CVE-2025-38084
Vulnérabilité élevée dans Linux (Linux)
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: unshare page tables during VMA split, not before Currently, __split_vma() triggers hugetlb page table unsharing through vm_ops->may_split(). This happens before the VMA lock and rmap locks are taken - which is too early, it allows racing VMA-locked page faults in our process and racing rmap walks from other processes to cause page tables to be shared again before we actually perform the split. Fix it by explicitly calling into the hugetlb unshare logic from __split_vma() in the same place where THP splitting also happens. At that point, both the VMA and the rmap(s) are write-locked. An annoying detail is that we can now call into the helper hugetlb_unshare_pmds() from two different locking contexts: 1. from hugetlb_split(), holding: - mmap lock (exclusively) - VMA lock - file rmap lock (exclusively) 2. hugetlb_unshare_all_pmds(), which I think is designed to be able to call us with only the mmap lock held (in shared mode), but currently only runs while holding mmap lock (exclusively) and VMA lock Backporting note: This commit fixes a racy protection that was introduced in commit b30c14cd6102 ("hugetlb: unshare some PMDs when splitting VMAs"); that commit claimed to fix an issue introduced in 5.13, but it should actually also go all the way back. [jannh@google.com: v2]
Gravité et risque d'exploitation
CVE-2025-38084 obtient un score CVSS de 7.8/10, soit une gravité élevée. Selon le modèle EPSS, la probabilité qu'elle soit exploitée dans les 30 prochains jours est de 0.20 %, ce qui la place devant 9.0 % des CVE référencées.
Que faire ?
- Vérifiez si Linux (versions <=6.1.*, <af6cfcd0efb7f051af221c418ec8b37a10211947, 2.6.20, <=6.12.*, 0, <081056dc00a27bccb55ccc3c6f230a3d5fd3f7e0, <366298f2b04d2bf1f2f2b7078405bdf9df9bd5d0, <8a21d5584826f4880f45bbf8f72375f4e6c0ff2a, <=6.15.*, 5.15.186, <=5.10.*, <=6.6.*, 39dde65c9940c97fcd178a3d2b1c57ed8b7b68aa, <9cf5b2a3b72c23fb7b84736d5d19ee6ea718762b, 6.1.142, 5.10.239, <2511ac64bc1617ca716d3ba8464e481a647c1902, 6.16, <e8847d18cd9fff1edbb45e963d9141273c3b539c, 6.12.35, <2.6.20, <=*, <=5.15.*, 6.15.4, 6.6.95) est présent sur votre parc.
- Appliquez le correctif ou la version corrigée indiqués dans les références de l'éditeur.
- À défaut de correctif, limitez l'exposition (filtrage réseau, désactivation du composant).
- Automatisez la détection : les agents CVE Heimdall (gratuits, open source) corrèlent l'inventaire de vos serveurs avec la base CVE.
Références
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8847d18cd9fff1edbb45e963d9141273c3b539c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/366298f2b04d2bf1f2f2b7078405bdf9df9bd5d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2511ac64bc1617ca716d3ba8464e481a647c1902
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af6cfcd0efb7f051af221c418ec8b37a10211947
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cf5b2a3b72c23fb7b84736d5d19ee6ea718762b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a21d5584826f4880f45bbf8f72375f4e6c0ff2a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/081056dc00a27bccb55ccc3c6f230a3d5fd3f7e0
- https://project-zero.issues.chromium.org/issues/420715744
