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TI-2025-25306 Aliases CVE-2025-37960GHSA-h279-pjhh-9hgj

memblock: Accept allocated memory before use in memblock_double_array()

Priority LOW 24Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memblock: Accept allocated memory before use in memblock_double_array() When increasing the array size in memblock_double_array() and the slab is not yet available, a call to memblock_find_in_range() is used to reserve/allocate memory. However, the range returned may not have been accepted, which can result in a crash when booting an SNP guest: RIP: 0010:memcpy_orig+0x68/0x130 Code: ... RSP: 0000:ffffffff9cc03ce8 EFLAGS: 00010006 RAX: ff11001ff83e5000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: fffffffffffff000 RDX: 0000000000000bc0 RSI: ffffffff9dba8860 RDI: ff11001ff83e5c00 RBP: 0000000000002000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000002000 R10: 000000207fffe000 R11: 0000040000000000 R12: ffffffff9d06ef78 R13: ff11001ff83e5000 R14: ffffffff9dba7c60 R15: 0000000000000c00 memblock_double_array+0xff/0x310 memblock_add_range+0x1fb/0x2f0 memblock_reserve+0x4f/0xa0 memblock_alloc_range_nid+0xac/0x130 memblock_alloc_internal+0x53/0xc0 memblock_alloc_try_nid+0x3d/0xa0 swiotlb_init_remap+0x149/0x2f0 mem_init+0xb/0xb0 mm_core_init+0x8f/0x350 start_kernel+0x17e/0x5d0 x86_64_start_reservations+0x14/0x30 x86_64_start_kernel+0x92/0xa0 secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0x194/0x19b Mitigate this by calling accept_memory() on the memory range returned before the slab is available. Prior to v6.12, the accept_memory() interface used a 'start' and 'end' parameter instead of 'start' and 'size', therefore the accept_memory() call must be adjusted to specify 'start + size' for 'end' when applying to kernels prior to v6.12.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00189 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.6.92, 6.12.29, 6.14.7 +1Red Hat: 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux6.5 and later6.6.92, 6.12.29, 6.14.7, 6.15Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.5 and later Fixed in 6.6.92, 6.12.29, 6.14.7, 6.15 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5 to before 6.6.92; 6.7 to before 6.12.29; 6.13 to before 6.14.7VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*6.15 rc1VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*6.15 rc2VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*6.15 rc3VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*6.15 rc4VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*6.15 rc5VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5 to before 6.6.92; 6.7 to before 6.12.29; 6.13 to before 6.14.7 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.15 rc1 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.15 rc2 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.15 rc3 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.15 rc4 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.15 rc5 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.92, 6.12.29, 6.14.7, 6.15

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-37960
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h279-pjhh-9hgj
  3. 2026-10-16 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  4. 2026-11-05 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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