Release Date: | 2025-05-09 | |
Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfs: Only create /proc/fs/netfs with CONFIG_PROC_FS
When testing a special config:
CONFIG_NETFS_SUPPORTS=y
CONFIG_PROC_FS=n
The system crashes with something like:
[ 3.766197] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 3.766484] kernel BUG at mm/mempool.c:560!
[ 3.766789] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[ 3.767123] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W
[ 3.767777] Tainted: [W]=WARN
[ 3.767968] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996),
[ 3.768523] RIP: 0010:mempool_alloc_slab.cold+0x17/0x19
[ 3.768847] Code: 50 fe ff 58 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f e9 93 95 13 00
[ 3.769977] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000013998 EFLAGS: 00010286
[ 3.770315] RAX: 000000000000002f RBX: ffff888100ba8640 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 3.770749] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000003 RDI: 00000000ffffffff
[ 3.771217] RBP: 0000000000092880 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffc90000013828
[ 3.771664] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00000000ffffffea R12: 0000000000092cc0
[ 3.772117] R13: 0000000000000400 R14: ffff8881004b1620 R15: ffffea0004ef7e40
[ 3.772554] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881b5f3c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 3.773061] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 3.773443] CR2: ffffffff830901b4 CR3: 0000000004296001 CR4: 0000000000770ef0
[ 3.773884] PKRU: 55555554
[ 3.774058] Call Trace:
[ 3.774232]
See more information about CVE-2025-37876 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 5.5 |
Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Version: | 3.1 |
Attack Vector: | Local |
Attack Complexity: | Low |
Privileges Required: | Low |
User Interaction: | None |
Scope: | Unchanged |
Confidentiality Impact: | None |
Integrity Impact: | None |
Availability Impact: | High |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Linux version 10 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2025-20480 | 2025-07-17 |
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2025-20480 | 2025-07-17 |
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