KVM: arm64: Fix uninitialized memcache pointer in user_mem_abort() (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 6 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Fix uninitialized memcache pointer in user_mem_abort() Commit fce886a60207 ("KVM: arm64: Plumb the pKVM MMU in KVM") made the initialization of the local memcache variable in user_mem_abort() conditional, leaving a codepath where it is used uninitialized via kvm_pgtable_stage2_map(). This can fail on any path that requires a stage-2 allocation without transition via a permission fault or dirty logging. Fix this by making sure that memcache is always valid.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-16380
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-37996
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0721 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.14 < 6.14.7cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected fce886a6020734d6253c2c5a3bc285e385cc5496 < a26d50f8a4a5049e956984797b5d0dedea4bbb18 ; affected fce886a6020734d6253c2c5a3bc285e385cc5496 < 157dbc4a321f5bb6f8b6c724d12ba720a90f1a7c |
| Linux · Linux | affected 6.14 ; unaffected 0 < 6.14 ; unaffected 6.14.7 ≤ 6.14.* ; unaffected 6.15 ≤ * |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |