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CVE-2025-22045MEDIUM
Linux Linux — x86/mm: Fix flush_tlb_range() when used for zapping normal PMDs
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  N  N  H    5.5   .0021   12.0     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    016c4d92cd16f569c6485ae62b076c1a4b779536 –  —
  Linux    4.20 –                                      5.4.292
TIMELINE
  Dec 29  Reserved by Linux
  Apr 16  Published (CNA: Linux)
  Jul 30  RESCORED — CVE-2025-22045 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 11 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/mm: Fix flush_tlb_range() when used for zapping normal PMDs On the following path, flush_tlb_range() can be used for zapping normal PMD entries (PMD entries that point to page tables) together with the PTE entries in the pointed-to page table: collapse_pte_mapped_thp pmdp_collapse_flush flush_tlb_range The arm64 version of flush_tlb_range() has a comment describing that it can be used for page table removal, and does not use any last-level invalidation optimizations. Fix the X86 version by making it behave the same way. Currently, X86 only uses this information for the following two purposes, which I think means the issue doesn't have much impact: - In native_flush_tlb_multi() for checking if lazy TLB CPUs need to be IPI'd to avoid issues with speculative page table walks. - In Hyper-V TLB paravirtualization, again for lazy TLB stuff. The patch "x86/mm: only invalidate final translations with INVLPGB" which is currently under review (see <https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241230175550.4046587-13-riel@surriel.com/>) would probably be making the impact of this a lot worse.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
December 29, 2024ReservedReserved by Linux
April 16, 2025PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
July 30, 2026RESCOREDRESCORED — CVE-2025-22045 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinux016c4d92cd16f569c6485ae62b076c1a4b779536
LinuxLinux4.205.4.292

References (11)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2025-22045 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

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