kernel security update

4.18.0-553.78.110.OL8 - Update Oracle Linux certificates Kevin Lyons - Disable signing for aarch64 Ilya Okomin - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was added to the kernel trusted keys list olkmodsigningkey.pem Orabug: 29539237 - Update x509.genkey Orabug: 24817676 - Conflict with shim-ia32 and...

kernel: mm/hugetlb: fix huge_pmd_unshare() vs GUP-fast race

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: fix hugepmdunshare vs GUP-fast race hugepmdunshare drops a reference on a page table that may have previously been shared across processes, potentially turning it into a normal page table used in another process in...

ffmpeg:ffmpeg_AV_CODEC_ID_THP_fuzzer: Heap-buffer-overflow in av_vbprintf

Project: https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg.git Detailed Report: https://oss-fuzz.com/testcase?key=6106885091819520 Project: ffmpeg Fuzzing Engine: afl Fuzz Target: ffmpegAVCODECIDTHPfuzzer Job Type: aflasanffmpeg Platform Id: linux Crash Type: Heap-buffer-overflow...

kernel: mm/hugetlb: fix huge_pmd_unshare() vs GUP-fast race

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: fix hugepmdunshare vs GUP-fast race hugepmdunshare drops a reference on a page table that may have previously been shared across processes, potentially turning it into a normal page table used in another process in...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-37958

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugememory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry When migrating a THP, concurren...

kernel: mm/huge_memory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugememory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry When migrating a THP, concurrent access to the PMD migration entry during a deferred split scan can lead to an invalid address access, as illustrated below. To prevent...

kernel: mm/huge_memory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugememory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry When migrating a THP, concurrent access to the PMD migration entry during a deferred split scan can lead to an invalid address access, as illustrated below. To prevent...

CVE-2025-38442

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: reject bs ps block devices when THP is disabled If THP is disabled and when a block device with logical block size page size is present, the following null ptr deref panic happens during boot: 13.2 mK AOSAN: null-ptr-deref...

CVE-2025-38442

The CVE-2025-38442 entry concerns the Linux kernel and a fix for large folio support when THP (Transparent Huge Pages) is disabled. The vulnerability could trigger a NULL pointer dereference during boot if a block device with logical block size larger than the page size is present while THP is of...

CVE-2025-38442

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: reject bs ps block devices when THP is disabled If THP is disabled and when a block device with logical block size page size is present, the following null ptr deref panic happens during boot: 13.2 mK AOSAN: null-ptr-deref...

CVE-2025-38442 block: reject bs > ps block devices when THP is disabled

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: reject bs ps block devices when THP is disabled If THP is disabled and when a block device with logical block size page size is present, the following null ptr deref panic happens during boot: 13.2 mK AOSAN: null-ptr-deref...

CVE-2025-38442: NULL Pointer Dereference

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: reject bs ps block devices when THP is disabled If THP is disabled and when a block device with logical block size page size is present, the following null ptr deref panic happens during boot: 13.2 mK AOSAN: null-ptr-deref...

CVE-2025-38085 mm/hugetlb: fix huge_pmd_unshare() vs GUP-fast race

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: fix hugepmdunshare vs GUP-fast race hugepmdunshare drops a reference on a page table that may have previously been shared across processes, potentially turning it into a normal page table used in another process in...

CVE-2025-38084 mm/hugetlb: unshare page tables during VMA split, not before

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: unshare page tables during VMA split, not before Currently, splitvma triggers hugetlb page table unsharing through vmops-maysplit. This happens before the VMA lock and rmap locks are taken - which is too early, it...

AZL-62779 CVE-2025-37958 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.96.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugememory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry When migrating a THP, concurrent access to the PMD migration entry during a deferred split scan can lead to an invalid address access, as illustrated below. To prevent...

CVE-2025-37958

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugememory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry When migrating a THP, concurrent access to the PMD migration entry during a deferred split scan can lead to an invalid address access, as illustrated below. To prevent...

CVE-2025-37958 mm/huge_memory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugememory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry When migrating a THP, concurrent access to the PMD migration entry during a deferred split scan can lead to an invalid address access, as illustrated below. To prevent...

CVE-2025-37958: NULL Pointer Dereference

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugememory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry When migrating a THP, concurrent access to the PMD migration entry during a deferred split scan can lead to an invalid address access, as illustrated below. To prevent...

CVE-2025-22034 mm/gup: reject FOLL_SPLIT_PMD with hugetlb VMAs

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/gup: reject FOLLSPLITPMD with hugetlb VMAs Patch series "mm: fixes for device-exclusive entries hmm", v2. Discussing the PageTail call in makedeviceexclusiverange with Willy, I recently discovered 1 that device-exclusive...

PT-2025-16685

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved, related to the function flush tlb range when used for zapping normal PMD entries. The issue is associated with the collapse pte...