CVE-2025-38364

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n the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: maple_tree: fix MA_STATE_PREALLOC flag in mas_preallocate() Temporarily clear the preallocation flag when explicitly requesting allocations. Pre-existing allocations are already counted against the request through mas_node_count_gfp(), but the allocations will not happen if the MA_STATE_PREALLOC flag is set. This flag is meant to avoid re-allocating in bulk allocation mode, and to detect issues with preallocation calculations. The MA_STATE_PREALLOC flag should also always be set on zero allocations so that detection of underflow allocations will print a WARN_ON() during consumption. User visible effect of this flaw is a WARN_ON() followed by a null pointer dereference when subsequent requests for larger number of nodes is ignored, such as the vma merge retry in mmap_region() caused by drivers altering the vma flags (which happens in v6.6, at least)

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

16 Dec 2025, 14:08

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Debian
Linux
Debian debian Linux
CWE CWE-476
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e32f4700867abbd5d19abfcf698dbd0d2ce36a4 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e32f4700867abbd5d19abfcf698dbd0d2ce36a4 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf95f8426f889949b738f51ffcd72884411f3a6a - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf95f8426f889949b738f51ffcd72884411f3a6a - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d69cd64bd5af41c6fd409313504089970edaf02f - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d69cd64bd5af41c6fd409313504089970edaf02f - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e63032e66bca1d06e600033f3369ba3db3af0870 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e63032e66bca1d06e600033f3369ba3db3af0870 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fba46a5d83ca8decb338722fb4899026d8d9ead2 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fba46a5d83ca8decb338722fb4899026d8d9ead2 - Patch
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - Third Party Advisory

03 Nov 2025, 18:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html -

25 Jul 2025, 15:29

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-07-25 13:15

Updated : 2025-12-16 14:08


NVD link : CVE-2025-38364

Mitre link : CVE-2025-38364

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38364


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CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference