#VU116057 Improper error handling in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-39883
Published: September 23, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116057
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-2025-39883
CWE-ID: CWE-388
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 improper error handling within the unpoison_memory() function in mm/memory-failure.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d278e89c2ea62b1aaa4b0d8a9766a35b3a3164a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63a327a2375a8ce7a47dec5aaa4d8a9ae0a00b96
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7618fd443aa4cfa553a64cacf5721581653ee7b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d613f53c83ec47089c4e25859d5e8e0359f6f8da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4ec6def5643a1c9511115b3884eb879572294c6