ghsa-h279-pjhh-9hgj
Vulnerability from github
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.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-37960"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-20T16:15:34Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmemblock: Accept allocated memory before use in memblock_double_array()\n\nWhen increasing the array size in memblock_double_array() and the slab\nis not yet available, a call to memblock_find_in_range() is used to\nreserve/allocate memory. However, the range returned may not have been\naccepted, which can result in a crash when booting an SNP guest:\n\n RIP: 0010:memcpy_orig+0x68/0x130\n Code: ...\n RSP: 0000:ffffffff9cc03ce8 EFLAGS: 00010006\n RAX: ff11001ff83e5000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: fffffffffffff000\n RDX: 0000000000000bc0 RSI: ffffffff9dba8860 RDI: ff11001ff83e5c00\n RBP: 0000000000002000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000002000\n R10: 000000207fffe000 R11: 0000040000000000 R12: ffffffff9d06ef78\n R13: ff11001ff83e5000 R14: ffffffff9dba7c60 R15: 0000000000000c00\n memblock_double_array+0xff/0x310\n memblock_add_range+0x1fb/0x2f0\n memblock_reserve+0x4f/0xa0\n memblock_alloc_range_nid+0xac/0x130\n memblock_alloc_internal+0x53/0xc0\n memblock_alloc_try_nid+0x3d/0xa0\n swiotlb_init_remap+0x149/0x2f0\n mem_init+0xb/0xb0\n mm_core_init+0x8f/0x350\n start_kernel+0x17e/0x5d0\n x86_64_start_reservations+0x14/0x30\n x86_64_start_kernel+0x92/0xa0\n secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0x194/0x19b\n\nMitigate this by calling accept_memory() on the memory range returned\nbefore the slab is available.\n\nPrior to v6.12, the accept_memory() interface used a \u0027start\u0027 and \u0027end\u0027\nparameter instead of \u0027start\u0027 and \u0027size\u0027, therefore the accept_memory()\ncall must be adjusted to specify \u0027start + size\u0027 for \u0027end\u0027 when applying\nto kernels prior to v6.12.",
"id": "GHSA-h279-pjhh-9hgj",
"modified": "2025-05-22T15:34:48Z",
"published": "2025-05-20T18:30:56Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37960"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bcd29181bab8d508d2adfdbb132de8b1e088698"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa513e69e011a2b19fa22ce62ce35effbd5e0c81"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d66a22f6a432a9dd376c9b365d7dc89bd416909c"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da8bf5daa5e55a6af2b285ecda460d6454712ff4"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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