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CVE-2025-39725

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/vmscan: fix hwpoisoned large folio handling in shrink_folio_list In shrink_folio_list(), the hwpoisoned folio may be large folio, which can't be handled by unmap_poisoned_folio(). For THP, try_to_unmap_one() must be passed with TTU_SPLIT_HUGE_PMD to split huge PMD first and then retry. Without TTU_SPLIT_HUGE_PMD, we will trigger null-ptr deref of pvmw.pte. Even we passed TTU_SPLIT_HUGE_PMD, we will trigger a WARN_ON_ONCE due to the page isn't in swapcache. Since UCE is rare in real world, and race with reclaimation is more rare, just skipping the hwpoisoned large folio is enough. memory_failure() will handle it if the UCE is triggered again. This happens when memory reclaim for large folio races with memory_failure(), and will lead to kernel panic. The race is as follows: cpu0 cpu1 shrink_folio_list memory_failure TestSetPageHWPoison unmap_poisoned_folio --> trigger BUG_ON due to unmap_poisoned_folio couldn't handle large folio [[email protected]: add comment to unmap_poisoned_folio()]

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.12.41-1CVE-2025-39725
Fixed in:6.16.3-1CVE-2025-39725
linux-aws-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3
linux-azure-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7934-1
linux-gcp-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1USN-7879-4
linux-hwe-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1
linux-image-6.14.0-1016-oemUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.16USN-7880-1
linux-image-6.14.0-1016-realtimeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.16~24.04.1USN-7879-2
linux-image-6.14.0-1017-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3
linux-image-6.14.0-1017-aws-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3
linux-image-6.14.0-1017-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7934-1
linux-image-6.14.0-1017-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3
linux-image-6.14.0-1017-oracle-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3
linux-image-6.14.0-1020-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1USN-7879-4
linux-image-6.14.0-1020-gcp-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1USN-7879-4
linux-image-6.14.0-36-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1
linux-image-6.14.0-36-generic-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1
linux-image-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3
linux-image-aws-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3
linux-image-aws-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3
linux-image-aws-64k-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3
linux-image-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7934-1
linux-image-azure-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7934-1
linux-image-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1USN-7879-4
linux-image-gcp-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1USN-7879-4
linux-image-gcp-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1USN-7879-4
linux-image-gcp-64k-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1USN-7879-4
linux-image-generic-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1
linux-image-generic-64k-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1
linux-image-oem-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.16USN-7880-1
linux-image-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3
linux-image-oracle-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3
linux-image-oracle-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3
linux-image-oracle-64k-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3
linux-image-realtime-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.16~24.04.1USN-7879-2
linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.16~24.04.1USN-7879-2
linux-image-virtual-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1
linux-oem-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.16USN-7880-1
linux-oracle-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3
linux-realtime-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.16~24.04.1USN-7879-2

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.14%probability of exploitation in 30 days
3rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 3% of all known CVEs.

References

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