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AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0015 4.4 —
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed Linux fce886a6020734d6253c2c5a3bc285e385cc5496 – — Linux 6.14 – 6.14.7
TIMELINE Apr 16 Reserved by Linux May 29 Published (CNA: Linux) Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-37996 (Linux). CVSS 8.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Fix uninitialized memcache pointer in user_mem_abort() Commit fce886a60207 ("KVM: arm64: Plumb the pKVM MMU in KVM") made the initialization of the local memcache variable in user_mem_abort() conditional, leaving a codepath where it is used uninitialized via kvm_pgtable_stage2_map(). This can fail on any path that requires a stage-2 allocation without transition via a permission fault or dirty logging. Fix this by making sure that memcache is always valid.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 29, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-37996 (Linux). CVSS 8.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Authoritative record: CVE-2025-37996 at cve.org
Vendors: linux
Weaknesses: CWE-908
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