Linux Kernel up to 6.15-rc2 kvmalloc privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.15-rc2 and classified as problematic. Affected is the function kvmalloc. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-37867. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.15-rc2. It has been rated as problematic. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: Silence oversized kvmalloc() warning syzkaller triggered an oversized kvmalloc() warning. Silence it by adding __GFP_NOWARN. syzkaller log: WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 518 at mm/util.c:665 __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x175/0x180 CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 518 Comm: c_repro Not tainted 6.11.0-rc6+ #6 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:__kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x175/0x180 RSP: 0018:ffffc90001e67c10 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000100 RBX: 0000000000000400 RCX: ffffffff8149d46b RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff8881030fae80 RDI: 0000000000000002 RBP: 000000712c800000 R08: 0000000000000100 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffffc90001e67c10 R11: 0030ae0601000000 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00000000ffffffff R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007fde79159740(0000) GS:ffff88813bdc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000020000180 CR3: 0000000105eb4005 CR4: 00000000003706b0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> ib_umem_odp_get+0x1f6/0x390 mlx5_ib_reg_user_mr+0x1e8/0x450 ib_uverbs_reg_mr+0x28b/0x440 ib_uverbs_write+0x7d3/0xa30 vfs_write+0x1ac/0x6c0 ksys_write+0x134/0x170 ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x1c/0x50 do_syscall_64+0x50/0x110 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-37867 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 237255 (Debian dla-4178 : ata-modules-5.10.0-34-armmp-di - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 6.1.135, 6.6.88, 6.12.25, 6.14.4 or 6.15-rc3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch f94ac90ce7bd6f9266ad0d99044ed86e8d1416c1/791daf8240cedf27af8794038ae1d32ef643bce6/6c588e9afbab240c921f936cb676dac72e2e2b66/ae470d06320dea4002d441784d691f0a26b4322d/0d81bb58a203ad5f4044dc18cfbc230c194f650a/f476eba25fdf70faa7b19a3e0fb00e65c5b53106/9a0e6f15029e1a8a21e40f06fd05aa52b7f063de 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 databases at Tenable (237255) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0991). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Dell Avamar
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.10.236
• 5.15.180
• 6.1.134
• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.6.19
• 6.6.20
• 6.6.21
• 6.6.22
• 6.6.23
• 6.6.24
• 6.6.25
• 6.6.26
• 6.6.27
• 6.6.28
• 6.6.29
• 6.6.30
• 6.6.31
• 6.6.32
• 6.6.33
• 6.6.34
• 6.6.35
• 6.6.36
• 6.6.37
• 6.6.38
• 6.6.39
• 6.6.40
• 6.6.41
• 6.6.42
• 6.6.43
• 6.6.44
• 6.6.45
• 6.6.46
• 6.6.47
• 6.6.48
• 6.6.49
• 6.6.50
• 6.6.51
• 6.6.52
• 6.6.53
• 6.6.54
• 6.6.55
• 6.6.56
• 6.6.57
• 6.6.58
• 6.6.59
• 6.6.60
• 6.6.61
• 6.6.62
• 6.6.63
• 6.6.64
• 6.6.65
• 6.6.66
• 6.6.67
• 6.6.68
• 6.6.69
• 6.6.70
• 6.6.71
• 6.6.72
• 6.6.73
• 6.6.74
• 6.6.75
• 6.6.76
• 6.6.77
• 6.6.78
• 6.6.79
• 6.6.80
• 6.6.81
• 6.6.82
• 6.6.83
• 6.6.84
• 6.6.85
• 6.6.86
• 6.6.87
• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6
• 6.12.7
• 6.12.8
• 6.12.9
• 6.12.10
• 6.12.11
• 6.12.12
• 6.12.13
• 6.12.14
• 6.12.15
• 6.12.16
• 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
• 6.15-rc2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 237255
Nessus Name: Debian dla-4178 : ata-modules-5.10.0-34-armmp-di - security update

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Kernel 5.10.237/5.15.181/6.1.135/6.6.88/6.12.25/6.14.4/6.15-rc3
Patch: f94ac90ce7bd6f9266ad0d99044ed86e8d1416c1/791daf8240cedf27af8794038ae1d32ef643bce6/6c588e9afbab240c921f936cb676dac72e2e2b66/ae470d06320dea4002d441784d691f0a26b4322d/0d81bb58a203ad5f4044dc18cfbc230c194f650a/f476eba25fdf70faa7b19a3e0fb00e65c5b53106/9a0e6f15029e1a8a21e40f06fd05aa52b7f063de

Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 🔍
05/09/2025 +23 days 🔍
05/09/2025 +0 days 🔍
01/31/2026 +266 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: git.kernel.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-37867 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-37867
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-308186
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-0991 - Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 05/09/2025 09:15
Updated: 01/31/2026 00:02
Changes: 05/09/2025 09:15 (56), 05/09/2025 15:24 (1), 05/27/2025 06:05 (2), 11/13/2025 02:07 (12), 01/31/2026 00:02 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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