CVE-2025-39910
mm/vmalloc, mm/kasan: respect gfp mask in kasan_populate_vmalloc()
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Oct 1, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 16, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/vmalloc, mm/kasan: respect gfp mask in kasan_populate_vmalloc()
kasan_populate_vmalloc() and its helpers ignore the caller's gfp_mask and always allocate memory using the hardcoded GFP_KERNEL flag. This makes them inconsistent with vmalloc(), which was recently extended to support GFP_NOFS and GFP_NOIO allocations.
Page table allocations performed during shadow population also ignore the external gfp_mask. To preserve the intended semantics of GFP_NOFS and GFP_NOIO, wrap the apply_to_page_range() calls into the appropriate memalloc scope.
xfs calls vmalloc with GFP_NOFS, so this bug could lead to deadlock.
There was a report here https://lkml.kernel.org/r/686ea951.050a0220.385921.0016.GAE@google.com
This patch: - Extends kasan_populate_vmalloc() and helpers to take gfp_mask; - Passes gfp_mask down to alloc_pages_bulk() and __get_free_page(); - Enforces GFP_NOFS/NOIO semantics with memalloc_*_save()/restore() around apply_to_page_range(); - Updates vmalloc.c and percpu allocator call sites accordingly.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-667 Improper Locking
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c136f2e4f2edd58a62a3425d4dd373d82834d1f9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9598c83a50a5f9d57fd0c12fc08d9425c1ce9537
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa1b4b7a1b92743297f9da741424df4703a8e11b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33b95d90427cb4babf32059e323a6d0c027610fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79357cd06d41d0f5a11b17d7c86176e395d10ef2
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