CVE-2025-39910

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.17-6.16.7 - Improper Locking in kasan_populate_vmalloc

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/vmalloc, mm/kasan: respect gfp mask in kasan_populate_vmalloc() kasan_populate_vmalloc() and its helpers ignore the caller's gfp_mask and always allocate memory using the hardcoded GFP_KERNEL flag. This makes them inconsistent with vmalloc(), which was recently extended to support GFP_NOFS and GFP_NOIO allocations. Page table allocations performed during shadow population also ignore the external gfp_mask. To preserve the intended semantics of GFP_NOFS and GFP_NOIO, wrap the apply_to_page_range() calls into the appropriate memalloc scope. xfs calls vmalloc with GFP_NOFS, so this bug could lead to deadlock. There was a report here https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] This patch: - Extends kasan_populate_vmalloc() and helpers to take gfp_mask; - Passes gfp_mask down to alloc_pages_bulk() and __get_free_page(); - Enforces GFP_NOFS/NOIO semantics with memalloc_*_save()/restore() around apply_to_page_range(); - Updates vmalloc.c and percpu allocator call sites accordingly.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 0.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-667
Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 5.17.0 - 6.16.8linux
Linux/Linux < 5.17
Linux/Linux 451769ebb7e792c3404db53b3c2a422990de654e - 33b95d90427cb4babf32059e323a6d0c027610fe
Linux/Linux 451769ebb7e792c3404db53b3c2a422990de654e - 79357cd06d41d0f5a11b17d7c86176e395d10ef2
Linux/Linux 5.17
Linux/Linux 6.16.8 - 6.16.*
Linux/Linux 6.17
linux/linux_kernel 6.17 rc1 (5 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 5.17 - 6.16.8
Published Oct 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026