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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
selinux: enable use of both GFP_KERNEL and GFP_ATOMIC in convert_context()
The following warning was triggered on a hardware environment:
SELinux: Converting 162 SID table entries... BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at __might_sleep+0x60/0x74 0x0 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 128, non_block: 0, pid: 5943, name: tar CPU: 7 PID: 5943 Comm: tar Tainted: P O 5.10.0 #1 Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x0/0x1c8 show_stack+0x18/0x28 dump_stack+0xe8/0x15c ___might_sleep+0x168/0x17c __might_sleep+0x60/0x74 __kmalloc_track_caller+0xa0/0x7dc kstrdup+0x54/0xac convert_context+0x48/0x2e4 sidtab_context_to_sid+0x1c4/0x36c security_context_to_sid_core+0x168/0x238 security_context_to_sid_default+0x14/0x24 inode_doinit_use_xattr+0x164/0x1e4 inode_doinit_with_dentry+0x1c0/0x488 selinux_d_instantiate+0x20/0x34 security_d_instantiate+0x70/0xbc d_splice_alias+0x4c/0x3c0 ext4_lookup+0x1d8/0x200 [ext4] __lookup_slow+0x12c/0x1e4 walk_component+0x100/0x200 path_lookupat+0x88/0x118 filename_lookup+0x98/0x130 user_path_at_empty+0x48/0x60 vfs_statx+0x84/0x140 vfs_fstatat+0x20/0x30 __se_sys_newfstatat+0x30/0x74 __arm64_sys_newfstatat+0x1c/0x2c el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x100/0x184 do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x2c el0_svc+0x20/0x34 el0_sync_handler+0x80/0x17c el0_sync+0x13c/0x140 SELinux: Context system_u:object_r:pssp_rsyslog_log_t:s0:c0 is not valid (left unmapped).
It was found that within a critical section of spin_lock_irqsave in sidtab_context_to_sid(), convert_context() (hooked by sidtab_convert_params.func) might cause the process to sleep via allocating memory with GFP_KERNEL, which is problematic.
As Ondrej pointed out [1], convert_context()/sidtab_convert_params.func has another caller sidtab_convert_tree(), which is okay with GFP_KERNEL. Therefore, fix this problem by adding a gfp_t argument for convert_context()/sidtab_convert_params.func and pass GFP_KERNEL/_ATOMIC properly in individual callers.
[PM: wrap long BUG() output lines, tweak subject line]
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade python-perfUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.15.79-51.138Upgrade kernel-headersUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.10.155-138.670 | May 20, 2026 | May 20, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Dec 29, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp13 | — | Upgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernelUpgrade python3-perf | Mar 10, 2026 | Mar 10, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 17, 2026 | Dec 24, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-gkeUpgrade linux-riscv-5.15Upgrade linux-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-aws-5.15Upgrade linux-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15Upgrade linux-hwe-5.15Upgrade linux-raspiUpgrade linux-bluefieldUpgrade linux-awsUpgrade linux-realtimeUpgrade linuxUpgrade linux-nvidiaUpgrade linux-kvmUpgrade linux-ibmUpgrade linux-intel-iotg-5.15Upgrade linux-oracle-5.15Upgrade linux-gcpUpgrade linux-gkeopUpgrade linux-gcp-5.15Upgrade linux-oracleUpgrade linux-azure-5.15Upgrade linux-azureUpgrade linux-intel-iotg | Jan 6, 2026 | Dec 24, 2025 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | May 27, 2026 | Dec 24, 2025 |
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