#VU107774 Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-22090

Vulnerability identifier: #VU107774

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [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-2025-22090

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor: 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 copy_page_range() function in mm/memory.c, within the vm_area_dup() function in kernel/fork.c, within the get_pat_info() and untrack_pfn() functions in arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Linux kernel: 6.14 - 6.14.1

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External links
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d6373f83f367dbed316ddeb178130a3a64b5b67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b07398e8a5da517083f5c3f2daa8f6681b48ab28
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da381c33f3aa6406406c9fdf07b8b0b63e0ce722
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc84bc2aba85a1508f04a936f9f9a15f64ebfb31
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de6185b8892d88142ef69768fe4077cbf40109c0
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.14.2

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?