FKIE_CVE-2025-40245

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-04 16:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:21
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nios2: ensure that memblock.current_limit is set when setting pfn limits On nios2, with CONFIG_FLATMEM set, the kernel relies on memblock_get_current_limit() to determine the limits of mem_map, in particular for max_low_pfn. Unfortunately, memblock.current_limit is only default initialized to MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ANYWHERE at this point of the bootup, potentially leading to situations where max_low_pfn can erroneously exceed the value of max_pfn and, thus, the valid range of available DRAM. This can in turn cause kernel-level paging failures, e.g.: [ 76.900000] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 20303000 [ 76.900000] ea = c0080890, ra = c000462c, cause = 14 [ 76.900000] Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops [ 76.900000] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops ]--- This patch fixes this by pre-calculating memblock.current_limit based on the upper limits of the available memory ranges via adjust_lowmem_bounds, a simplified version of the equivalent implementation within the arm architecture.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25f09699edd360b534ccae16bc276c3b52c471f3
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c3e38a367822f036227dd52bac82dc4a05157e2
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8912814f14e298b83df072fecc1f7ed1b63b1b2c
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90f5f715550e07cd6a51f80fc3f062d832c8c997
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a20b83cf45be2057f3d073506779e52c7fa17f94
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1ec9faef7e36269ca3ec890972a78effbaeb975
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  "descriptions": [
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnios2: ensure that memblock.current_limit is set when setting pfn limits\n\nOn nios2, with CONFIG_FLATMEM set, the kernel relies on\nmemblock_get_current_limit() to determine the limits of mem_map, in\nparticular for max_low_pfn.\nUnfortunately, memblock.current_limit is only default initialized to\nMEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ANYWHERE at this point of the bootup, potentially leading\nto situations where max_low_pfn can erroneously exceed the value of\nmax_pfn and, thus, the valid range of available DRAM.\n\nThis can in turn cause kernel-level paging failures, e.g.:\n\n[   76.900000] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 20303000\n[   76.900000] ea = c0080890, ra = c000462c, cause = 14\n[   76.900000] Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops\n[   76.900000] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops ]---\n\nThis patch fixes this by pre-calculating memblock.current_limit\nbased on the upper limits of the available memory ranges via\nadjust_lowmem_bounds, a simplified version of the equivalent\nimplementation within the arm architecture."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2025-40245",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:21:31.283",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-12-04T16:16:17.827",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred"
}


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