 flow dissector {CVE-2023-52580}
• mm/damon/vaddr-test: fix memory leak in damon_do_test_apply_three_regions() {CVE-2023-52560}
• af_unix: Fix data races in unix_release_sock/unix_stream_sendmsg {CVE-2024-38596}
• drm/amd/display: Implement bounds check for stream encoder creation in DCN301 {CVE-2024-26660}
• block: prevent division by zero in blk_rq_stat_sum() {CVE-2024-35925}
• netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: acquire rcu_read_lock() in instance_destroy_rcu() {CVE-2024-36286}
• tipc: fix a possible memleak in tipc_buf_append {CVE-2024-36954}
• ipv6: prevent possible NULL deref in fib6_nh_init() {CVE-2024-40961}
• pinctrl: fix deadlock in create_pinctrl() when handling -EPROBE_DEFER {CVE-2024-42090}
• ipv6: prevent possible NULL dereference in rt6_probe() {CVE-2024-40960}
• drm/radeon: check bo_va->bo is non-NULL before using it {CVE-2024-41060}
• dma: fix call order in dmam_free_coherent {CVE-2024-43856}
• scsi: qla2xxx: Fix for possible memory corruption {CVE-2024-42288}
• ext4: avoid dividing by 0 in mb_update_avg_fragment_size() when block bitmap corrupt {CVE-2024-26774}
• netfilter: flowtable: incorrect pppoe tuple {CVE-2024-27015}
• bnxt_en: Adjust logging of firmware messages in case of released token in __hwrm_send() {CVE-2024-40919}
• Bluetooth: btintel: Fix null ptr deref in btintel_read_version {CVE-2024-35933}
• netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write() {CVE-2024-56716}
• net/mlx5e: CT: Fix null-ptr-deref in add rule err flow {CVE-2024-53120}
• EDAC/bluefield: Fix potential integer overflow {CVE-2024-53161}
• NFSD: Prevent NULL dereference in nfsd4_process_cb_update() {CVE-2024-53217}
• ipv4: ip_tunnel: Fix suspicious RCU usage warning in ip_tunnel_find() {CVE-2024-50304}
• blk-rq-qos: fix crash on rq_qos_wait vs. rq_qos_wake_function race {CVE-2024-50082}
• drm/radeon: fix uninitialized size issue in radeon_vce_cs_parse() {CVE-2025-21996}
• HID: appleir: Fix potential NULL dereference at raw event handle {CVE-2025-21948}
• filemap: Fix bounds checking in filemap_read()…

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2024-2201: Fixed information leak in x86/BHI (bsc#1217339).
• CVE-2024-41092: drm/i915/gt: Fix potential UAF by revoke of fence registers (bsc#1228483).
• CVE-2024-42098: crypto: ecdh - explicitly zeroize private_key (bsc#1228779).
• CVE-2024-42229: crypto: aead,cipher - zeroize key buffer after use (bsc#1228708).
• CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076).
• CVE-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
• CVE-2025-21718: net: rose: fix timer races against user threads (bsc#1239073).
• CVE-2025-21780: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() (bsc#1239115).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• initcall_blacklist: Does not allow kernel_lockdown be blacklisted (bsc#1237521).
• x86/bhi: Avoid warning in #DB handler due to BHI mitigation (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Cache the value of MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix BHI documentation (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix BHI handling of RRSBA (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix BHI retpoline check (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix return type of spectre_bhi_state() (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Remove CONFIG_BHI_MITIGATION_AUTO and spectre_bhi=auto (git-fixes).

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2022-49053: scsi: target: tcmu: Fix possible page UAF (bsc#1237918).
• CVE-2022-49465: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled (bsc#1238919).
• CVE-2022-49739: gfs2: Always check inode size of inline inodes (bsc#1240207).
• CVE-2023-52935: mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race (bsc#1240276).
• CVE-2024-53124: net: fix data-races around sk->sk_forward_alloc (bsc#1234074).
• CVE-2024-53176: smb: During unmount, ensure all cached dir instances drop their dentry (bsc#1234894).
• CVE-2024-53178: smb: Do not leak cfid when reconnect races with open_cached_dir (bsc#1234895).
• CVE-2024-56651: can: hi311x: hi3110_can_ist(): fix potential use-after-free (bsc#1235528).
• CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076).
• CVE-2024-58013: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_sync (bsc#1239095).
• CVE-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
• CVE-2025-21693: mm: zswap: properly synchronize freeing resources during CPU hotunplug (bsc#1237029).
• CVE-2025-21718: net: rose: fix timer races against user threads (bsc#1239073).
• CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (bsc#1238911).
• CVE-2025-21780: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() (bsc#1239115).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• ACPI: processor: idle: Return an error if both P_LVL{2,3} idle states are invalid (bsc#1237530).
• RDMA/mana_ib: Prefer struct_size over open coded arithmetic (bsc#1239016).
• RDMA/mana_ib: Use v2 version of cfg_rx_steer_req to enable RX coalescing (bsc#1239016).
• Revert 'gfs2: Fix inode height consistency check (git-fixes).
• btrfs: defrag: do not use merged extent map for their generation check (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: fix defrag not merging contiguous extents due to merged extent maps (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: fix extent map merging not happening for adjacent extents (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: send: allow cloning non-aligned extent if it ends at i_size (bsc#1239969).
• btrfs: send: fix invalid clone operation for file that got its size decreased (bsc#1239969).
• cifs: Add a laundromat thread for cached directories (git-fixes).
• cifs: fix potential null pointer use in destroy_workqueue in init_cifs error path (git-fixes).
• gfs2: Fix inode height consistency check (git-fixes).
• mm/mmu_notifier.c: fix race in mmu_interval_notifier_remove() (bsc#1239126).
• mm: zswap: move allocations during CPU init outside the lock (git-fixes).
• net: mana: Add flex array to struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_req_v2 (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Allow variable size indirection table (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Avoid open coded arithmetic (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Support holes in device list reply msg (bsc#1240133).
• sched/membarrier: Fix redundant load of membarrier_state (bsc#1232743).
• smb3: allow controlling length of time directory entries are cached with dir leases (git-fixes).
• smb3: do not start laundromat thread when dir leases disabled (git-fixes).
• smb3: retrying on failed server close (git-fixes).
• smb: client: destroy cfid_put_wq on module exit (git-fixes).
• smb: client: disable directory caching when dir_cache_timeout is zero (git-fixes).
• smb: client: do not start laundromat thread on nohandlecache (git-fixes).
• smb: client: make laundromat a delayed worker (git-fixes).
• smb: client: properly close cfids on umount (bsc#1231432, bsc#1232299, bsc#1235599, bsc#1234896).
• tpm: send_data: Wait longer for the TPM to become ready (bsc#1235870).

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2022-49053: scsi: target: tcmu: Fix possible page UAF (bsc#1237918).
• CVE-2022-49465: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled (bsc#1238919).
• CVE-2022-49739: gfs2: Always check inode size of inline inodes (bsc#1240207).
• CVE-2023-52935: mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race (bsc#1240276).
• CVE-2024-2201: Fixed information leak in x86/BHI (bsc#1217339).
• CVE-2024-41092: drm/i915/gt: Fix potential UAF by revoke of fence registers (bsc#1228483).
• CVE-2024-42098: crypto: ecdh - explicitly zeroize private_key (bsc#1228779).
• CVE-2024-42229: crypto: aead,cipher - zeroize key buffer after use (bsc#1228708).
• CVE-2024-53064: idpf: fix idpf_vc_core_init error path (bsc#1233558 bsc#1234464).
• CVE-2024-56651: can: hi311x: hi3110_can_ist(): fix potential use-after-free (bsc#1235528).
• CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076).
• CVE-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
• CVE-2024-58083: KVM: Explicitly verify target vCPU is online in kvm_get_vcpu() (bsc#1239036).
• CVE-2025-21693: mm: zswap: properly synchronize freeing resources during CPU hotunplug (bsc#1237029).
• CVE-2025-21714: RDMA/mlx5: Fix implicit ODP use after free (bsc#1237890).
• CVE-2025-21718: net: rose: fix timer races against user threads (bsc#1239073).
• CVE-2025-21732: RDMA/mlx5: Fix a race for an ODP MR which leads to CQE with error (bsc#1237877).
• CVE-2025-21753: btrfs: fix use-after-free when attempting to join an aborted transaction (bsc#1237875).
• CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (bsc#1238911).
• CVE-2025-21780: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() (bsc#1239115).
• CVE-2025-21839: kABI: Fix kABI after backport od CVE-2025-21839 (bsc#1239061).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• ACPI: processor: idle: Return an error if both P_LVL{2,3} idle states are invalid (bsc#1237530).
• RDMA/mana_ib: Prefer struct_size over open coded arithmetic (bsc#1239016).
• RDMA/mana_ib: Use v2 version of cfg_rx_steer_req to enable RX coalescing (bsc#1239016).
• RDMA/mlx5: Fix implicit ODP hang on parent deregistration (git-fixes)
• btrfs: defrag: do not use merged extent map for their generation check (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: fix defrag not merging contiguous extents due to merged extent maps (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: fix extent map merging not happening for adjacent extents (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: send: allow cloning non-aligned extent if it ends at i_size (bsc#1239969).
• btrfs: send: fix invalid clone operation for file that got its size decreased (bsc#1239969).
• gfs2: Fix inode height consistency check (git-fixes).
• mm/mmu_notifier.c: fix race in mmu_interval_notifier_remove() (bsc#1239126).
• mm: zswap: move allocations during CPU init outside the lock (git-fixes).
• net: mana: Add flex array to struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_req_v2 (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Allow variable size indirection table (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Avoid open coded arithmetic (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Fix error handling in mana_create_txq/rxq's NAPI cleanup (bsc#1240195).
• net: mana: Support holes in device list reply msg (bsc#1240133).
• x86/bhi: Avoid warning in #DB handler due to BHI mitigation (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Cache the value of MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix BHI documentation (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix BHI handling of RRSBA (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix BHI retpoline check (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix return type of spectre_bhi_state() (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Remove CONFIG_BHI_MITIGATION_AUTO and spectre_bhi=auto (git-fixes).

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2021-47248: udp: fix race between close() and udp_abort() (bsc#1224867).
• CVE-2022-49051: net: usb: aqc111: Fix out-of-bounds accesses in RX fixup (bsc#1237903).
• CVE-2022-49053: scsi: target: tcmu: Fix possible page UAF (bsc#1237918).
• CVE-2022-49275: can: m_can: m_can_tx_handler(): fix use after free of skb (bsc#1238719).
• CVE-2022-49413: bfq: Update cgroup information before merging bio (bsc#1238710).
• CVE-2022-49465: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled (bsc#1238919).
• CVE-2022-49545: ALSA: usb-audio: Cancel pending work at closing a MIDI substream (bsc#1238729).
• CVE-2022-49563: crypto: qat - add param check for RSA (bsc#1238787).
• CVE-2022-49564: crypto: qat - add param check for DH (bsc#1238789).
• CVE-2022-49739: gfs2: Always check inode size of inline inodes (bsc#1240207).
• CVE-2023-52935: mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race (bsc#1240276).
• CVE-2024-56642: tipc: Fix use-after-free of kernel socket in cleanup_bearer() (bsc#1235433).
• CVE-2024-56651: can: hi311x: hi3110_can_ist(): fix potential use-after-free (bsc#1235528).
• CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076).
• CVE-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
• CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (bsc#1238911).
• CVE-2025-21780: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() (bsc#1239115).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• ACPI: processor: idle: Return an error if both P_LVL{2,3} idle states are invalid (bsc#1237530).
• btrfs: send: allow cloning non-aligned extent if it ends at i_size (bsc#1239969).
• btrfs: send: fix invalid clone operation for file that got its size decreased (bsc#1239969).
• btrfs: send: use btrfs_file_extent_end() in send_write_or_clone() (bsc#1239969).

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2022-49053: scsi: target: tcmu: Fix possible page UAF (bsc#1237918).
• CVE-2022-49465: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled (bsc#1238919).
• CVE-2022-49739: gfs2: Always check inode size of inline inodes (bsc#1240207).
• CVE-2023-52935: mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race (bsc#1240276).
• CVE-2024-53124: net: fix data-races around sk->sk_forward_alloc (bsc#1234074).
• CVE-2024-53176: smb: During unmount, ensure all cached dir instances drop their dentry (bsc#1234894).
• CVE-2024-53178: smb: Do not leak cfid when reconnect races with open_cached_dir (bsc#1234895).
• CVE-2024-56651: can: hi311x: hi3110_can_ist(): fix potential use-after-free (bsc#1235528).
• CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076).
• CVE-2024-58013: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_sync (bsc#1239095).
• CVE-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
• CVE-2025-21693: mm: zswap: properly synchronize freeing resources during CPU hotunplug (bsc#1237029).
• CVE-2025-21718: net: rose: fix timer races against user threads (bsc#1239073).
• CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (bsc#1238911).
• CVE-2025-21780: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() (bsc#1239115).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• ACPI: processor: idle: Return an error if both P_LVL{2,3} idle states are invalid (bsc#1237530).
• btrfs: defrag: do not use merged extent map for their generation check (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: fix defrag not merging contiguous extents due to merged extent maps (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: fix extent map merging not happening for adjacent extents (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: send: allow cloning non-aligned extent if it ends at i_size (bsc#1239969).
• btrfs: send: fix invalid clone operation for file that got its size decreased (bsc#1239969).
• cifs: Add a laundromat thread for cached directories (git-fixes).
• cifs: fix potential null pointer use in destroy_workqueue in init_cifs error path (git-fixes).
• gfs2: Fix inode height consistency check (git-fixes).
• mm: zswap: move allocations during CPU init outside the lock (git-fixes).
• mm/mmu_notifier.c: fix race in mmu_interval_notifier_remove() (bsc#1239126).
• net: mana: Add flex array to struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_req_v2 (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Allow variable size indirection table (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Avoid open coded arithmetic (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Support holes in device list reply msg (bsc#1240133).
• RDMA/mana_ib: Prefer struct_size over open coded arithmetic (bsc#1239016).
• RDMA/mana_ib: Use v2 version of cfg_rx_steer_req to enable RX coalescing (bsc#1239016).
• sched/membarrier: Fix redundant load of membarrier_state (bsc#1232743).
• smb: client: destroy cfid_put_wq on module exit (git-fixes).
• smb: client: disable directory caching when dir_cache_timeout is zero (git-fixes).
• smb: client: do not start laundromat thread on nohandlecache (git-fixes).
• smb: client: make laundromat a delayed worker (git-fixes).
• smb: client: properly close cfids on umount (bsc#1231432, bsc#1232299, bsc#1235599, bsc#1234896).
• smb3: allow controlling length of time directory entries are cached with dir leases (git-fixes).
• smb3: do not start laundromat thread when dir leases disabled (git-fixes).
• smb3: retrying on failed server close (git-fixes).
• tpm: send_data: Wait longer for the TPM to become ready (bsc#1235870).

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2021-47248: udp: fix race between close() and udp_abort() (bsc#1224867).
• CVE-2022-49051: net: usb: aqc111: Fix out-of-bounds accesses in RX fixup (bsc#1237903).
• CVE-2022-49053: scsi: target: tcmu: Fix possible page UAF (bsc#1237918).
• CVE-2022-49275: can: m_can: m_can_tx_handler(): fix use after free of skb (bsc#1238719).
• CVE-2022-49413: bfq: Update cgroup information before merging bio (bsc#1238710).
• CVE-2022-49465: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled (bsc#1238919).
• CVE-2022-49545: ALSA: usb-audio: Cancel pending work at closing a MIDI substream (bsc#1238729).
• CVE-2022-49563: crypto: qat - add param check for RSA (bsc#1238787).
• CVE-2022-49564: crypto: qat - add param check for DH (bsc#1238789).
• CVE-2022-49739: gfs2: Always check inode size of inline inodes (bsc#1240207).
• CVE-2023-52935: mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race (bsc#1240276).
• CVE-2024-56642: tipc: Fix use-after-free of kernel socket in cleanup_bearer() (bsc#1235433).
• CVE-2024-56651: can: hi311x: hi3110_can_ist(): fix potential use-after-free (bsc#1235528).
• CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076).
• CVE-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
• CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (bsc#1238911).
• CVE-2025-21780: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() (bsc#1239115).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• ACPI: processor: idle: Return an error if both P_LVL{2,3} idle states are invalid (bsc#1237530).
• btrfs: send: allow cloning non-aligned extent if it ends at i_size (bsc#1239969).
• btrfs: send: fix invalid clone operation for file that got its size decreased (bsc#1239969).
• btrfs: send: use btrfs_file_extent_end() in send_write_or_clone() (bsc#1239969).