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TI-2025-15965 Aliases CVE-2025-22015GHSA-2pcw-fg2m-836w

mm/migrate: fix shmem xarray update during migration

Priority LOW 35CWE-476Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/migrate: fix shmem xarray update during migration A shmem folio can be either in page cache or in swap cache, but not at the same time. Namely, once it is in swap cache, folio->mapping should be NULL, and the folio is no longer in a shmem mapping. In __folio_migrate_mapping(), to determine the number of xarray entries to update, folio_test_swapbacked() is used, but that conflates shmem in page cache case and shmem in swap cache case. It leads to xarray multi-index entry corruption, since it turns a sibling entry to a normal entry during xas_store() (see [1] for a userspace reproduction). Fix it by only using folio_test_swapcache() to determine whether xarray is storing swap cache entries or not to choose the right number of xarray entries to update. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/[email protected]/ Note: In __split_huge_page(), folio_test_anon() && folio_test_swapcache() is used to get swap_cache address space, but that ignores the shmem folio in swap cache case. It could lead to NULL pointer dereferencing when a in-swap-cache shmem folio is split at __xa_store(), since !folio_test_anon() is true and folio->mapping is NULL. But fortunately, its caller split_huge_page_to_list_to_order() bails out early with EBUSY when folio->mapping is NULL. So no need to take care of it here.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00218 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.132, 6.6.85, 6.12.21 +2Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux6.1.71 to before 6.1.132; 6.6.10 to before 6.6.856.1.132, 6.6.85Patch availableCNA
LinuxLinux6.7 and later6.1.132, 6.6.85, 6.12.21, 6.13.9, 6.14Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.1.71 to before 6.1.132; 6.6.10 to before 6.6.85 Fixed in 6.1.132, 6.6.85 Patch available CNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.7 and later Fixed in 6.1.132, 6.6.85, 6.12.21, 6.13.9, 6.14 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 10

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.1.71 to before 6.1.132; 6.6.10 to before 6.6.85; 6.7.1 to before 6.12.21; 6.13 to before 6.13.9VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*6.7VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*6.7 rc8VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*6.14 rc1VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*6.14 rc2VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*6.14 rc3VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*6.14 rc4VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*6.14 rc5VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*6.14 rc6VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*6.14 rc7VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.1.71 to before 6.1.132; 6.6.10 to before 6.6.85; 6.7.1 to before 6.12.21; 6.13 to before 6.13.9 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.7 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.7 rc8 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.14 rc1 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.14 rc2 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.14 rc3 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.14 rc4 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.14 rc5 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.14 rc6 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.14 rc7 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.132, 6.6.85
  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.132, 6.6.85, 6.12.21, 6.13.9, 6.14

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-22015
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2pcw-fg2m-836w
  3. 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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