Linux Kernel up to 6.12.24/6.14.3/6.15-rc1 xe roundup_pow_of_two out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.24/6.14.3/6.15-rc1. Affected is the function roundup_pow_of_two of the component xe. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-37761. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.24/6.14.3/6.15-rc1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function roundup_pow_of_two of the component xe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Fix an out-of-bounds shift when invalidating TLB When the size of the range invalidated is larger than rounddown_pow_of_two(ULONG_MAX), The function macro roundup_pow_of_two(length) will hit an out-of-bounds shift [1]. Use a full TLB invalidation for such cases. v2: - Use a define for the range size limit over which we use a full TLB invalidation. (Lucas) - Use a better calculation of the limit. [1]: [ 39.202421] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 39.202657] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in ./include/linux/log2.h:57:13 [ 39.202673] shift exponent 64 is too large for 64-bit type 'long unsigned int' [ 39.202688] CPU: 8 UID: 0 PID: 3129 Comm: xe_exec_system_ Tainted: G U 6.14.0+ #10 [ 39.202690] Tainted: [U]=USER [ 39.202690] Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/PRIME B560M-A AC, BIOS 2001 02/01/2023 [ 39.202691] Call Trace: [ 39.202692] <TASK> [ 39.202695] dump_stack_lvl+0x6e/0xa0 [ 39.202699] ubsan_epilogue+0x5/0x30 [ 39.202701] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds.cold+0x61/0xe6 [ 39.202705] xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_range.cold+0x1d/0x3a [xe] [ 39.202800] ? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80 [ 39.202803] ? mark_held_locks+0x40/0x70 [ 39.202806] xe_svm_invalidate+0x459/0x700 [xe] [ 39.202897] drm_gpusvm_notifier_invalidate+0x4d/0x70 [drm_gpusvm] [ 39.202900] __mmu_notifier_release+0x1f5/0x270 [ 39.202905] exit_mmap+0x40e/0x450 [ 39.202912] __mmput+0x45/0x110 [ 39.202914] exit_mm+0xc5/0x130 [ 39.202916] do_exit+0x21c/0x500 [ 39.202918] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xdb/0x190 [ 39.202920] do_group_exit+0x36/0xa0 [ 39.202922] get_signal+0x8f8/0x900 [ 39.202926] arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x35/0x100 [ 39.202930] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1fc/0x290 [ 39.202932] do_syscall_64+0xa1/0x180 [ 39.202934] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x59f/0x8a0 [ 39.202937] ? lock_release+0xd2/0x2a0 [ 39.202939] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x5a9/0x8a0 [ 39.202942] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0x4b/0xc0 [ 39.202944] ? clear_bhb_loop+0x25/0x80 [ 39.202946] ? clear_bhb_loop+0x25/0x80 [ 39.202947] ? clear_bhb_loop+0x25/0x80 [ 39.202950] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [ 39.202952] RIP: 0033:0x7fa945e543e1 [ 39.202961] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7fa945e543b7. [ 39.202962] RSP: 002b:00007ffca8fb4170 EFLAGS: 00000293 [ 39.202963] RAX: 000000000000003d RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fa945e543e3 [ 39.202964] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007ffca8fb41ac RDI: 00000000ffffffff [ 39.202964] RBP: 00007ffca8fb4190 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007fa945f600a0 [ 39.202965] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 39.202966] R13: 00007fa9460dd310 R14: 00007ffca8fb41ac R15: 0000000000000000 [ 39.202970] </TASK> [ 39.202970] ---[ end trace ]--- (cherry picked from commit b88f48f86500bc0b44b4f73ac66d500a40d320ad)

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-37761 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240657 (Ubuntu 25.04 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7594-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.12.25, 6.14.4 or 6.15-rc2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 28477f701b63922ff88e9fb13f5519c11cd48b86/e4715858f87b78ce58cfa03bbe140321edbbaf20/7bcfeddb36b77f9fe3b010bb0b282b7618420bba is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (240657). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Operating System

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• Linux

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• Kernel

Version

• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6
• 6.12.7
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• 6.12.9
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• 6.12.15
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• 6.12.17
• 6.12.18
• 6.12.19
• 6.12.20
• 6.12.21
• 6.12.22
• 6.12.23
• 6.12.24
• 6.14.0
• 6.14.1
• 6.14.2
• 6.14.3
• 6.15-rc1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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