#VU106856 Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-21907
Published: April 2, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU106856
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21907
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the do_migrate_range() function in mm/memory_hotplug.c, within the get_hwpoison_page(), unmap_poisoned_folio() and hwpoison_user_mappings() functions in mm/memory-failure.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/425c12c076e6fc6b2cb04b9f960319d31dcabc76
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/608cc7deb428f1122ed426060233622ebf667b6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b81679b1633aa43c0d973adfa816d78c1ed0d032
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12.19
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.13.7
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.14