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.
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
22.1%
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 (3)
linux/Kernel
6.14.0 - 6.14.7linux
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