CVE-2025-40006

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: fix folio is still mapped when deleted Migration may be raced with fallocating hole. remove_inode_single_folio will unmap the folio if the folio is still mapped. However, it's called without folio lock. If the folio is migrated and the mapped pte has been converted to migration entry, folio_mapped() returns false, and won't unmap it. Due to extra refcount held by remove_inode_single_folio, migration fails, restores migration entry to normal pte, and the folio is mapped again. As a result, we triggered BUG in filemap_unaccount_folio. The log is as follows: BUG: Bad page cache in process hugetlb pfn:156c00 page: refcount:515 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000099fef6e1 index:0x0 pfn:0x156c00 head: order:9 mapcount:1 entire_mapcount:1 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0 aops:hugetlbfs_aops ino:dcc dentry name(?):"my_hugepage_file" flags: 0x17ffffc00000c1(locked|waiters|head|node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) page_type: f4(hugetlb) page dumped because: still mapped when deleted CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 395 Comm: hugetlb Not tainted 6.17.0-rc5-00044-g7aac71907bde-dirty #484 NONE Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x4f/0x70 filemap_unaccount_folio+0xc4/0x1c0 __filemap_remove_folio+0x38/0x1c0 filemap_remove_folio+0x41/0xd0 remove_inode_hugepages+0x142/0x250 hugetlbfs_fallocate+0x471/0x5a0 vfs_fallocate+0x149/0x380 Hold folio lock before checking if the folio is mapped to avold race with migration.

Package Linux Kernel
Published 2025-10-20
Last modified 2026-04-15
Patch available
Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.5 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.300, 5.10.245, 5.15.194, 6.1.155, 6.6.109, 6.12.50, 6.16.10, 6.17 and their respective stable series.

Affected from
≥ 4.5
Fixed in
✓ 5.4.300 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.245 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.194 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.155 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.109 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.50 6.12.x ✓ 6.16.10 6.16.x ✓ 6.17

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-40006 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Frequently asked questions

  • What is CVE-2025-40006?

    CVE-2025-40006 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.5 onward and has been patched in 5.4.300, 5.10.245, 5.15.194 and others. CVE-2025-40006 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

  • Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-40006?

    Yes — CVE-2025-40006 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.300, 5.10.245, 5.15.194 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.5 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

  • Is CVE-2025-40006 actively exploited?

    No — CVE-2025-40006 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.