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DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38085

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38085 PUBLISHED CVSS 4.699999809265137 MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: fix huge_pmd_unshare() vs GUP-fast race huge_pmd_unshare() drops a reference on a page table that may have previously been shared across processes, potentially turning it into a normal page table used in another process in which unrelated VMAs can afterwards be installed. If this happens in the middle of a concurrent gup_fast(), gup_fast() could end up walking the page tables of another process. While I don't see any way in which that immediately leads to kernel memory corruption, it is really weird and unexpected. Fix it with an explicit broadcast IPI through tlb_remove_table_sync_one(), just like we do in khugepaged when removing page tables for a THP collapse.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
4.699999809265137
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11linux-6.16.1.106-3~deb11u1, *, 6.1.148-1
Debian:11linux5.10.209-1, 5.10.127-2, 5.10.127-2~bpo10+1
Debian:12linux6.1.38-4~bpo11+1, 6.1.69-1~bpo11+1, 6.1.82-1
Debian:14linux0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0

Timeline

  • Jun 28, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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