In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/page_alloc: fix race condition in unaccepted memory handling
The page allocator tracks the number of zones that have unaccepted memory
using static_branch_enc/dec() and uses that static branch in hot paths to
determine if it needs to deal with unaccepted memory.
Borislav and Thomas pointed out that the tracking is racy: operations on
static_branch are not serialized against adding/removing unaccepted pages
to/from the zone.
Sanity checks inside static_branch machinery detects it:
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 10 at kernel/jump_label.c:276 __static_key_slow_dec_cpuslocked+0x8e/0xa0
The comment around the WARN() explains the problem:
/*
* Warn about the '-1' case though; since that means a
* decrement is concurrent with a first (0->1) increment. IOW
* people are trying to disable something that wasn't yet fully
* enabled. This suggests an ordering problem on the user side.
*/
The effect of this static_branch optimization is only visible on
microbenchmark.
Instead of adding more complexity around it, remove it altogether.
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
17 Nov 2025, 12:56
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 4.7 |
| First Time |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CWE | CWE-362 | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71dda1cb10702dc2859f00eb789b0502de2176a9 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74953f93f47a45296cc2a3fd04e2a3202ff3fa53 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98fdd2f612e949c652693f6df00442c81037776d - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fefc075182275057ce607effaa3daa9e6e3bdc73 - Patch | |
| Summary |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
18 Jun 2025, 10:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-06-18 10:15
Updated : 2025-11-17 12:56
NVD link : CVE-2025-38008
Mitre link : CVE-2025-38008
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38008
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
