CVE-2025-40199
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: page_pool: Fix PP_MAGIC_MASK to avoid crashing on some 32-bit arches Helge reported that the introduction of PP_MAGIC_MASK let to crashes on boot on his 32-bit parisc machine. The cause of this is the mask is set too wide, so the page_pool_page_is_pp() incurs false positives which crashes the machine. Just disabling the check in page_pool_is_pp() will lead to the page_pool code itself malfunctioning; so instead of doing this, this patch changes the define for PP_DMA_INDEX_BITS to avoid mistaking arbitrary kernel pointers for page_pool-tagged pages. The fix relies on the kernel pointers that alias with the pp_magic field always being above PAGE_OFFSET. With this assumption, we can use the lowest bit of the value of PAGE_OFFSET as the upper bound of the PP_DMA_INDEX_MASK, which should avoid the false positives. Because we cannot rely on PAGE_OFFSET always being a compile-time constant, nor on it always being >0, we fall back to disabling the dma_index storage when there are not enough bits available. This leaves us in the situation we were in before the patch in the Fixes tag, but only on a subset of architecture configurations. This seems to be the best we can do until the transition to page types in complete for page_pool pages. v2: - Make sure there's at least 8 bits available and that the PAGE_OFFSET bit calculation doesn't wrap
Affected versions
Linux kernel versions
6.12.34,
6.15.3,
6.16
and later are affected. Fixed in
6.12.54,
6.17.4,
6.18
and their respective stable series.
References
The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-40199 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15b8a5b4cdc16e9a8bb2a548e12a0fd92997605a
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95920c2ed02bde551ab654e9749c2ca7bc3100e0
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f62934cea32c8f7b11b747975d69bf5afe4264cf
Frequently asked questions
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What is CVE-2025-40199?
CVE-2025-40199 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.12.34 onward and has been patched in 6.12.54, 6.17.4 and 6.18. CVE-2025-40199 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-40199?
Yes — CVE-2025-40199 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.54, 6.17.4 and 6.18. If you are running Linux kernel 6.12.34 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
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Is CVE-2025-40199 actively exploited?
No — CVE-2025-40199 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.