In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
arm64: cacheinfo: Fix incorrect assignment of signed error value to unsigned fw_level
Though acpi_find_last_cache_level() always returned signed value and the document states it will return any errors caused by lack of a PPTT table, it never returned negative values before.
Commit 0c80f9e165f8 ("ACPI: PPTT: Leave the table mapped for the runtime usage") however changed it by returning -ENOENT if no PPTT was found. The value returned from acpi_find_last_cache_level() is then assigned to unsigned fw_level.
It will result in the number of cache leaves calculated incorrectly as a huge value which will then cause the following warning from __alloc_pages as the order would be great than MAX_ORDER because of incorrect and huge cache leaves value.
| WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at mm/page_alloc.c:5407 __alloc_pages+0x74/0x314 | Modules linked in: | CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.19.0-10393-g7c2a8d3ac4c0 #73 | pstate: 20000005 (nzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) | pc : __alloc_pages+0x74/0x314 | lr : alloc_pages+0xe8/0x318 | Call trace: | __alloc_pages+0x74/0x314 | alloc_pages+0xe8/0x318 | kmalloc_order_trace+0x68/0x1dc | __kmalloc+0x240/0x338 | detect_cache_attributes+0xe0/0x56c | update_siblings_masks+0x38/0x284 | store_cpu_topology+0x78/0x84 | smp_prepare_cpus+0x48/0x134 | kernel_init_freeable+0xc4/0x14c | kernel_init+0x2c/0x1b4 | ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Fix the same by changing fw_level to be signed integer and return the error from init_cache_level() early in case of error.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade kernel-develUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.10.144-127.601Upgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernelUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.15.69-37.134 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2025429 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Dec 3, 2025 | Dec 2, 2025 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2026039 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Jan 13, 2026 | Jan 6, 2026 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelists | Sep 15, 2025 | Sep 9, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp13 | — | Upgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade python3-perf | Oct 24, 2025 | Sep 9, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15Upgrade linux-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-raspiUpgrade linuxUpgrade linux-awsUpgrade linux-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-gkeUpgrade linux-riscv-5.15Upgrade linux-ibm-5.4Upgrade linux-oracle-5.4Upgrade linux-realtimeUpgrade linux-bluefieldUpgrade linux-fipsUpgrade linux-raspi-5.4Upgrade linux-aws-5.15Upgrade linux-aws-5.4Upgrade linux-ibmUpgrade linux-oracle-5.15Upgrade linux-iotUpgrade linux-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-azure-5.4Upgrade linux-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-oracleUpgrade linux-gcp-5.15Upgrade linux-nvidiaUpgrade linux-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-gcp-5.4Upgrade linux-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-kvmUpgrade linux-gcpUpgrade linux-azure-5.15Upgrade linux-intel-iotg-5.15Upgrade linux-azure-fde-5.15Upgrade linux-hwe-5.15Upgrade linux-gkeopUpgrade linux-hwe-5.4Upgrade linux-azure | Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | May 27, 2026 | Jun 18, 2025 |
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