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.
References (2)
Core 2
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0013
EPSS Percentile
2.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-908
Status
published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel
6.14.0 - 6.14.7linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.14
Linux/Linux
6.14
Linux/Linux
6.14.7 - 6.14.*
Linux/Linux
6.15
Linux/Linux
fce886a6020734d6253c2c5a3bc285e385cc5496 - 157dbc4a321f5bb6f8b6c724d12ba720a90f1a7c
Linux/Linux
fce886a6020734d6253c2c5a3bc285e385cc5496 - a26d50f8a4a5049e956984797b5d0dedea4bbb18
linux/linux_kernel
6.15 rc1 (5 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
6.14 - 6.14.7
Published
May 29, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026