CVE-2025-39902

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 2.6.22-6.16.5 - NULL Pointer Dereference in object_err()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/slub: avoid accessing metadata when pointer is invalid in object_err() object_err() reports details of an object for further debugging, such as the freelist pointer, redzone, etc. However, if the pointer is invalid, attempting to access object metadata can lead to a crash since it does not point to a valid object. One known path to the crash is when alloc_consistency_checks() determines the pointer to the allocated object is invalid because of a freelist corruption, and calls object_err() to report it. The debug code should report and handle the corruption gracefully and not crash in the process. In case the pointer is NULL or check_valid_pointer() returns false for the pointer, only print the pointer value and skip accessing metadata.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.8%
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-476
Status published
Products (28)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 2.6.22 - 5.4.299linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.192linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.151linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.243linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.16.6linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.105linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.46linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.22
Linux/Linux 2.6.22
... and 18 more
Published Oct 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026