CVE-2025-37966
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
riscv: Fix kernel crash due to PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL
When userspace does PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL, but Supm extension is not available, the kernel crashes:
Oops - illegal instruction [#1] [snip] epc : set_tagged_addr_ctrl+0x112/0x15a ra : set_tagged_addr_ctrl+0x74/0x15a epc : ffffffff80011ace ra : ffffffff80011a30 sp : ffffffc60039be10 [snip] status: 0000000200000120 badaddr: 0000000010a79073 cause: 0000000000000002 set_tagged_addr_ctrl+0x112/0x15a __riscv_sys_prctl+0x352/0x73c do_trap_ecall_u+0x17c/0x20c andle_exception+0x150/0x15c
Fix it by checking if Supm is available.
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Affected products
96.13+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: 6.13
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.13,<6.14.7
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
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