CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-37908

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a bug in unaccount_slab() fails to clear slab->obj_exts when memory allocation profiling is disabled at runtime or due to an error, causing bad page state and cgroup charge warnings.

Risk Assessment

The organization may experience system instability, kernel BUGs, and memory management issues, potentially leading to crashes or unpredictable system behavior.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit removing the mem_alloc_profiling_enabled() condition from unaccount_slab()).

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm, slab: clean up slab->obj_exts always When memory allocation profiling is disabled at runtime or due to an error, shutdown_mem_profiling() is called: slab->obj_exts which previously allocated remains. It won't be cleared by unaccount_slab() because of mem_alloc_profiling_enabled() not true. It's incorrect, slab->obj_exts should always be cleaned up in unaccount_slab() to avoid following error: [...]BUG: Bad page state in process... .. [...]page dumped because: page still charged to cgroup [[email protected]: fold need_slab_obj_ext() into its only user]

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