Vulnerability · Published Jul 4, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-38195LoongArch: Fix panic caused by NULL-PMD in huge_pte_offset()

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: Fix panic caused by NULL-PMD in huge_pte_offset() ERROR INFO: CPU 25 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0x0 ... Call Trace: [<900000000023c30c>] huge_pte_offset+0x3c/0x58 [<900000000057fd4c>] hugetlb_follow_page_mask+0x74/0x438 [<900000000051fee8>] __get_user_pages+0xe0/0x4c8 [<9000000000522414>] faultin_page_range+0x84/0x380 [<9000000000564e8c>] madvise_vma_behavior+0x534/0xa48 [<900000000056689c>] do_madvise+0x1bc/0x3e8 [<9000000000566df4>] sys_madvise+0x24/0x38 [<90000000015b9e88>] do_syscall+0x78/0x98 [<9000000000221f18>] handle_syscall+0xb8/0x158 In some cases, pmd may be NULL and rely on NULL as the return value for processing, so it is necessary to determine this situation here.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-38195
Debian:13linux6.12.35-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38195
Debian:14linux6.12.35-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38195

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 34256805720993e37adf6127371a1265aea8376a – before 55a9a7d21309bbea1dd629cf28396521a2803bb32ca9380b12711afe95b3589bd82b59623b3c96b3 – before b427d98d55217b53c88643579fbbd8a4c351a10551424fd171cee6a33f01f7c66b8eb23ac42289d4 – before 985f086f281b7bbb6644851e63af1a17ffff9277bd51834d1cf65a2c801295d230c220aeebf87a73 – before b5c7397b7fd125203c60b59860c168ee92291272bd51834d1cf65a2c801295d230c220aeebf87a73 – before ee084fa96123ede8b0563a1b5a9b23adc43cd50db49f085cd671addbda4802d6b9382513f7dd0f306.1.136 – before 6.1.1916.6.89 – before 6.6.95
Linux Linux 6.15

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