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.
No analysis available yet.
No remediation available yet.
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EUVD |
EUVD-2025-16380 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7699-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7699-2 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7721-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-908 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe: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:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| 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. | |
| Title | KVM: arm64: Fix uninitialized memcache pointer in user_mem_abort() | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-05-29T13:15:54.956Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:23.976Z
Link: CVE-2025-37996
No data.
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-05-29T14:15:36.183
Modified: 2025-11-14T16:58:42.223
Link: CVE-2025-37996
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2025-06-24T09:44:22Z
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