Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 4, 2025· Updated Sep 29, 2025
userfaultfd: fix a crash in UFFDIO_MOVE when PMD is a migration entry
CVE-2025-38686
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
userfaultfd: fix a crash in UFFDIO_MOVE when PMD is a migration entry
When UFFDIO_MOVE encounters a migration PMD entry, it proceeds with obtaining a folio and accessing it even though the entry is swp_entry_t. Add the missing check and let split_huge_pmd() handle migration entries. While at it also remove unnecessary folio check.
[surenb@google.com: remove extra folio check, per David]
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 6.8
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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