Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 12, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2025-40174
CVE-2025-40174
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/mm: Fix SMP ordering in switch_mm_irqs_off()
Stephen noted that it is possible to not have an smp_mb() between the loaded_mm store and the tlb_gen load in switch_mm(), meaning the ordering against flush_tlb_mm_range() goes out the window, and it becomes possible for switch_mm() to not observe a recent tlb_gen update and fail to flush the TLBs.
[ dhansen: merge conflict fixed by Ingo ]
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