In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
maple_tree: fix MA_STATE_PREALLOC flag in mas_preallocate()
Temporarily clear the preallocation flag when explicitly requesting
allocations. Pre-existing allocations are already counted against the
request through mas_node_count_gfp(), but the allocations will not happen
if the MA_STATE_PREALLOC flag is set. This flag is meant to avoid
re-allocating in bulk allocation mode, and to detect issues with
preallocation calculations.
The MA_STATE_PREALLOC flag should also always be set on zero allocations
so that detection of underflow allocations will print a WARN_ON() during
consumption.
User visible effect of this flaw is a WARN_ON() followed by a null pointer
dereference when subsequent requests for larger number of nodes is
ignored, such as the vma merge retry in mmap_region() caused by drivers
altering the vma flags (which happens in v6.6, at least)
References
Configurations
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History
16 Dec 2025, 14:08
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CWE | CWE-476 | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| First Time |
Linux
Debian Debian debian Linux Linux linux Kernel |
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e32f4700867abbd5d19abfcf698dbd0d2ce36a4 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf95f8426f889949b738f51ffcd72884411f3a6a - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d69cd64bd5af41c6fd409313504089970edaf02f - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e63032e66bca1d06e600033f3369ba3db3af0870 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fba46a5d83ca8decb338722fb4899026d8d9ead2 - Patch | |
| References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - Third Party Advisory |
03 Nov 2025, 18:16
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25 Jul 2025, 13:15
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-07-25 13:15
Updated : 2025-12-16 14:08
NVD link : CVE-2025-38364
Mitre link : CVE-2025-38364
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38364
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Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
