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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: nios2: ensure that memblock.current_limit is set when setting pfn limits", "id": "2418826", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418826"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nnios2: ensure that memblock.current_limit is set when setting pfn limits\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.\nThis can in turn cause kernel-level paging failures, e.g.:\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 ]---\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."], "name": "CVE-2025-40245", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-12-04T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40245\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40245\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025120404-CVE-2025-40245-0e1e@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}