CVE-2025-22090Incomplete Cleanup in Linux

CWE-459Incomplete Cleanup39 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.1OSV5.9
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 16
Latest updateJan 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/mm/pat: Fix VM_PAT handling when fork() fails in copy_page_range() If track_pfn_copy() fails, we already added the dst VMA to the maple tree. As fork() fails, we'll cleanup the maple tree, and stumble over the dst VMA for which we neither performed any reservation nor copied any page tables. Consequently untrack_pfn() will see VM_PAT and try obtaining the PAT information from the page table -- which fails because the page

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 Packages9 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel2.6.296.6.87+3
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.162-1+2
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-86.87+1
CVEListV5linux/linux2ab640379a0ab4cef746ced1d7e04a0941774bcba6623712ba8449876f0b3de9462831523fb851e4+6
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

19
OSV
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OSV
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities2025-12-17
OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities2025-11-25
OSV
linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities2025-11-24
OSV
linux-aws-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-11-12

📋Vendor Advisories

19
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure, N-Series) vulnerabilities2026-01-09
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities2025-12-17
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities2025-11-25
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities2025-11-24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities2025-11-12