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CVE-2025-40272
published 2025-12-06

CVE-2025-40272: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/secretmem: fix use-after-free race in fault handler When a page fault occurs in a secret…

PriorityP339high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.14%
3.8th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/secretmem: fix use-after-free race in fault handler When a page fault occurs in a secret memory file created with `memfd_secret(2)`, the kernel will allocate a new folio for it, mark the underlying page as not-present in the direct map, and add it to the file mapping. If two tasks cause a fault in the same page concurrently, both could end up allocating a folio and removing the page from the direct map, but only one would succeed in adding the folio to the file mapping. The task that failed undoes the effects of its attempt by (a) freeing the folio again and (b) putting the page back into the direct map. However, by doing these two operations in this order, the page becomes available to the allocator again before it is placed back in the direct mapping. If another task attempts to allocate the page between (a) and (b), and the kernel tries to access it via the direct map, it would result in a supervisor not-present page fault. Fix the ordering to restore the direct map before the folio is freed.

Affected

25 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.159-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.159-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.159-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.159-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 1507f51255c9ff07d75909a84e7c0d7f3c4b2f49 < bb1c19636aedae39360e6fdbcaef4f2bcff25785bb1c19636aedae39360e6fdbcaef4f2bcff25785
linuxlinux>= 1507f51255c9ff07d75909a84e7c0d7f3c4b2f49 < 1e4643d6628edf9c0047b1f8f5bc574665025acb1e4643d6628edf9c0047b1f8f5bc574665025acb
linuxlinux>= 1507f51255c9ff07d75909a84e7c0d7f3c4b2f49 < 42d486d35a4143cc37fc72ee66edc99d942dd36742d486d35a4143cc37fc72ee66edc99d942dd367
linuxlinux>= 1507f51255c9ff07d75909a84e7c0d7f3c4b2f49 < 52f2d5cf33de9a8f5e72bbb0ed38282ae0bc464952f2d5cf33de9a8f5e72bbb0ed38282ae0bc4649
linuxlinux>= 1507f51255c9ff07d75909a84e7c0d7f3c4b2f49 < 4444767e625da46009fc94a453fd1967b80ba0474444767e625da46009fc94a453fd1967b80ba047
linuxlinux>= 1507f51255c9ff07d75909a84e7c0d7f3c4b2f49 < 6f86d0534fddfbd08687fa0f01479d4226bc3c3d6f86d0534fddfbd08687fa0f01479d4226bc3c3d
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.159-16.1.159-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.63-16.12.63-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.9-16.17.9-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-173.1835.15.0-173.183
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-106.1066.8.0-106.106
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.0-14.146.17.0-14.14
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.14.0 < 5.15.1975.15.197
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16.0 < 6.1.1596.1.159
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.17.96.17.9
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2.0 < 6.6.1176.6.117
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7.0 < 6.12.596.12.59
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.112.1-2_on_azure_linux_3.0
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-azure-5.15
ubuntulinux-oracle
ubuntulinux-xilinx

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_msrc7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat5.8MEDIUM
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