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CVE-2025-68292

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/memfd: fix information leak in hugetlb folios When allocating hugetlb folios for memfd, three initialization steps are missing: 1. Folios are not zeroed, leading to kernel memory disclosure to userspace 2. Folios are not marked uptodate before adding to page cache 3. hugetlb_fault_mutex is not taken before hugetlb_add_to_page_cache() The memfd allocation path bypasses the normal page fault handler (hugetlb_no_page) which would handle all of these initialization steps. This is problematic especially for udmabuf use cases where folios are pinned and directly accessed by userspace via DMA. Fix by matching the initialization pattern used in hugetlb_no_page(): - Zero the folio using folio_zero_user() which is optimized for huge pages - Mark it uptodate with folio_mark_uptodate() - Take hugetlb_fault_mutex before adding to page cache to prevent races The folio_zero_user() change also fixes a potential security issue where uninitialized kernel memory could be disclosed to userspace through read() or mmap() operations on the memfd.

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.12.63-1CVE-2025-68292
Fixed in:6.17.11-1CVE-2025-68292
linuxUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19USN-8094-1
linux-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-aws-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2USN-8094-1
linux-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1010.10USN-8094-4
linux-azure-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1010.10~24.04.1USN-8094-4
linux-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-gcp-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.3USN-8094-2
linux-hwe-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19~24.04.2USN-8094-1
linux-image-6.17.0-1008-realtimeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1008.9~24.04.1USN-8094-3
Fixed in:6.17.0-1008.9USN-8094-2
linux-image-6.17.0-1009-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2USN-8094-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-6.17.0-1009-aws-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2USN-8094-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-6.17.0-1009-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.3USN-8094-2
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-6.17.0-1009-gcp-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.3USN-8094-2
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-6.17.0-1009-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.1USN-8094-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-6.17.0-1009-oracle-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.1USN-8094-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-6.17.0-1010-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1010.10~24.04.1USN-8094-4
Fixed in:6.17.0-1010.10USN-8094-4
linux-image-6.17.0-1010-raspiUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1010.10USN-8094-5
linux-image-6.17.0-1017-oemUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1017.17USN-8152-1
linux-image-6.17.0-19-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19~24.04.2USN-8094-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19USN-8094-1
linux-image-6.17.0-19-generic-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19~24.04.2USN-8094-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19USN-8094-1
linux-image-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2USN-8094-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-aws-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2USN-8094-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-aws-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2USN-8094-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-aws-64k-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2USN-8094-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1010.10~24.04.1USN-8094-4
Fixed in:6.17.0-1010.10USN-8094-4
linux-image-azure-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1010.10~24.04.1USN-8094-4
Fixed in:6.17.0-1010.10USN-8094-4
linux-image-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.3USN-8094-2
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-gcp-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.3USN-8094-2
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-gcp-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.3USN-8094-2
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-gcp-64k-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.3USN-8094-2
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19USN-8094-1
linux-image-generic-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19~24.04.2USN-8094-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19USN-8094-1
linux-image-generic-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19USN-8094-1
linux-image-generic-64k-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19~24.04.2USN-8094-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19USN-8094-1
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19~24.04.2USN-8094-1
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19~24.04.2USN-8094-1
linux-image-oem-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1017.17USN-8152-1
linux-image-oem-24.04aUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1017.17USN-8152-1
linux-image-oem-24.04bUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1017.17USN-8152-1
linux-image-oem-24.04cUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1017.17USN-8152-1
linux-image-oem-24.04dUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1017.17USN-8152-1
linux-image-oem-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1017.17USN-8152-1
linux-image-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.1USN-8094-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-oracle-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.1USN-8094-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-oracle-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.1USN-8094-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-oracle-64k-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.1USN-8094-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-image-raspiUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1010.10USN-8094-5
linux-image-raspi-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1010.10USN-8094-5
linux-image-realtimeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1008.9USN-8094-2
linux-image-realtime-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1008.9~24.04.1USN-8094-3
Fixed in:6.17.0-1008.9USN-8094-2
linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1008.9~24.04.1USN-8094-3
Fixed in:6.17.0-1008.9USN-8094-2
linux-image-virtualUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19USN-8094-1
linux-image-virtual-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19~24.04.2USN-8094-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19USN-8094-1
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-19.19~24.04.2USN-8094-1
linux-oem-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1017.17USN-8152-1
linux-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9USN-8094-1
linux-oracle-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.1USN-8094-1
linux-raspiUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1010.10USN-8094-5
linux-realtimeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1008.9USN-8094-2
linux-realtime-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1008.9~24.04.1USN-8094-3

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CVSS v3.1 Vector

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Exploit Intelligence

0.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days
7thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 7% of all known CVEs.

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