CVE-2025-22045
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/mm: Fix flush_tlb_range() when used for zapping normal PMDs On the following path, flush_tlb_range() can be used for zapping normal PMD entries (PMD entries that point to page tables) together with the PTE entries in the pointed-to page table: collapse_pte_mapped_thp pmdp_collapse_flush flush_tlb_range The arm64 version of flush_tlb_range() has a comment describing that it can be used for page table removal, and does not use any last-level invalidation optimizations. Fix the X86 version by making it behave the same way. Currently, X86 only uses this information for the following two purposes, which I think means the issue doesn't have much impact: - In native_flush_tlb_multi() for checking if lazy TLB CPUs need to be IPI'd to avoid issues with speculative page table walks. - In Hyper-V TLB paravirtualization, again for lazy TLB stuff. The patch "x86/mm: only invalidate final translations with INVLPGB" which is currently under review (see <https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/>) would probably be making the impact of this a lot worse.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 5.4.292
- Linux Kernel < 5.10.236
- Linux Kernel < 5.15.180
- Linux Kernel < 6.1.134
- Linux Kernel < 6.6.87
- Linux Kernel < 6.12.23
- Linux Kernel < 6.13.11
- Linux Kernel < 6.14.2
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0708fd6bd8161871bfbadced2ca4319b84ab44fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a8f806ea6b5dd64b3d1f05ff774817d5f7ddbd1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/320ac1af4c0bdb92c864dc9250d1329234820edf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ef938c3503563bfc2ac15083557f880d29c2e64
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/556d446068f90981e5d71ca686bdaccdd545d491
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/618d5612ecb7bfc1c85342daafeb2b47e29e77a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7085895c59e4057ffae17f58990ccb630087d0d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78d6f9a9eb2a5da6fcbd76d6191d24b0dcc321be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93224deb50a8d20df3884f3672ce9f982129aa50
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0708fd6bd8161871bfbadced2ca4319b84ab44fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a8f806ea6b5dd64b3d1f05ff774817d5f7ddbd1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/320ac1af4c0bdb92c864dc9250d1329234820edf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ef938c3503563bfc2ac15083557f880d29c2e64
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/556d446068f90981e5d71ca686bdaccdd545d491
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/618d5612ecb7bfc1c85342daafeb2b47e29e77a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7085895c59e4057ffae17f58990ccb630087d0d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78d6f9a9eb2a5da6fcbd76d6191d24b0dcc321be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93224deb50a8d20df3884f3672ce9f982129aa50
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html