Linux 7.2.3 (stable) delivered a broad round of bug and security fixes across USB, ALSA, crypto, networking, KVM, and filesystem subsystems, addressing numerous use-after-free, out-of-bounds, and race-condition issues. Among the most significant security fixes were the USB serial option driver's slab out-of-bounds read in interrupt URB callbacks, the ALSA usb-audio out-of-bounds write in snd_usbmidi_novation_output(), the Qualcomm crypto (qce) CCM AAD buffer underallocation, and the TLS device out-of-bounds write in tls_append_frag(). The release also hardened several KVM SEV/SNP paths against guest-controlled VMSA and memory-encryption issues, fixed multiple xfrm/TCP-AO use-after-free and lock-inversion bugs in networking, and resolved several FUSE invalidate-lock leaks and io-uring race conditions. Additional fixes touched xHCI USB controllers, RDMA rxe responder/atomic-resource handling, and various netfilter, bridge, and VLAN networking anomalies.
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Commits
crypto
12
usb
8
KVM
7
xfrm
6
fuse
6
USB
3
ALSA
3
netfilter
2
Änderungen (71)
usb: usbfs: fix use-after-free of usb_device in usbdev_release()
wifi: mt76: mt7925: ensure tx headroom in usb_sdio_tx_prepare_skb
USB: c67x00: fix use-after-free in c67x00_add_iso_urb()
USB: serial: spcp8x5: drop broken carrier detect support