SB2025021273 - Resource management error in Linux kernel
Published: February 12, 2025 Updated: May 11, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025021273
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21696)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the move_ptes(), move_normal_pmd() and move_normal_pud() functions in mm/mremap.c, within the move_huge_pte() function in mm/hugetlb.c, within the move_soft_dirty_pmd() and move_huge_pmd() functions in mm/huge_memory.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.