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CVE-2025-38071 MEDIUM

Published: 2025-06-18 | Last Modified: 2026-05-12 | Status: Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/mm: Check return value from memblock_phys_alloc_range() At least with CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x100000, if there is < 4 MiB of contiguous free memory available at this point, the kernel will crash and burn because memblock_phys_alloc_range() returns 0 on failure, which leads memblock_phys_free() to throw the first 4 MiB of physical memory to the wolves. At a minimum it should fail gracefully with a meaningful diagnostic, but in fact everything seems to work fine without the weird reserve allocation.

Additional Descriptions (1)

En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: x86/mm: Verificar el valor de retorno de memblock_phys_alloc_range(). Al menos con CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x100000, si hay &lt; 4 MiB de memoria libre contigua disponible en este punto, el kernel se bloqueará porque memblock_phys_alloc_range() devuelve 0 en caso de fallo, lo que provoca que memblock_phys_free() descarte los primeros 4 MiB de memoria física. Como mínimo, debería fallar correctamente con un diagnóstico significativo, pero de hecho todo parece funcionar correctamente sin la extraña asignación de reserva.

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactNONE
Integrity ImpactNONE
Availability ImpactHIGH

Source: [email protected]

Type: Primary

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Impact Score: 3.6

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Primary
en NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

Vendor Product Version Update Type
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x702bdcf6a3c0> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x702bdcf6be40> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x702b51b58100> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x702bdcf6bd80> Operating System
debian debian_linux 11.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x702bdcf6a7c0> Operating System

Affected Configurations

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References

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