LoongArch: Return NULL from huge_pte_offset() for invalid PMD (Linux Linux)

CVE-2025-37818
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.19 % · percentile 9 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: Return NULL from huge_pte_offset() for invalid PMD LoongArch's huge_pte_offset() currently returns a pointer to a PMD slot even if the underlying entry points to invalid_pte_table (indicating no mapping). Callers like smaps_hugetlb_range() fetch this invalid entry value (the address of invalid_pte_table) via this pointer. The generic is_swap_pte() check then incorrectly identifies this address as a swap entry on LoongArch, because it satisfies the "!pte_present() && !pte_none()" conditions. This misinterpretation, combined with a coincidental match by is_migration_entry() on the address bits, leads to kernel crashes in pfn_swap_entry_to_page(). Fix this at the architecture level by modifying huge_pte_offset() to check the PMD entry's content using pmd_none() before returning. If the entry is invalid (i.e., it points to invalid_pte_table), return NULL instead of the pointer to the slot.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 < 34256805720993e37adf6127371a1265aea8376a ; affected fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 < 2ca9380b12711afe95b3589bd82b59623b3c96b3 ; affected fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 < 51424fd171cee6a33f01f7c66b8eb23ac42289d4 ; affected fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 < b49f085cd671addbda4802d6b9382513f7dd0f30 ; affected fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 < bd51834d1cf65a2c801295d230c220aeebf87a73
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.19 ; unaffected 0 < 5.19 ; unaffected 6.1.136 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.89 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.26 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.14.5 ≤ 6.14.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD