CVE-2025-37818

LoongArch: Return NULL from huge_pte_offset() for invalid PMD

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
May 8, 2025
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Apr 16, 2025

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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.

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 to before 34256805720993e37adf6127371a1265aea8376aAffected
  • fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 to before 2ca9380b12711afe95b3589bd82b59623b3c96b3Affected
  • fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 to before 51424fd171cee6a33f01f7c66b8eb23ac42289d4Affected
  • fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 to before b49f085cd671addbda4802d6b9382513f7dd0f30Affected
  • fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 to before bd51834d1cf65a2c801295d230c220aeebf87a73Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.19Affected
  • before 5.19Not affected
  • 6.1.136 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.89 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.26 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.14.5 through 6.14.*Not affected
  • 6.15 and laterNot affected

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