GHSA-3R4W-F43V-9FPG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-22 21:30 – Updated: 2026-10-15 03:34
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

x86/mm/64: define ARCH_PAGE_TABLE_SYNC_MASK and arch_sync_kernel_mappings()

Define ARCH_PAGE_TABLE_SYNC_MASK and arch_sync_kernel_mappings() to ensure page tables are properly synchronized when calling p*d_populate_kernel().

For 5-level paging, synchronization is performed via pgd_populate_kernel(). In 4-level paging, pgd_populate() is a no-op, so synchronization is instead performed at the P4D level via p4d_populate_kernel().

This fixes intermittent boot failures on systems using 4-level paging and a large amount of persistent memory:

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffe70000000034 #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI RIP: 0010:__init_single_page+0x9/0x6d Call Trace: __init_zone_device_page+0x17/0x5d memmap_init_zone_device+0x154/0x1bb pagemap_range+0x2e0/0x40f memremap_pages+0x10b/0x2f0 devm_memremap_pages+0x1e/0x60 dev_dax_probe+0xce/0x2ec [device_dax] dax_bus_probe+0x6d/0xc9 [... snip ...]

It also fixes a crash in vmemmap_set_pmd() caused by accessing vmemmap before sync_global_pgds() [1]:

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffeb3ff1200000 #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI Tainted: [W]=WARN RIP: 0010:vmemmap_set_pmd+0xff/0x230 vmemmap_populate_hugepages+0x176/0x180 vmemmap_populate+0x34/0x80 __populate_section_memmap+0x41/0x90 sparse_add_section+0x121/0x3e0 __add_pages+0xba/0x150 add_pages+0x1d/0x70 memremap_pages+0x3dc/0x810 devm_memremap_pages+0x1c/0x60 xe_devm_add+0x8b/0x100 [xe] xe_tile_init_noalloc+0x6a/0x70 [xe] xe_device_probe+0x48c/0x740 [xe] [... snip ...]

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-39845"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-401"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-09-19T16:15:43Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nx86/mm/64: define ARCH_PAGE_TABLE_SYNC_MASK and arch_sync_kernel_mappings()\n\nDefine ARCH_PAGE_TABLE_SYNC_MASK and arch_sync_kernel_mappings() to ensure\npage tables are properly synchronized when calling p*d_populate_kernel().\n\nFor 5-level paging, synchronization is performed via\npgd_populate_kernel().  In 4-level paging, pgd_populate() is a no-op, so\nsynchronization is instead performed at the P4D level via\np4d_populate_kernel().\n\nThis fixes intermittent boot failures on systems using 4-level paging and\na large amount of persistent memory:\n\n  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffe70000000034\n  #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode\n  #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page\n  PGD 0 P4D 0\n  Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n  RIP: 0010:__init_single_page+0x9/0x6d\n  Call Trace:\n   \u003cTASK\u003e\n   __init_zone_device_page+0x17/0x5d\n   memmap_init_zone_device+0x154/0x1bb\n   pagemap_range+0x2e0/0x40f\n   memremap_pages+0x10b/0x2f0\n   devm_memremap_pages+0x1e/0x60\n   dev_dax_probe+0xce/0x2ec [device_dax]\n   dax_bus_probe+0x6d/0xc9\n   [... snip ...]\n   \u003c/TASK\u003e\n\nIt also fixes a crash in vmemmap_set_pmd() caused by accessing vmemmap\nbefore sync_global_pgds() [1]:\n\n  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffeb3ff1200000\n  #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode\n  #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page\n  PGD 0 P4D 0\n  Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n  Tainted: [W]=WARN\n  RIP: 0010:vmemmap_set_pmd+0xff/0x230\n   \u003cTASK\u003e\n   vmemmap_populate_hugepages+0x176/0x180\n   vmemmap_populate+0x34/0x80\n   __populate_section_memmap+0x41/0x90\n   sparse_add_section+0x121/0x3e0\n   __add_pages+0xba/0x150\n   add_pages+0x1d/0x70\n   memremap_pages+0x3dc/0x810\n   devm_memremap_pages+0x1c/0x60\n   xe_devm_add+0x8b/0x100 [xe]\n   xe_tile_init_noalloc+0x6a/0x70 [xe]\n   xe_device_probe+0x48c/0x740 [xe]\n   [... snip ...]",
  "id": "GHSA-3r4w-f43v-9fpg",
  "modified": "2026-10-15T03:34:57Z",
  "published": "2025-09-22T21:30:17Z",
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