SB20250422153 - Resource management error in Linux kernel mm pat
Published: April 22, 2025 Updated: May 10, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB20250422153
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-2025-22090)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the copy_page_range() function in mm/memory.c, within the vm_area_dup() function in kernel/fork.c, within the get_pat_info() and untrack_pfn() functions in arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d6373f83f367dbed316ddeb178130a3a64b5b67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b07398e8a5da517083f5c3f2daa8f6681b48ab28
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da381c33f3aa6406406c9fdf07b8b0b63e0ce722
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc84bc2aba85a1508f04a936f9f9a15f64ebfb31
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de6185b8892d88142ef69768fe4077cbf40109c0
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.14.2