nios2: ensure that memblock.current_limit is set when setting pfn limits (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.15 % · percentile 5 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nios2: ensure that memblock.current_limit is set when setting pfn limits On nios2, with CONFIG_FLATMEM set, the kernel relies on memblock_get_current_limit() to determine the limits of mem_map, in particular for max_low_pfn. Unfortunately, memblock.current_limit is only default initialized to MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ANYWHERE at this point of the bootup, potentially leading to situations where max_low_pfn can erroneously exceed the value of max_pfn and, thus, the valid range of available DRAM. This can in turn cause kernel-level paging failures, e.g.: [ 76.900000] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 20303000 [ 76.900000] ea = c0080890, ra = c000462c, cause = 14 [ 76.900000] Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops [ 76.900000] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops ]--- This patch fixes this by pre-calculating memblock.current_limit based on the upper limits of the available memory ranges via adjust_lowmem_bounds, a simplified version of the equivalent implementation within the arm architecture.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25f09699edd360b534ccae16bc276c3b52c471f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c3e38a367822f036227dd52bac82dc4a05157e2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1ec9faef7e36269ca3ec890972a78effbaeb975
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90f5f715550e07cd6a51f80fc3f062d832c8c997
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8912814f14e298b83df072fecc1f7ed1b63b1b2c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a20b83cf45be2057f3d073506779e52c7fa17f94
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-201214
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-40245
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0602 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0545 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0453 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0421 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0397 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0371 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0331 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0227 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0218 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0209 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0199 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0194 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0169 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1078 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Microsoft · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 7f7bc20bc41a4fbcd2db75b375ac95e5faf958ae < 25f09699edd360b534ccae16bc276c3b52c471f3 ; affected 7f7bc20bc41a4fbcd2db75b375ac95e5faf958ae < 5c3e38a367822f036227dd52bac82dc4a05157e2 ; affected 7f7bc20bc41a4fbcd2db75b375ac95e5faf958ae < b1ec9faef7e36269ca3ec890972a78effbaeb975 ; affected 7f7bc20bc41a4fbcd2db75b375ac95e5faf958ae < 90f5f715550e07cd6a51f80fc3f062d832c8c997 ; affected 7f7bc20bc41a4fbcd2db75b375ac95e5faf958ae < 8912814f14e298b83df072fecc1f7ed1b63b1b2c ; affected 7f7bc20bc41a4fbcd2db75b375ac95e5faf958ae < a20b83cf45be2057f3d073506779e52c7fa17f94 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 5.12 ; unaffected 0 < 5.12 ; unaffected 5.15.196 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.158 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.115 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.56 ≤ 6.12.* |
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 |