CVE-2025-40174 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.8MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 94.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 12
Latest updateFeb 24
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/mm: Fix SMP ordering in switch_mm_irqs_off()
Stephen noted that it is possible to not have an smp_mb() between
the loaded_mm store and the tlb_gen load in switch_mm(), meaning the
ordering against flush_tlb_mm_range() goes out the window, and it
becomes possible for switch_mm() to not observe a recent tlb_gen
update and fail to flush the TLBs.
[ dhansen: merge conflict fixed by Ingo ]
Affected Packages5 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux209954cbc7d0ce1a190fc725d20ce303d74d2680 — 0fe5e3f5fb75c5d88dad24dece3ee75e9d87adeb+2