PT-2025-40076 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4
Published
2025-01-01
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Updated
2026-05-26
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CVE-2025-39902
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A flaw exists in the Linux kernel’s mm/slub subsystem within the
object err() function. This function is designed to report object details for debugging purposes, including freelist pointers and redzones. However, if provided with an invalid pointer, accessing object metadata can cause a system crash. This occurs because the function attempts to access memory locations that are not valid, particularly when alloc consistency checks() detects pointer invalidity due to freelist corruption. The issue arises when the function does not gracefully handle invalid pointers, leading to a crash instead of reporting the corruption.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
NULL Pointer Dereference
Allocation of Resources Without Limits
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Debian
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Suse
Ubuntu