mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting folio (Linux Linux)

CVE-2025-68293
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At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.21 % · percentile 11 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Deferred

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting folio Commit c010d47f107f ("mm: thp: split huge page to any lower order pages") introduced an early check on the folio's order via mapping->flags before proceeding with the split work. This check introduced a bug: for shmem folios in the swap cache and truncated folios, the mapping pointer can be NULL. Accessing mapping->flags in this state leads directly to a NULL pointer dereference. This commit fixes the issue by moving the check for mapping != NULL before any attempt to access mapping->flags.

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CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected c010d47f107f609b9f4d6a103b6dfc53889049e9 < 592db83615a9f0164472ec789c2ed34ad35f732f ; affected c010d47f107f609b9f4d6a103b6dfc53889049e9 < d1b83fbacd4397a1d2f8c6b13427a8636ae2b307 ; affected c010d47f107f609b9f4d6a103b6dfc53889049e9 < cff47b9e39a6abf03dde5f4f156f841b0c54bba0
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.9 ; unaffected 0 < 6.9 ; unaffected 6.12.61 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.17.11 ≤ 6.17.* ; unaffected 6.18 ≤ *

Sources

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