In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/mm: Check return value from memblock_phys_alloc_range()
At least with CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x100000, if there is < 4 MiB of
contiguous free memory available at this point, the kernel will crash
and burn because memblock_phys_alloc_range() returns 0 on failure,
which leads memblock_phys_free() to throw the first 4 MiB of physical
memory to the wolves.
At a minimum it should fail gracefully with a meaningful diagnostic,
but in fact everything seems to work fine without the weird reserve
allocation.
References
Configurations
History
17 Dec 2025, 18:54
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/631ca8909fd5c62b9fda9edda93924311a78a9c4 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c18c904d301ffeb33b071eadc55cd6131e1e9be - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bffd5f2815c5234d609725cd0dc2f4bc5de2fc67 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6f2694c580c27dca0cf7546ee9b4bfa6b940e38 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dde4800d2b0f68b945fd81d4fc2d4a10ae25f743 - Patch | |
| References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - Third Party Advisory | |
| First Time |
Linux
Debian Debian debian Linux Linux linux Kernel |
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| CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-06-18 10:15
Updated : 2025-12-17 18:54
NVD link : CVE-2025-38071
Mitre link : CVE-2025-38071
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38071
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Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
