CVE-2025-22000Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.9
EPSS
0.0%
top 84.93%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 3
Latest updateJul 8

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/huge_memory: drop beyond-EOF folios with the right number of refs When an after-split folio is large and needs to be dropped due to EOF, folio_put_refs(folio, folio_nr_pages(folio)) should be used to drop all page cache refs. Otherwise, the folio will not be freed, causing memory leak. This leak would happen on a filesystem with blocksize > page_size and a truncate is performed, where the blocksize makes folios split to >0

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.96.12.21+2
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.21-1+1
CVEListV5linux/linuxc010d47f107f609b9f4d6a103b6dfc53889049e986368616a9ce51f6b41efa251b6e066893851d67+3
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.12.21-1 (forky)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.11 vulnerabilities2025-07-08
OSV
linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 vulnerabilities2025-07-04
OSV
linux-oem-6.11 vulnerabilities2025-06-30
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.11, linux-hwe-6.11, linux-oracle, linux-raspi, linux-realtime vulnerabilities2025-06-30
OSV
CVE-2025-22000: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/huge_memory: drop beyond-EOF folios with the right number of refs When an after2025-04-03

📋Vendor Advisories

6
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-07-08
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Low Latency) vulnerabilities2025-07-04
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2025-06-30
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities2025-06-30
Red Hat
kernel: mm/huge_memory: drop beyond-EOF folios with the right number of refs2025-04-03
CVE-2025-22000 — Linux vulnerability | cvebase