In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/page_alloc: don't call pfn_to_page() on possibly non-existent PFN in split_large_buddy()
In split_large_buddy(), we might call pfn_to_page() on a PFN that might not exist. In corner cases, such as when freeing the highest pageblock in the last memory section, this could result with CONFIG_SPARSEMEM && !CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_EXTREME in __pfn_to_section() returning NULL and and __section_mem_map_addr() dereferencing that NULL pointer.
Let's fix it, and avoid doing a pfn_to_page() call for the first iteration, where we already have the page.
So far this was found by code inspection, but let's just CC stable as the fix is easy.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 27, 2026 | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jan 11, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04bUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1010-raspiUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-21-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1017-oemUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1012-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1013-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-21-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1012-azureUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1013-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1007-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-aws | Mar 28, 2025 | Jan 11, 2025 |
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